Week 13 recap
Gino (9-4) vs Matt H (9-4)
It was a battle for the number 1 seed. Each team brought out the heavy guns to try and take home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Matt did his best by having five of his nine players get over their projected totals. His high scorer was rookie RB Javorius Allen, who had a great game. Allen hauled in 12 catches for 107 yards plus 63 rushing yards giving him 35.00 points. Matt’s QB, Ben Roethlisberger, is back to his old self with 364 yards passing and 4 TDs plus 1 2-pt conversion. Ben scored 33.86 points. These two are going to be key pieces for Matt’s playoff run. DeAndre Hopkins and Shaun Draughn each nearly hit 20 points each. Some players Matt may have to worry about going forward are Jarvis Landry who was coming off his best game of the year and now has a coaching change which produced his worst game the year with a 2 catch for 5 yards performance getting 2.50 points. Adrian Peterson was shut down in his game with only 18 yards rushing and 6 yards receiving which adds up to 6.40 points. Gino’s team just went nutty even though he only had six players of nine get over their projected totals. Starting with the bad the Houston defense got beat up pretty good and scored a total of 0.00 points for Gino. Next Alshon Jeffrey only had 85 yards receiving on for catches to get 12.50 points. Other then the zero points put up by the defense everyone scored in double digits. Two players scored in the 20s. Two players scored in the 30s. And one player scored over 40 points, and that was Allen and Robinson. On 10 catches Robinson had 153 yards and three touchdowns to get him 43.30 points. Gino's quarterback Cam Newton had five touchdown passes 331 yards passing and 49 yards rushing he scored 37.14 points. And finally Brandon Marshall at 12 catches for 131 yards receiving and one touchdown which gave him 31.10 points. This supposed close match up ended up being the Biggest Blowout of the week. Gino lands the knockout punch on the league and takes the number one seed away from Matt 192.94 - 138.36.
Rico (7-6) vs Julian (7-6)
Julian was already in the playoffs. There wasn't much more he could do for himself except maintain his seed. He may have been more concerned with resting his stars then playing for the win. Rico still had not clinched yet, and he had the opportunity to get a higher seed. Rico only had three players reach their projected totals this week. His top score was the Denver defense who came back with a vengeance a score of 23.00 points. His next highest was his top running back Mark Ingram who scored 19.90 points on one touchdown and 56 yards rushing and four catches for 23 yards and 1 two point conversion. Rico's tight and Jordan Reed was held in check in his game is only three catches for 33 yards and gaining only 6.30 points. The biggest upset for Rico and maybe for the entire league was the play of Eddie Lacy who had one catch for -3 yards and 4 yards rushing for 1.10 points. Things were not looking good for Rico with his point total looking lower than first projected. Julian had four players get over there projected total. His top score was his quarterback Andy Dalton who had a total of three touchdowns to pass the one rushing into 120 yards passing for 23.90 points. Jillians next highest point scorer was Sammy Watkins, who's late season emergence has propelled Julian into the playoff position he is in today, he had three catches for 109 yards and one touchdown for 19.90 points. Julian still has his three bangle connection plane for him but this time it was Marvin Jones who had five catches for 55 yards and a touchdown getting Julian 16.50 points. There's also equal disappointment for Julian, Geo Bernard had one catch for 9 yards and 26 yards rushing to only score 4.50 points. His other running back Alford Blue had an embarrassing performance with only 14 yards rushing to score 1.40 points. In the end both teams were well below their original projected points but it was Rico who came out victorious and with the when he moved all the way up to the 3rd seed and Julian will have to settle for the 5th seed. Rico beat Julian 118.36 - 91.70.
Josh (5-8) vs Matt M (7-6)
In this match up there was no playoff implications. Matt was already in the playoffs holding onto the number three seed couldn't really lose much ground from that. Josh was in the nine seed train not to lose to have a date with the dice it down. Deafly more to lose for Josh. Josh at five this players get over there project the totals. His top score was his number one wide receiver or Antonio Brown who had a catches for 118 yards and two touchdowns plus one return touchdown for 37.80 points. His neck size score with his other top receiver AJ Green had a great day with five catches 128 yards and one touchdown for 23.80 points. His third player to get over 20 points was his quarterback Carson Palmer who had 356 yards passing and two touchdowns for 22.24 points. And finally new waiver wire pick up David Johnson at 99 yards rushing to catch us for 21 yards and one touchdown to get him 20 points even. A little disappointment for Josh was in Todd Gurley who only had 41 yards rushing for 4.10 points and LeSean McCoy who did get over 100 yards with 112 yards rushing but his 11.20 points were way under his projected total. Matt saw three of his players reach their project the total. He had three players score over 20 points. His top score was his quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick who had 390 yards passing two touchdowns plus 22 rushing yards for 25.80 points. Is next highest was his tied in Delaney Walker who had a catchers for 92 yards and one touchdown to give Matt a score of 23.20 points. Matt's third player to get into the 20s was his star running back Devonta Freeman who scored 20.30 points, but it was below his projected total of 21.68 so in reality it wasn't that impressive. It was Matt's defense Cincinnati who is the third team to get over the projected total who had a really good game scoring 16.00 points. The only big disappointment from Matt was his wide receiver Travis Benjamin who got hurt early in the game and didn't produce any scoring for Matt. Both Josh and Matt's teams had lows and highs from their lineups. Josh's team scored two points above their projected total and Matt's team scored two points below their projected total. The only problem was Josh was protected by more than 15 points over Matt. Josh gets the better of Matt and guarantees that he stays away from the Dice of Doom, but it is Matt who is heading to the playoffs as the number 4 seed. Josh wins 145.94 - 125.00.
Reuben (6-7) vs Chris (5-8)
It was so simple for Reuben, win and you're in. Chris on the other hand had upset on his mind and with a little help could quite possibly sneak into these playoffs. Chris has three players get above their project the totals. Tom Brady was the lead score for Chris who had 312 yards passing three passing touchdowns plus one rushing touchdown to score all the points are the Patriots and give Chris 34.78 points. The second high score was Martavis Bryant who had a huge game with four catches and 114 yards and one touchdown to give Chris 21.40 points. Then always consistent Greg Olsen headed nine catch game for 129 yards to score 19.90 points. Chris is running backs hurt him in this week. Ronnie Hillman only had 56 rushing yards for 5.60 points and Darren McFadden had 53 yards rushing, 1 catch for 6 yards and 1 touchdown, but it was his 2 fumbles that really hurt his point total only scoring 8.90 points. Ruben had four players get over there projected totals. It's tough score was Blake Bardahl's at 322 passing yards and five touchdowns for 32.78 points. His other player to get above 20 points was Jeremy Macklin who had nine catches for 95 yards and two touchdowns for 28.50 points. Brandon LaFell did not help anyone's cause with only 4 catches for 27 yards scoring 6.70 points and Charcandrick West had 2 catches for 9 yards plus 35 rushing yards for a grand total of 6.40 points. It was also an unusual game for the Carolina defense who had their season low of 3.00 points for the day. Both teams are evenly matched throughout the day but it was Reuben's stars who shined a little bit brighter than Chris's. Reuben clinches the 6th and final playoff spot while with the loss Chris is in play for the Dice of Doom. Reuben wins 136.48 - 126.98.
AJ (6-7) vs Mike (4-9)
Both AJ and Mike needed to win, but both will need help to get to where they want to be. AJ's team came out firing with Aaron Rodgers having his unbelievable Thursday night game with 273 yards passing with two passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown to give AJ 26.62 points. AJ's top scorer Odell Beckham Jr had six catches for 149 points and one touchdown for 26.90 points. The third member of the 26 point club was Doug Baldwin who had 5 catches for 94 yards and 2 touchdowns to give AJ 26.40 points. Three other players were over there projected totals for AJ. Latavius Murray had a strong game with 86 yards rushing and a touchdown plus 4 catches for 11 yards to score 19.70 points. The Kansas City defense had a strong game to give AJ 17.00 more points. He's only big letdown was CJ Anderson who had one catch for 12 yards and 42 yards rushing to only get 6.40 points. Mike had four of his his guys get over that their project the totals. His top scorer was his TE Richard Rogers, who was the beneficiary to Aaron Rodgers play, he had 8 catches for 146 yards plus the Hail Mary touchdown to give Mike 28.60 points. Brandon cooks had a good game for Mike six catches for 104 yards and one touchdown gave him 22.40 points. And Jonathan Stewart had 82 yards rushing, 3 catches for 31 yards and a TD to get Mike 18.30 points. Mike's receiver James Jones had a disappointing game one catch for 19 yards to only get Mike to .90 points. Also his quarterback Eli Manning had a dud of a game. He had 297 passing yards and one touchdown but also had an interception, he scored 15.08 points which is below his projected total. AJ did his part with a dominant performance to get the win, but the help was not there for him. AJ misses out on a playoff spot and lands in the 7th seed. With the loss Mike is able to clinch the inaugural roll of the Dice of Doom. Congrats for that. AJ wins 153.02 - 132.68.
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