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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
The Minor Prophets
7-9 137.08
97.68
 
VS
proj
The Front Nine
82.06 6-9
89.11

The Minor Prophets brush off predictions, knock off The Front Nine in 137.08-82.06 rout

The Minor Prophets outperformed their projected point total, cruising to a 137.08-82.06 win over The Front Nine, who fell short of projections. The Front Nine jumped out to an 18.36-point lead on Thursday behind outstanding showings from Trevor Lawrence, who passed for 229 yards and ran for 51 yards and a touchdown for 18.26 points, and Evan Engram, who caught 7 passes for 113 yards (11.3 points). But The Minor Prophets held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Dak Prescott, who passed for 347 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 41 yards for 28.98 points, and the Los Angeles Rams defense, who allowed 14 points, surrendered 323 yards, and intercepted 4 passes (21 points). This marks the second time this season The Minor Prophets have beaten The Front Nine, after winning 98.3-89.8 in their last matchup. The Minor Prophets improve to 7-9 for the season, while The Front Nine fall to 6-9.

Matchup Timeline

  The Minor Prophets   The Front Nine

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 21 points, the Rams defense nearly tripled their 7.12-point projection in a 51-14 win over the Broncos. They allowed 14 points, surrendered 323 yards, and intercepted 4 passes to beat their projection by the highest percentage of any player on The Minor Prophets this week. The Rams will square off against the Chargers next week.
The Los Angeles Rams defense

Top Player Comparison

The Minor Prophets
Points
% of total points 137.08
1
Dak Prescott
QB
28.98
20.34
21.1%
2
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
21
7.12
15.3%
3
Tee Higgins
WR
18.8
9.04
13.7%
4
Derrick Henry
RB
16.6
16.83
12.1%
The Front Nine
Points
% of total points 82.06
1
The Los Angeles Chargers defense
DEF
20
6.33
24.4%
2
Trevor Lawrence
QB
18.26
17.3
22.3%
3
Evan Engram
TE
11.3
5.74
13.8%
4
Justin Tucker
K
9
9.21
11%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Dak Prescott had a 36-yard touchdown pass and a 52-yard pass for The Minor Prophets, while Derrick Henry had a 48-yard touchdown run, helping The Minor Prophets to a 108.08-51.26 lead.

Points By Position

  The Minor Prophets   The Front Nine

Game Notes

The Minor Prophets had five of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The Front Nine had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The Minor Prophets put up more points than their season scoring average (88.79) while The Front Nine fell short of theirs (92.39).
The Minor Prophets recorded more points than their projected total, while The Front Nine fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 55.02-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
The win concludes a five-match losing streak for The Minor Prophets.
Not only did The Minor Prophets win, but they also easily covered the 8.57-point projected margin of victory.
The Minor Prophets moves to (3-6) in blowout games this year, while The Front Nine falls to (3-4).
In a losing effort, the Los Angeles Chargers defense (20 points) recorded the second-highest score for a DEF this week.

Coach Talk

The Minor Prophets
This sport is all about exploiting the mismatches. Not only did we double up The Front Nine at RB (33.6 points to 15.5), we also quadrupled them at WR (33.9 to 8).
The Front Nine
All of the cake, none of the icing: The six offensive skill starters (three RBs, two WRs, one TE) on The Front Nine collectively gained a whopping 368 yards from scrimmage. None of those starters could find his way to the end zone in Week 16.