Recap

Week 14, 2015 AD Vs Cow

Week 14

 

• AD
• 7-7
• Weekly Grade: A
• 137.3

 

 

• Cow
• 5-9
• Weekly Grade: C
• 84.34

AD put on a show in this matchup, registering the highest point total in the league this week, pummeling Cow 137.30 to 84.34. Cow (5-9) sits just two games back of AD (7-7), but point totals show they should be happy with that because they are a lot further behind there, 1,671.43 to 1,242.35. A win is a win, but this one tastes just a bit sweeter for AD who gets revenge for a 106.40 to 94.32 loss to Cow in Week 3.

Top Players

• • Odell Beckham Jr.
  • 35.60
 
• • Todd Gurley
  • 27.70
 
• • Drew Brees
  • 25.60
 
• • Kirk Cousins
  • 22.30

Smooth Moves by AD

• With 35.60 points, Odell Beckham Jr. ranked third in the league in scoring this week and had the fifth-highest score of any player on AD this season.
• Todd Gurley scored 27.70 points, which ranked second out of all the RBs in the league this week.
• Those were the projections? We thought that was the starting point. 5 of the 8 starters on AD exceeded their projected points.
• The New England Patriots Defense scored 19.00 points and beat their scoring projection by 101.5%, which led the team.
• Drew Brees exceeded scoring projections by 20.8%, with 25.60 points against a projected 21.20.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• Remember that time you thought, "I don't need help from your stinking articles. I can beat AD on my own." How'd it work out for you?
• Missed out on an opportunity by leaving the 21.60 points scored by Marques Colston on the bench this week. He outperformed his projected point total by 169.3%, the fourth-highest percentage in the league.
• At the DEF position, Cow got outscored 19.00 - 6.00 by AD.
• 5 of the starters on Cow scored less than their projected points.
• The 6.60 points scored by Jacob Tamme was just 52.0% of his 12.69-point projection.

What If

• If AD played Cow every week, they'd be 8-6 this season.
• AD would have been undefeated if they played every team in the league this week.
• Had they played each other last week, AD would have defeated Cow 110.14 - 59.19.
• If they played the same schedule as Cow, AD would be 8-4.
• AD would be 128-81-1 if they played every team every week.
• Besides AD, Cow would have been defeated by 12 other teams this week.
• If they played the same schedule as AD, Cow would be 3-9.
• If they played every team every week, Cow would be 74-136.

Game Notes

• Cow has lost nine times and five of them have come to teams who beat their scoring average in that matchup.
• Three of the starters for AD scored higher than the leading scorer for Cow.
• The 137.30 points by AD led the league. It is the fourth time they have led the league in scoring this season.
• Cow lost by the biggest margin of the week for the second time this season.
• AD had the week's widest margin of victory (52.96 points) for the third time this season.
• Cow scored 84.34 points against a projected 91.39 and underachieved for the eighth time this season, including the last four weeks in a row.
• In the loss, Kirk Cousins scored 22.30 points against a projected 14.43 and has now overachieved in three straight games.
• The win by AD snapped a three-game losing streak.