Recap

Week 16, 2016 Ryan vs Cow

Week 16

 

• Hawks
• 110.4 pts, 6-8
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• Cow
• 99.85 pts, 7-7
• Weekly Grade

Hawks got 27.70 points from Tom Brady and 24.00 from the New England Patriots Defense, defeating Cow 110.40 to 99.85. They came into the matchup as a 25.75-point underdog. Someone check the temperature of Hawks. They've been on fire, winning their last four matchups in a row. It's been said that it's not how you start, but how you finish and Hawks took that to heart. Despite losing their last matchup against Cow, Hawks won when it mattered most. The outcome could have been worse, Hawks had a starter score zero points (Doug Martin). Cow concluded the regular season in seventh place with a record of 7-7. With a scoring average of 107.14, they also placed seventh in the league in that metric. Cow was sent home quickly this postseason, losing in their only playoff matchup.

Top Players

• • Tom Brady
  • 27.70
 
• • New England Patriots Defense
  • 24.00
 
• • Matt Ryan
  • 22.75
 
• • Mike Evans
  • 22.70

Smooth Moves by Hawks

• Reading this matchup recap is indicative of potential Toyota Hall of Famers. You're making Hawks look really good right now.
• The New England Patriots Defense was the highest-scoring DEF in the league this week with 24.00 points.
• Isaiah Crowell scored 21.80 points, which ranked sixth out of all the RBs in the league this week.
• Hawks had most of their starters beat their scoring projection (5 out of 8).
• Tom Brady exceeded scoring projections by 32.4%, with 27.70 points against a projected 20.92.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• Funny, the Hall provides articles you could have studied. But instead you watched Cow cry trying.
• This is one of those mistakes that you continuously think about for ten years. Did not start Kirk Cousins, who scored 34.50 points to rank fifth in the league in scoring.
• At the DEF position, Cow got outscored 24.00 - 9.00 by Hawks.
• Jordan Matthews was last on the team in scoring with 3.20 points against a projected 15.86 and underachieved for the first time this season.
• 6 of the starters on Cow scored less than their projected points.

What If

• If Hawks played Cow every week, they'd be 5-10 this season.
• Hawks would have beaten only four other teams besides Cow this week.
• If they played the same schedule as Cow, Hawks would be 3-9.
• Hawks would be 97-131 if they played every team every week.
• Cow would have lost to eight other teams besides Hawks this week.
• If they played the same schedule as Hawks, Cow would be 9-3.
• If they played every team every week, Cow would be 127-94.

Game Notes

• Seven of the eight losses for Cow this season have come when their opponent scores higher than their season average.
• Hawks won again and is on a four-game winning streak, currently the longest in the league.
• Hawks bested their projected points again, the ninth time this season they have done so, including a streak of five straight games.
• Two of the starters for Hawks scored higher than the leading scorer for Cow.
• Hawks remains undefeated in upset games this season, improving to 3-0.
• The drafted players on Hawks put up 97.3% of the team's points this week.
• Hawks won while scoring the fewest total points of any winning team in the league this week.
• Mike Evans was on the losing team, but still had the 10th-highest score of any WR in the league this week with 22.70 points.