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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Molly Hatchet
9-7 138.67
133.55
 
VS
proj
The Texas Headhunter
102.11 6-10
118.28

The Texas Headhunter fall short of predictions, lose to Molly Hatchet in 138.67-102.11 beatdown

There's no way around it, The Texas Headhunter dropped the ball, at least compared to projections, as Molly Hatchet rolled to a 138.67-102.11 win. The Texas Headhunter grabbed a 14.85-point lead on Thursday, but Molly Hatchet held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by CeeDee Lamb, who caught 10 passes for 120 yards and 2 touchdowns for 26.5 points, and Austin Ekeler, who racked up 79 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns (20.9 points). Josh Allen (172 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 41 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and George Kittle (6 Rec, 120 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) led the way for The Texas Headhunter in the loss. This marks the second time this season Molly Hatchet have knocked off The Texas Headhunter, after winning 143.76-98.84 in their last matchup. Molly Hatchet improve to 9-7 for the season, while The Texas Headhunter fall to 6-10.

Matchup Timeline

  Molly Hatchet   The Texas Headhunter

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 14 points, Gano nearly doubled his 7.53-point projection as the Giants lost to the Vikings 27-24. He made all 3 of his FG attempts to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Molly Hatchet this week. Next week, Gano will play the Colts.
Graham Gano

Top Player Comparison

Molly Hatchet
Points
% of total points 138.67
1
CeeDee Lamb
WR
26.5
13.45
19.1%
2
Austin Ekeler
RB
20.9
15.3
15.1%
3
Aaron Rodgers
QB
17.42
21.38
12.6%
4
Geno Smith
QB
16.45
21.64
11.9%
The Texas Headhunter
Points
% of total points 102.11
1
Josh Allen
QB
26.23
27.11
25.7%
2
George Kittle
TE
25.5
10.09
25%
3
Travis Etienne Jr.
RB
11.95
12.47
11.7%
4
A.J. Brown
WR
11.8
12.73
11.6%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
There were several players with highlight-reel moments on both teams Saturday, but it was The Texas Headhunter who claimed the lead, 102.11-87.20. CeeDee Lamb had a 36-yard touchdown catch for Molly Hatchet, while Graham Gano had a 55-yard field goal. Meanwhile, George Kittle had a 34-yard touchdown catch and a 33-yard touchdown catch for The Texas Headhunter, while A.J. Brown had a 48-yard catch.
Sunday Early
Aaron Rodgers had a 42-yard pass for Molly Hatchet, helping the team to a 104.62-102.11 lead.

Points By Position

  Molly Hatchet   The Texas Headhunter

Game Notes

Molly Hatchet had five of their 10 starting players score higher than their projected points.
The Texas Headhunter had only three of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
Molly Hatchet put up more points than their season scoring average (125.25) while The Texas Headhunter fell short of theirs (119.3).
Molly Hatchet recorded more points than their projected total, while The Texas Headhunter failed to reach their projection.
Not only did Molly Hatchet get the win, but they also easily covered the 15.27-point projected margin of victory.
Molly Hatchet moves to (5-2) in blowout games this season, while The Texas Headhunter falls to (2-4).
For The Texas Headhunter, Josh Allen scored 26.23 points, the fifth-highest score for a QB this week.

Coach Talk

Molly Hatchet
Deploying a starting crew that earned 138.67 points this past week... we consider that to be a job done right.
The Texas Headhunter
Wait, our quarterback tossed one interception and literally no touchdowns? I guess we're presented with a couple of options here: Was Andy Dalton actually that off-rhythm with his receivers, or was the Browns secondary just that stout against the pass?