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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Dukes
8-7 91.04
90.29
 
VS
proj
BridgeBurners
61.56 6-10
87.35

BridgeBurners come up short of expectations, lose to Dukes, 91.04-61.56

There's no way around it, BridgeBurners didn't do their job, at least compared to projections, as Dukes earned a 91.04-61.56 win. Dukes never trailed in this one after taking a 14.84-point lead on Saturday behind Saquon Barkley (23.3 points) and Terry McLaurin (15.7). Daniel Jones (21.76 points) and Najee Harris (12.5) carried the flag for BridgeBurners in the loss. This marks the second time this season Dukes have beaten BridgeBurners, after winning 87.8-81.08 in their last matchup. Dukes improve to 8-7 for the season, while BridgeBurners fall to 6-10.

Matchup Timeline

  Dukes   BridgeBurners

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 133 yards from scrimmage and running for a touchdown against the Vikings, Barkley tallied 23.3 points this week. His scoring output was 64% more than his 14.21-point projection and was much higher than his 15.25-point season scoring average. Barkley ranks #17 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Colts next week.
Saquon Barkley

Top Player Comparison

Dukes
Points
% of total points 91.04
1
Saquon Barkley
RB
23.3
14.21
25.6%
2
Terry McLaurin
WR
15.7
9.6
17.2%
3
Tom Brady
QB
13.34
18.25
14.7%
4
DK Metcalf
WR
11.6
12.74
12.7%
BridgeBurners
Points
% of total points 61.56
1
Daniel Jones
QB
21.76
17.04
35.3%
2
Najee Harris
RB
12.5
11.17
20.3%
3
Kenneth Walker III
RB
11.5
12.27
18.7%
4
Allen Lazard
WR
8.6
7.82
14%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Saquon Barkley had a 27-yard touchdown run for Dukes, while Terry McLaurin had a 51-yard catch, contributing to a 71.80-56.96 lead for Dukes.
Sunday Early
Allen Lazard had a 42-yard catch for BridgeBurners, who trailed 71.80-65.56 after the early round of games.
Sunday Night
Tom Brady had a 44-yard pass for Dukes, helping the team to an 85.14-61.56 lead.

Points By Position

  Dukes   BridgeBurners

StatSmack

BridgeBurners are under .500 against Dukes this season, with a record of 1-2.
History is repeating itself. In three games vs BridgeBurners this season, Dukes have averaged more points (88.34) than they usually score this season (83.22).
BridgeBurners are like a set of bad ACLs. They've been blown out more times than Dukes (3 vs 2).
Dukes laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (4) than BridgeBurners (1).
Dukes should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more weeks than BridgeBurners (7 vs 2).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of BridgeBurners - they’ve made more transactions (1) than Dukes (0) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
By position, Dukes have outscored BridgeBurners at WR, TE, K, and DEF this season.
The starters for Dukes had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for BridgeBurners (1).
Hey BridgeBurners, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Dukes
The key to success in football is creating mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by royally dominating BridgeBurners at the wide receiver position (33.2 points to 12.8).
BridgeBurners
Unless BridgeBurners wants to go full diva-mode, then "not getting many chances" is not an excuse this time around. As a group, our pass-catching corps (three WR, one TE) were targeted a healthy 20 times in Week 16. Timing and chemistry seem to be issues as that group pulled down only eight balls.