Recap

Week 13, 2015 Cow Vs John

Week 13

• Hitters
• 7-6
• Weekly Grade: F
• 70.85

• Cow
• 5-8
• Weekly Grade: F
• 59.19

Even though they scored just the 14th-highest point total in the league this week, Hitters (7-6, 1,297.98 points) found a way to beat Cow 70.85 to 59.19. Hitters did just enough to win, putting up 71.0% of their 99.84 season average. Hitters has now gotten lucky like this for the second time, after defeating Pulled Pork Mafia 89.85 to 68.41 in Week 6. Hitters has had some help from the schedule. They're currently in fourth place even though they rank just 11th in total points. It was a difficult outing for Cow, who fell to 5-8 (1,158.01 points) while also ending up 15th in points.

Top Players

• • Cincinnati Bengals Defense
  • 21.00
 
• • John Brown
  • 17.30
 
• • Eli Manning
  • 15.05
 
• • Kirk Cousins
  • 14.55

Smooth Moves by Hitters

• Hitters won despite having only 2 of their 8 starters exceed their projected points.
• With 21.00 points scored versus a projected 11.72, the Cincinnati Bengals Defense scored more points than projected for four straight games.
• John Brown has now overachieved in three straight games after scoring 17.30 points against a projected 12.10.
• Even with a zero from starter Stevie Johnson, Hitters was still able to win.
• Perhaps this is how backups become starters. Hitters won with four players on the bench that did not play this week.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• Losing is a proven way not to win a game. For a more successful season, try not losing.
• Could have started the Atlanta Falcons Defense, which underachieved, but still outscored the starting DEF with 7.00 against a projected 7.88.
• Lost the matchup even though Hitters had their lowest-scoring week of the season.
• Kendall Wright has now failed to reach his projection for three straight games. This week he scored 5.80 points versus a projected 11.55.
• The 6.40 points scored by Adrian Peterson was a season-low for both scoring and for his performance against projections. He reached only 35.6% of his 18.00 projected points this week.

What If

• If Hitters played Cow every week, they would be 8-5 this season.
• Besides Cow, Hitters would have beaten only one other team this week.
• Were they resting their players for this week? Hitters would have defeated Cow 109.15 - 94.26 had they played each other last week.
• Hitters would be 3-8 if they played the same schedule as Cow.
• If Hitters had played every team in the league each week, they would be 82-113.
• Besides Hitters, Cow would have been defeated by 13 other teams this week.
• If they played the same schedule as Hitters, Cow would be 6-5.
• If they played every team every week, Cow would be 72-123.

Game Notes

• Hitters had three starters who scored more points than the highest-scoring starter for Cow.
• Cow scored 59.19 points against a projected 91.31 and underachieved for the seventh time this season, including the last three weeks in a row.
• The Toyota Hall of Fame recommends Cow go on a WINNING streak, instead of a LOSING streak. That one word makes a surprising amount of difference.
• Hitters had the lowest winning score in the league this week with 70.85 points.
• Hitters underachieved in the win, improving to 2-4 when failing to reach their projected points this season, while Cow falls to 1-6 when scoring below their projected points.
• The 59.19 points put up by Cow ranked 15th in the league this week.
• In the loss, Dustin Hopkins scored 10.00 points against a projected 7.06 and exceeded his scoring projection by 41.6%.
• Eli Manning, who had the highest projected points in the matchup, fell short of scoring projections with 15.05 points against a projected 22.25.