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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Marino's Mafia
9-7 107.9
94.72
 
VS
proj
Frank's Freaks
87.8 8-8
93.71

Marino's Mafia smirk at expectations, defeat Frank's Freaks in 107.9-87.8 landslide

Marino's Mafia brought their A game, rolling to a 107.9-87.8 win over Frank's Freaks, who fell short of projections. Frank's Freaks nabbed a 2.6-point lead on Thursday, but Marino's Mafia held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Tee Higgins, who caught 8 passes for 128 yards and a touchdown for 23.8 points, and Tua Tagovailoa, who passed for 310 yards and a touchdown (22.5 points). Patrick Mahomes (28 points) and Alvin Kamara (17) did everything they could for Frank's Freaks in the loss. This marks the third time this season Marino's Mafia have beaten Frank's Freaks, after winning 134.25-103.55 in their last matchup. Marino's Mafia improve to 9-7 for the season, while Frank's Freaks fall to 8-8.

Matchup Timeline

  Marino's Mafia   Frank's Freaks

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 6 passes for 113 yards against the Seahawks, Kelce scored 16.3 points this week. He scored 25.5% more than his 12.99-point projection and overachieved for the 10th time this season. Kelce ranks #18 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Broncos next week.
Travis Kelce

Top Player Comparison

Marino's Mafia
Points
% of total points 107.9
1
Tee Higgins
WR
23.8
9.04
22.1%
2
Tua Tagovailoa
QB
22.5
25.06
20.9%
3
Jerry Jeudy
WR
16.7
8.19
15.5%
4
Travis Kelce
TE
16.3
12.99
15.1%
Frank's Freaks
Points
% of total points 87.8
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
28
30.67
31.9%
2
Alvin Kamara
RB
17
11.83
19.4%
3
Robbie Gould
K
13
7.79
14.8%
4
Gabe Davis
WR
8.5
7.28
9.7%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
There were players with highlight-reel plays for both teams Saturday, after which Frank's Freaks became the proud owner of an 87.8-68.7 lead. For Marino's Mafia, Travis Kelce had a 52-yard catch. Patrick Mahomes made the highlight reel for Frank's Freaks with a 52-yard pass.
Sunday Early
Tua Tagovailoa had an 84-yard touchdown pass and a 52-yard pass for Marino's Mafia, helping the team to a 91.2-87.8 lead.

Points By Position

  Marino's Mafia   Frank's Freaks

Game Notes

Marino's Mafia got the win despite the fact that only three of their eight starting players scored higher than their point projections.
Despite four of their eight starters exceeding their projected points, Frank's Freaks lost.
Marino's Mafia put up more points than their season scoring average (96.56) while Frank's Freaks fell short of theirs (100.16).
Marino's Mafia scored more points than their projected total, while Frank's Freaks failed to reach their projection.
This victory snaps a streak of two consecutive defeats for Marino's Mafia.
Not only did Marino's Mafia win, but they also covered the 1.01-point projected margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, Marino's Mafia moves to (6-2), while Frank's Freaks falls to (7-4).
For Frank's Freaks, Patrick Mahomes put up 28 points, the fourth-highest score for a signal-caller this week.

Coach Talk

Marino's Mafia
Creating mismatches is a huge key to success in football. We really took that to heart this week by thoroughly outplaying Frank's Freaks at the wide receiver position (40.5 points to 11.1).
Frank's Freaks
Well, we can't really whine about a shortage of opportunities this time, can we? Our pass-catching corps (two WR and one TE) were targeted a grand total of 15 times in Week 16. With just nine total catches, that group may be showing signs of chemistry issues.