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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Trigger
12-3 95.02
100.49
 
VS
proj
AlexVerdugo
74.28 9-6
103.89

Trigger top AlexVerdugo for fifth straight win, 95.02-74.28

Trigger extended their win streak to five games with a hard-fought victory over AlexVerdugo, earning a 95.02-74.28 win. Trigger grabbed an early 12.7-point lead on Saturday behind Adrian Peterson. AlexVerdugo bounced back to take the lead during the late round of games on Sunday, powered by Alvin Kamara (22.5 points) and JuJu Smith-Schuster (9.5). Unphased, Trigger rallied later that night, as Patrick Mahomes (28.22 points) and Harrison Butker (13) put them back in the lead for good. This marks the second time this season Trigger have beaten AlexVerdugo, after winning 84.92-73.74 in their last matchup. Trigger finish the season at 12-3, while AlexVerdugo end the campaign at 9-6.

Matchup Timeline

  Trigger   AlexVerdugo

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Peterson overachieved for the eighth time this season, scoring 12.7 points against his 8.69-point projection. During a 25-16 loss to the Titans, he ran for 119 yards .
Adrian Peterson

Top Player Comparison

Trigger
Points
% of total points 95.02
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
28.22
22.03
29.7%
2
Christian McCaffrey
RB
17.8
16.84
18.7%
3
Harrison Butker
K
13
10.46
13.7%
4
Adrian Peterson
RB
12.7
8.69
13.4%
AlexVerdugo
Points
% of total points 74.28
1
Alvin Kamara
RB
22.5
14.85
30.3%
2
Nick Chubb
RB
11.5
14.67
15.5%
3
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
9.5
9.7
12.8%
4
Sebastian Janikowski
K
8
10.24
10.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Alvin Kamara had a 42-yard catch for AlexVerdugo, contributing to a 54.50-44.70 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Patrick Mahomes had a 25-yard touchdown pass for Trigger, while Harrison Butker had a 54-yard field goal, contributing to a 95.02-67.90 lead for Trigger.

Points By Position

  Trigger   AlexVerdugo
Standings Update
It seems like just yesterday we were all gathered together for the draft, yet here we are at the end of the season. How about a quick Year in Review for these two squads?
Trigger
Trigger ended the season with the league's best points average (109.41 ppg), placing them on top of the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Patrick Mahomes
MVP
4816 Pass Yds, 48 Pass TDs, 271 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Christian McCaffrey
Best Drafted
1080 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TDs, 845 Rec Yds, 6 Rec TDs
Lamar Jackson
Best Acquisition
1022 Pass Yds, 6 Pass TDs, 605 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs
AlexVerdugo
AlexVerdugo finished the regular season 2nd in the standings after averaging 98.40 points per game, 5th-highest in the league.
Important Players
Alvin Kamara
MVP
883 Rush Yds, 14 Rush TDs, 709 Rec Yds, 4 Rec TDs
JuJu Smith-Schuster
Best Drafted
106 Rec, 1389 Rec Yds, 6 Rec TDs
Jared Goff
Best Acquisition
4489 Pass Yds, 28 Pass TDs, 108 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs

Game Notes

Trigger emerged victorious even though only four of their nine starters exceeded their scoring projections.
AlexVerdugo had only one of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
AlexVerdugo can partially blame the loss on Antonio Callaway, who didn't score any points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Both teams scored under their projected point total.
A bright spot in the defeat, Alvin Kamara scored 22.5 points, the second-best score for a RB this week.