Recap

Week 12, 2015 Pitch Vs Beas

Week 12

• PITCH
• 7-5
• Weekly Grade: B
• 114.6

• Killer Beas
• 9-3
• Weekly Grade: C+
• 112.52

PITCH (7-5, 1,382.23 points) stole one from Killer Beas (9-3, 1,367.10 points) 114.60 to 112.52, led by DeAngelo Williams with 24.70 points and Ben Roethlisberger who scored 24.60. A good beginning makes a good ending, and PITCH took that to heart when they went into Sunday in front 9.00 to 4.80. That advantage disappeared by the end of the early Sunday games and they trailed by 46.82. PITCH took the lead back during the late Sunday games and held on for the victory.

Top Players

• • Jarvis Landry
  • 36.02
 
• • Derek Carr
  • 31.00
 
• • DeAngelo Williams
  • 24.70
 
• • Ben Roethlisberger
  • 24.60

Smooth Moves by PITCH

• Took Marcus Mariota out of the starting lineup, who scored 23.60 points on the bench, fewer than the starting QB.
• DeAngelo Williams put the team on his back with 24.70 points, the third-highest score among RBs in the league this week.
• Ben Roethlisberger scored 24.60 points against a projected 18.24 and has now overachieved in three straight games.
• Did you use any black magic this week? PITCH was still able to pull out a win with only 3 of their 8 starters exceeding their projected points.
• PITCH won even though both of their WRs scored below their projected points.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• We searched your league's browser history, and guess who studied our articles? PITCH did, 114.60 times.
• Missed an opportunity by leaving Tyrod Taylor on the bench. He scored 33.15 points, the 10th-highest score in the league this week.
• Missed out on an opportunity by leaving the 31.30 points scored by C.J. Anderson on the bench this week. He outperformed his projected point total by 382.3%, the third-highest percentage in the league.
• Picked up the Cleveland Browns Defense but left them on the bench, where they scored 12.00 points against a projected 5.43.
• Should have started Crockett Gillmore, who underachieved, but still had more points than the starting TE with 5.00 against a projected 7.33.

What If

• If PITCH played Killer Beas every week, they would be 9-3 this season.
• PITCH would have beaten eight other teams besides Killer Beas this week.
• Had they played each other last week, PITCH would have defeated Killer Beas 92.75 - 84.05.
• PITCH would be 7-3 if they played the same schedule as Killer Beas.
• PITCH would be 116-64 if they played every team every week.
• Besides PITCH, Killer Beas would have been defeated by six other teams this week.
• Killer Beas would be 7-3 if they played the same schedule as PITCH.
• If they played every team every week, Killer Beas would be 118-62.

Game Notes

• Depth was a factor: Even though Killer Beas lost, they had two players score higher than the leading scorer for PITCH.
• It was a tough loss for Killer Beas, which put up the 10th-biggest score for a losing team in the league this season.
• The margin of victory of 2.08 points was the smallest in the league this week.
• The loss snapped a five-game win streak by Killer Beas.
• In the loss, Ronnie Hillman scored 12.90 points against a projected 10.08 and has now overachieved in three straight games.
• Michael Crabtree did little to help PITCH, underperforming versus projections for the third straight game with 11.90 points against a projected 15.04.
• Killer Beas falls to 1-1 in close games this season.
• PITCH improves to 1-2 in close games this season.