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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Darkhorse198
6-9 111.5
104.86
 
VS
proj
Huy's Expert Team
106.04 5-10
118.89

Huy's Expert Team fall short of predictions, lose to Darkhorse198, 111.50-106.04

There's no way around it, Huy's Expert Team dropped the ball, at least compared to projections, as Darkhorse198 secured a 111.50-106.04 win. Darkhorse198 leapt out to a 28.50-point lead on Thursday behind a combined 28.5 points from Evan Engram (7 Rec, 113 Rec Yds) and Travis Etienne Jr. (83 Rush Yds, 29 Rec Yds) and never looked back. Saquon Barkley (23.3 points) and James Conner (21.5) were the leading scorers for Huy's Expert Team in the loss. This marks the third time this season Darkhorse198 have beaten Huy's Expert Team, after winning 135.26-111.62 in their last matchup. Darkhorse198 improve to 6-9 for the season, while Huy's Expert Team fall to 5-10.

Matchup Timeline

  Darkhorse198   Huy's Expert Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Gay overachieved for the fifth time this season, scoring 19 points against his 7.03-point projection. In a 51-14 win over the Broncos, he made all 3 of his FG attempts. Gay will face the Chargers next week.
Matt Gay

Top Player Comparison

Darkhorse198
Points
% of total points 111.5
1
Jared Goff
QB
30.7
19.32
27.5%
2
Matt Gay
K
19
7.03
17%
3
Evan Engram
TE
15.8
7.93
14.2%
4
Travis Etienne Jr.
RB
12.7
13.03
11.4%
Huy's Expert Team
Points
% of total points 106.04
1
Saquon Barkley
RB
23.3
14.21
22%
2
James Conner
RB
21.5
13.26
20.3%
3
Keenan Allen
WR
16.9
13.34
15.9%
4
Travis Kelce
TE
15.3
16.52
14.4%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Both teams had multiple players with highlight-reel moments Saturday, but it was Darkhorse198 who claimed the lead, 79.80-58.30. Jared Goff had a 56-yard pass and a 51-yard pass for Darkhorse198, while Brandon Aiyuk had a 54-yard catch. Meanwhile, Saquon Barkley had a 27-yard touchdown run for Huy's Expert Team, while Travis Kelce had a 52-yard catch.
Sunday Late
Matt Gay had a 55-yard field goal and a 53-yard field goal for Darkhorse198 to contribute to a 107.10-54.30 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
James Conner had a 22-yard touchdown run for Huy's Expert Team, while Tom Brady had a 44-yard pass for the team, who trailed 111.50-89.14 after Sunday night.

Points By Position

  Darkhorse198   Huy's Expert Team

Game Notes

Darkhorse198 got the W despite the fact that only four of their nine starting players scored higher than their projected point totals.
Huy's Expert Team had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams exceeded their season scoring average.
Darkhorse198 scored more points than their projected total, while Huy's Expert Team fell shy of their projection.
The matchup's 5.46-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
Darkhorse198 moves to (2-1) in upset games this season, while Huy's Expert Team falls to (0-2).
For Huy's Expert Team, Saquon Barkley (23.3 points) recorded the best overall score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

Darkhorse198
Football is all about exploiting the mismatches. Fueled by a thrilling performance by Jared Goff, we doubled up Huy's Expert Team at the quarterback position this past week (30.7 points to 13.34). Goff went 25-for-42 for 355 yards and three TDs in a 37-23 loss to the Panthers.
Huy's Expert Team
One touchdown and two interceptions for Tom Brady against the Cardinals this week. Five wins and 10 losses for Huy's Expert Team on the 2022 season. Usually I'm pretty old-school when it comes to these fancy numbers... but my analytics folks keep saying they're not thrilled about this matching 2-to-1 INT-to-TD, Loss-to-Win ratio!