Recap

Week 15, 2016  AD vs Jimmy

Week 15

 

• Raging BULLS
• 141.2 pts, 9-5
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• AD
• 102.41 pts, 8-6
• Weekly Grade

Raging BULLS saved their best for when it mattered most, putting up the highest point total they've scored all season to get the win over AD, 141.20 to 102.41. This is a repeat performance for Raging BULLS over AD, after a 100.70 to 100.50 win in Week 5. AD ended the regular season in sixth place with a record of 8-6. Catching some unlucky breaks, they ranked second in the league in points per game with 116.23. This postseason, AD was sent home quickly, losing in their only playoff game. No one crushed their opponents like AD did. They had the league's best average scoring margin, beating opponents by 44.70 points per game.

Top Players

• • Brandin Cooks
  • 37.60
 
• • Drew Brees
  • 37.25
 
• • Bilal Powell
  • 27.20
 
• • Andrew Luck
  • 25.30

Smooth Moves by Raging BULLS

• Even if you cried trying to win, you still won. And the Toyota Hall of Fame is proud of Raging BULLS either way.
• Even the Wright brothers would be proud of this aerial performance. Brandin Cooks had 37.60 points, the highest WR score of the week and the sixth-highest WR score in the league this season.
• Bilal Powell put up 27.20 points, which was the eighth-highest score in the league this week.
• Expect to see some trade offers for Andrew Luck. He ranked 10th in the league in scoring with 25.30 points.
• Look, there in the sky. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's just DeAndre Hopkins posterizing opponents. He had the ninth-highest score of any WR in the league this week with 16.70 points.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• 141.20 seems a lot higher when you're on the losing side of it. And the Toyota Hall of Fame knows you know that.
• Left Tim Hightower on the bench, where he scored 19.80 points and beat his projected point total by 130.2%, the sixth-highest percentage in the league this week.
• Stefon Diggs did not meet his 14.61 projected points and has now underperformed versus projections for four straight weeks. He also scored a season-low 3.30 points.
• AD had only 4 of their 8 starters underperform versus their projections, but they still lost.
• The 4.10 points scored by Jimmy Graham was just 35.0% of his 11.71-point projection.

What If

• Raging BULLS would be 8-7 if they played AD every week.
• Besides AD, Raging BULLS would have defeated six other teams this week.
• Had they played each other last week, Raging BULLS would have defeated AD 84.00 - 63.83.
• Raging BULLS would be 7-6 if they played the same schedule as AD.
• Raging BULLS would be 122-95 if they played every team every week.
• In addition to Raging BULLS, AD would have lost to just two other teams this week.
• If they played the same schedule as Raging BULLS, AD would be 10-3.
• If they played every team every week, AD would be 134-83.

Game Notes

• Three of the seven losses for AD this season have come when their opponent had their highest-scoring week of the season.
• With 141.20 points, Raging BULLS set their new season-high en route to leading the league in scoring for the week.
• The WRs on Raging BULLS collectively had their best week of the season with 54.30 points.
• Justin Tucker scored 9.00 points against a projected 6.93 in the loss and has now beaten his projection in four straight games.
• The margin of victory was the second-largest in the league this week.
• The score put up by AD was the largest among losing teams in the league this week.
• Raging BULLS outdid their projection in the win, while AD came in under their point expectation. Raging BULLS is now 7-2 when overachieving, while AD falls to 1-6 when failing to reach their projection.
• Drew Brees played well in the loss, ranking second in the league in scoring and beating his projected point total by a season-high 105.6%.