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Week 14

Weekly
Grade
mark's Breathtaking Team
8-6 93.8
107.92
 
VS
proj
Elijah's World-Class Team
74.7 7-7
105.03

Back-and-forth battle ends with mark's Breathtaking Team beating Elijah's World-Class Team, 93.8-74.7

What a thriller! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, mark's Breathtaking Team earned a hard-fought victory over Elijah's World-Class Team, earning a 93.8-74.7 win. mark's Breathtaking Team were led by Kirk Cousins, who passed for 425 yards and 2 touchdowns for 25 points, and Keenan Allen, who caught 12 passes for 92 yards (15.2 points), while Zonovan Knight (14.7 points) and the Buffalo Bills defense (12) carried the flag for Elijah's World-Class Team in the loss. This marks the third time this season mark's Breathtaking Team have gotten the best of Elijah's World-Class Team, after winning 119.78-91.84 in their last matchup. mark's Breathtaking Team will look to keep the streak alive in the next round of the playoffs.

Matchup Timeline

  mark's Breathtaking Team   Elijah's World-Class Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Lions in Week 14, Cousins scored 25 points to beat his 20.24-point projection. He passed for 425 yards and 2 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on mark's Breathtaking Team this week. Next week, Cousins will face the Colts.
Kirk Cousins

Top Player Comparison

mark's Breathtaking Team
Points
% of total points 93.8
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
25
20.24
26.7%
2
Keenan Allen
WR
15.2
12.97
16.2%
3
Jake Elliott
K
12
7.62
12.8%
4
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
9.4
13.75
10%
Elijah's World-Class Team
Points
% of total points 74.7
1
Zonovan Knight
RB
14.7
7.77
19.7%
2
The Buffalo Bills defense
DEF
12
8.51
16.1%
3
Sam Darnold
QB
11.8
14.11
15.8%
4
Justin Tucker
K
11
9.26
14.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kirk Cousins had a 23-yard touchdown pass and a 47-yard pass for mark's Breathtaking Team, contributing to a 62.8-52.1 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  mark's Breathtaking Team   Elijah's World-Class Team

Game Notes

mark's Breathtaking Team won even though only three of their nine starters exceeded their scoring projections.
Elijah's World-Class Team had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Elijah's World-Class Team could have used points from Tee Higgins and Noah Fant, as both put up goose eggs.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Both teams failed to achieve their projected point total.
Not only did mark's Breathtaking Team win, but they also covered the 2.89-point projected margin of victory.

Coach Talk

mark's Breathtaking Team
Creating mismatches is a big key to success in football. Not only did we double up Elijah's World-Class Team at QB (25 points to 11.8), we also doubled them at WR (31 to 14.4).
Elijah's World-Class Team
So, Elijah's World-Class Team, did your pass-catchers talk bad about their quarterbacks or something? Seeing just 14 total targets this past week, our starting receiver crew (three WR, one TE) clearly got on the bad side of their respective QBs.