Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football

Matchup Recap Summary

Matchup Recap Moderation

Are you sure you want to report this recap? If reported, this recap will not be visible until reviewed by Yahoo Customer Care.

For more information, see Yahoo Help.

Cancel

Week 15

Weekly
Grade
德艺双馨的茶博
7-8 59.4
91.49
 
VS
proj
Cardinalll
58.32 6-8
83.64

Offensively challenged 德艺双馨的茶博 top Cardinalll in 59.40-58.32 battle

Ranking 10th in the league in points scored for the week, 德艺双馨的茶博 were lucky to earn a victory against an opponent that performed even worse, squeaking by for a 59.40-58.32 victory over Cardinalll. Cardinalll had a chance to come from behind on Monday night, but they fell short. 德艺双馨的茶博 led 52.00-51.32 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite 7 points from Wil Lutz on Monday night for Cardinalll. Ben Roethlisberger (235 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and Stefon Diggs (4 Rec, 49 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) did the heavy lifting for 德艺双馨的茶博 in the victory. This marks the first time this season 德艺双馨的茶博 have taken down Cardinalll, after falling 142.16-78.36 in their last matchup. 德艺双馨的茶博 improve to 7-8 for the season, while Cardinalll fall to 6-8.

Matchup Timeline

  德艺双馨的茶博   Cardinalll

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Diggs caught 4 passes for 49 yards and a touchdown as the Vikings beat the Dolphins 41-17. In doing so, he put up 11.8 points and scored 8.0% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on 德艺双馨的茶博 this week. Next week, Diggs will go up against the Lions.
Stefon Diggs

Top Player Comparison

德艺双馨的茶博
Points
% of total points 59.4
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
15.1
22.07
25.4%
2
Stefon Diggs
WR
11.8
10.93
19.9%
3
Josh Adams
RB
8.8
9.17
14.8%
4
T.Y. Hilton
WR
8.5
8.63
14.3%
Cardinalll
Points
% of total points 58.32
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
18.02
24.76
30.9%
2
Peyton Barber
RB
14.9
6.87
25.5%
3
Wil Lutz
K
7
10.2
12%
4
George Kittle
TE
5.1
9.86
8.7%

Points By Position

  德艺双馨的茶博   Cardinalll

StatSmack

We heard scoring helps you win. Cardinalll need some help then, averaging just 78.43 versus 德艺双馨的茶博's 92.36.
Even the computers think 德艺双馨的茶博 have better players. They have a higher projected points average (95.45) than Cardinalll (82.49).
德艺双馨的茶博 don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than Cardinalll (4 vs 2).
德艺双馨的茶博 have the clutch gene, with more close wins than Cardinalll (1 vs 0).
德艺双馨的茶博 should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than Cardinalll (7 vs 5).
德艺双馨的茶博 have had more fantasy starters beat their projected score than Cardinalll (55 vs 44).
By position, 德艺双馨的茶博 have outscored Cardinalll at QB, RB, WR, and DEF this season.
Hey Cardinalll, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

德艺双馨的茶博
Listen 德艺双馨的茶博, the good news is that we won this matchup by over one points. The better news is that we've proven we're even better than this, as our scoring average through 14 weeks was 83.55. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Cardinalll
Cardinalll may find it tough to gripe about lack of opportunity this past week. As a group, our pass-catching corps (three WR and one TE) were targeted a grand total of 26 times in Week 15. Those players might need to hit the practice field, considering they managed just 13 receptions.