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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
gridironposse
7-8 72.38
94.25
 
VS
proj
Big Slick
18.6 7-8
44.29

gridironposse find way to defeat Big Slick in 72.38-18.60 rout despite coming up short of predictions

Both teams were unable to rise to the occasion, falling short of projections, but gridironposse did enough to knock off Big Slick, rolling to a 72.38-18.60 victory. Big Slick jumped out to a 5.8-point lead on Saturday behind 5.8 points from the Houston Texans defense (22 Pts Allowed, 318 Yds Allowed, 1 Turnovers) and Lamar Miller . But gridironposse held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Dalvin Cook (28.3 points) and Julio Jones (14.2). This marks the second time this season gridironposse have gotten the best of Big Slick, after winning 121.36-87.6 in their last matchup. gridironposse improve to 7-8 for the season, while Big Slick fall to 7-8.

Matchup Timeline

  gridironposse   Big Slick

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 163 yards from scrimmage and running for 2 touchdowns against the Dolphins, Cook tallied 28.3 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 11.54-point projection and was much higher than his 6.61-point season scoring average. Cook will face the Lions next week.
Dalvin Cook

Top Player Comparison

gridironposse
Points
% of total points 72.38
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
28.3
11.54
39.1%
2
Julio Jones
WR
14.2
12.59
19.6%
3
Andrew Luck
QB
9.68
26.15
13.4%
4
Vance McDonald
TE
7.3
5.72
10.1%
Big Slick
Points
% of total points 18.6
1
Theo Riddick
RB
5.6
6.52
30.1%
2
The Houston Texans defense
DEF
5
9.31
26.9%
3
Stephen Gostkowski
K
4
11.36
21.5%
4
Jimmy Graham
TE
3.2
5.35
17.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Dalvin Cook had a 21-yard touchdown run for gridironposse, helping the team to a 57.18-14.60 lead.

Points By Position

  gridironposse   Big Slick

Game Notes

Only three of the nine starters on gridironposse exceeded their projected scoring totals.
All five starters for Big Slick scored below their points projection.
gridironposse won despite starting Melvin Gordon III, who scored zero points.
gridironposse had five players score more points than the leading scorer for Big Slick.
Both teams registered their lowest scores of the year.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The victory snaps a two-match losing streak for gridironposse.
Not only did gridironposse win, but they also covered the 49.96-point predicted margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, gridironposse moves to (4-5), while Big Slick falls to (2-7).

Coach Talk

gridironposse
Listen gridironposse, the good news is that we took this matchup by a whopping 53.78 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even stronger than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through 14 weeks was 98.17. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Big Slick
With a pair of catches on just three targets this past week, the starting RBs for Big Slick should remind their quarterbacks to dump it off more frequently (and dial up a screen play or two).