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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Puppet Mazzter
8-8 162
142.22
 
VS
proj
run to daylight
88.15 7-9
130.79

Puppet Mazzter defy expectations, earn win against run to daylight in 162.00-88.15 blowout

Puppet Mazzter rose to the occasion and exceeded expectations, rolling to a 162.00-88.15 win over run to daylight, who fell short of projections. Puppet Mazzter never trailed in this one after grabbing a 3.70-point lead on Thursday behind Greg Zuerlein. The Cleveland Browns defense (17 Pts Allowed, 244 Yds Allowed, 1 Turnovers) and Hunter Renfrow (4 Rec, 42 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) did their part for run to daylight in the loss. This marks the second time this season Puppet Mazzter have taken down run to daylight, after winning 113.55-107.6 in their last matchup. Puppet Mazzter improve to 8-8 for the season, while run to daylight fall to 7-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Puppet Mazzter   run to daylight

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Smith overachieved for the eighth time this season, scoring 27.3 points against his 11.09-point projection. In a 40-34 loss to the Cowboys, he caught 8 passes for 113 yards and 2 touchdowns. Smith ranks #45 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Saints next week.
DeVonta Smith

Top Player Comparison

Puppet Mazzter
Points
% of total points 162
1
The Cincinnati Bengals defense
DEF
39
28.63
24.1%
2
DeVonta Smith
WR
27.3
11.09
16.9%
3
Derrick Henry
RB
22.35
22.56
13.8%
4
Raheem Mostert
RB
17.3
15.53
10.7%
run to daylight
Points
% of total points 88.15
1
The Cleveland Browns defense
DEF
26.5
29.68
30.1%
2
Hunter Renfrow
WR
15.5
7.22
17.6%
3
Dalvin Cook
RB
12.7
18.24
14.4%
4
Josey Jewell
LB
7.5
9.02
8.5%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Derrick Henry had a 48-yard touchdown run for Puppet Mazzter, helping the team to a 128.20-80.65 lead.

Points By Position

  Puppet Mazzter   run to daylight

StatSmack

We're sensing a trend. In their two head-to-head wins against run to daylight, Puppet Mazzter averaged more points (137.78) than they usually score (125.09).
In dire times, at least Puppet Mazzter keep it close. They've been blown out less times than run to daylight (2 vs 5).
By position, Puppet Mazzter have outscored run to daylight at QB and RB this season.
Puppet Mazzter has a higher average scoring margin (3) than run to daylight this season (-13).
The starters for Puppet Mazzter had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for run to daylight (0).
Hey run to daylight, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Puppet Mazzter
Hey, football is all about finding the mismatches. Case in point: we really emphasized that by doubling up run to daylight at running back this past week (39.65 points to 16.7).
run to daylight
Our quarterback tossed three interceptions and just a single touchdown? We may need to have a little debate here: Was Derek Carr really that out-of-sync with his receivers, or was the Steelers secondary just that great against the pass?