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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Lone Star
6-9 138.7
163.37
 
VS
proj
waterloo vikes
122.04 6-9
158.17

Offensively challenged Lone Star defeat waterloo vikes, 138.70-122.04

With the ninth-ranked point total in the league for the week, Lone Star were fortunate to earn a win against an opponent that performed even worse, securing a 138.70-122.04 win over waterloo vikes. Lone Star never trailed in this one after nabbing an 8.00-point lead on Thursday behind Garrett Wilson. Jared Goff (35.7 points) and Tony Pollard (17) led the way for waterloo vikes in the loss. This marks the first time this season Lone Star have taken down waterloo vikes, after falling 159.92-158.4 in their last matchup. Lone Star improve to 6-9 for the season, while waterloo vikes fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Lone Star   waterloo vikes

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Facing the Patriots in Week 16, Burrow passed for 375 yards and 3 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 34.5 points and scored 39.1% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Lone Star this week. Next week, Burrow will face the Bills.
Joe Burrow

Top Player Comparison

Lone Star
Points
% of total points 138.7
1
Joe Burrow
QB
34.5
24.8
24.9%
2
Tee Higgins
WR
32.8
16.1
23.6%
3
David Montgomery
RB
13.4
11.88
9.7%
4
Darren Waller
TE
11.8
9.89
8.5%
waterloo vikes
Points
% of total points 122.04
1
Jared Goff
QB
35.7
22.59
29.3%
2
Tony Pollard
RB
17
16.62
13.9%
3
Aaron Rodgers
QB
16.32
22.65
13.4%
4
Michael Gallup
WR
15.6
12.26
12.8%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
There were players with big-time plays on both teams Saturday, after which Lone Star boasted a 131.30-102.12 lead. For Lone Star, Joe Burrow had a 23-yard touchdown pass. Jared Goff made the highlight reel for waterloo vikes with a 56-yard pass and a 51-yard pass.
Sunday Early
Aaron Rodgers had a 42-yard pass for waterloo vikes, who trailed 131.30-118.44 after the early games.

Points By Position

  Lone Star   waterloo vikes

StatSmack

You won't win many matchups if you leave points on the bench. waterloo vikes has left more points on the bench this season (980.74) than Lone Star (673.2).
Lone Star should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than waterloo vikes (6 vs 5).
By position, Lone Star have outscored waterloo vikes at QB, TE, K, and DEF this season.
Hey waterloo vikes, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Lone Star
Creating mismatches is a big key to success in football. We really took that to heart this week by doubling up waterloo vikes at the wide receiver position (55.4 points to 22.9).
waterloo vikes
It's entirely possible that waterloo vikes might be a better GM in real football than in fantasy. With only 17 targets as a group this past week, their five starting pass-catchers (four WR, one TE) apparently spent most of their games blocking downfield and running decoy routes.