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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
DeKaylin Zecharius
7-8 96
95.29
 
VS
proj
Wayne's Wacky Weasels
92.18 4-12
90.69

DeKaylin Zecharius come back to beat Wayne's Wacky Weasels in 96.00-92.18 nailbiter

DeKaylin Zecharius scored a come-from-behind victory over Wayne's Wacky Weasels, staging an impressive comeback for a 96.00-92.18 win. DeKaylin Zecharius trailed 92.18-69.60 heading into Monday night, but the unit charged back behind Austin Ekeler (67 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 12 Rec Yds) and Justin Herbert (235 Pass Yds). Dak Prescott (347 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs, 41 Rush Yds) and DeVonta Smith (8 Rec, 113 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) did their part for Wayne's Wacky Weasels in defeat. This marks the first time this season DeKaylin Zecharius have knocked off Wayne's Wacky Weasels, after falling 99.26-88.98 in their last matchup. DeKaylin Zecharius improve to 7-8 for the season, while Wayne's Wacky Weasels fall to 4-12.

Matchup Timeline

  DeKaylin Zecharius   Wayne's Wacky Weasels

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

In a 20-3 win over the Colts, Ekeler scored 19.9 points to beat his 13.91-point projection. He racked up 79 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on DeKaylin Zecharius this week. In Week 17, Ekeler and the Chargers will battle the Rams.
Austin Ekeler

Top Player Comparison

DeKaylin Zecharius
Points
% of total points 96
1
Cam Akers
RB
32.7
8.32
34.1%
2
Austin Ekeler
RB
19.9
13.91
20.7%
3
Dawson Knox
TE
9.8
6.39
10.2%
4
DK Metcalf
WR
8.1
10.25
8.4%
Wayne's Wacky Weasels
Points
% of total points 92.18
1
Dak Prescott
QB
28.98
20.34
31.4%
2
DeVonta Smith
WR
23.3
8.77
25.3%
3
The Philadelphia Eagles defense
DEF
10
4.46
10.8%
4
Jerick McKinnon
RB
9.8
11.16
10.6%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Dak Prescott had a 36-yard touchdown pass and a 52-yard pass for Wayne's Wacky Weasels, helping the team to a 92.18-36.90 lead.

Points By Position

  DeKaylin Zecharius   Wayne's Wacky Weasels

Game Notes

Only four of the nine starters on DeKaylin Zecharius exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Wayne's Wacky Weasels had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
DeKaylin Zecharius put up fewer points than their season scoring average (96.37) while Wayne's Wacky Weasels scored above theirs (89.5).
Each team scored more than its projected point total.
The matchup's 3.82-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
DeKaylin Zecharius managed to get the win, but did not cover the 4.6-point projected margin of victory.
In close games this year, DeKaylin Zecharius moves to (1-1), while Wayne's Wacky Weasels falls to (0-1).
In a losing effort, Dak Prescott (28.98 points) posted the top overall score for a quarterback this week.

Coach Talk

DeKaylin Zecharius
A big key to success in football is exploiting the mismatches. With some monster yardage production from our ball-carriers, our team created a big disparity this week. Our backfield logged 92 more total yards than the RBs on Wayne's Wacky Weasels (240 yards from scrimmage to 148), as we ultimately almost tripled them at the position, 54 points to 18.8.
Wayne's Wacky Weasels
As we bid farewell to 2022, our coaching staff can look back on the fantasy season and appreciate all of the ups and the downs that came with it. Okay, well really just four ups and 12 downs, but still... Our coaching staff thanks you for spending a great year with us, and here's to 2023!