Recap

Week 14, 2016 Dustin Vs Chip

Week 14

 

• TexasTide
• 86.95 pts, 4-10
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• Bullock Bulls!
• 42.15 pts, 9-5
• Weekly Grade

Underdog. Schmunderdog. TexasTide overcame a 16.88-point projected spread to crush Bullock Bulls! 86.95 to 42.15 for the upset. They took advantage of a team-leading 27.00 points from Emmanuel Sanders and 19.20 from Lamar Miller. This beatdown was revenge for a Week 3 103.35 to 91.35 loss to Bullock Bulls!. Following a 130.80 to 122.70 loss against Pulled Pork Mafia, Bullock Bulls! saw their scoring plummet this week. TexasTide (4-10, 1,255.70 points) remains mired in 15th place while Bullock Bulls! (9-5, 1,560.15 points) stays in fifth place.

Top Players

• • Emmanuel Sanders
  • 27.00
 
• • Lamar Miller
  • 19.20
 
• • David Johnson
  • 16.10
 
• • Carson Palmer
  • 9.75

Smooth Moves by TexasTide

• Reading this matchup recap is indicative of potential Toyota Hall of Famers. You're making TexasTide look really good right now.
• With 27.00 points, Emmanuel Sanders had the eighth-highest score in the league this week.
• With 19.20 points, Lamar Miller ranked eighth in scoring among all RBs in the league this week.
• Did you use any black magic this week? TexasTide was still able to pull out a win with only 3 of their 8 starters exceeding their projected points.
• The 9.00 points scored by the Denver Broncos Defense outpaced their 6.76-point scoring projection by 33.1%.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• It's okay to regret not taking a sick day to study the Toyota Hall of Fame's articles. But it's not okay to do it again.
• Every one of their eight starters scored less than their projected points.
• Left Chris Hogan on the bench, where he scored 24.60 points and beat his projected point total by 170.0%, the fifth-highest percentage in the league this week.
• Did not start Tevin Coleman, who beat his scoring projection with 19.50 points against a projected 8.99.
• Could have started Dennis Pitta, who underachieved, but still outscored the starting TE with 5.80 against a projected 8.17.

What If

• If TexasTide played Bullock Bulls! every week, they would be 3-11 this season.
• Besides Bullock Bulls!, TexasTide would have defeated six other teams this week.
• TexasTide would be 5-7 if they played the same schedule as Bullock Bulls!.
• If TexasTide had played every team in the league each week, they would be 74-136.
• Bullock Bulls! would have been beaten by every other team in the league this week.
• And they say procrastination doesn't pay off! Had they played each other last week, TexasTide would have lost to Bullock Bulls! 122.70 - 95.60.
• Bullock Bulls! would be 9-3 if they played the same schedule as TexasTide.
• If they played every team every week, Bullock Bulls! would be 129-81.

Game Notes

• With 42.15 points, Bullock Bulls! scored the fewest points in the league this week and had the lowest score of any team this season.
• TexasTide won by scoring 86.95 points, their lowest winning score of the season.
• When the going gets tough, the tough are supposed to get going. However, Bullock Bulls! stalled out again and extended their losing streak to three games.
• TexasTide had their largest margin of victory so far this year at 44.80 points.
• Bullock Bulls! got a combined 14.30 points from their WRs, their lowest combined scoring output from the WR position this season.
• TexasTide had two starters score more points than the highest-scoring starter for Bullock Bulls!.
• Not going to name names, but some people here aren't pulling their weight. Forget it, Duke Johnson Jr. needs to step it up! He scored 5.50 points against a projected 10.16 in the win, and has now scored below his projection in five straight games.
• TexasTide remains undefeated in upset games this season, improving to 2-0.