WEEK 16 REVIEW
Overall Picks (11-1 on the week, 113-91-2 on the season)
Overall Units (+17 last week, +26 Units on the season)
(3-1, -1 Unit) Bengals-Steelers 10X This was a miss on the Steelers side. Despite Mason Rudolph throwing for 290 yards, none of them went to Pat Freiermuth (26.5). It was a bummer because all three legs of the Bengals side hit comfortably. Jake Browning (239.5) threw for 335 yards. Tee Higgins (57.5) had 140 receiving yards, and Tyler Boyd (33.5) caught five passes for 59 yards.
( 4-0, +9 Units) Ravens-49ers 10X We ended up on the right side of all of four props in this Pick ‘Em. Isaiah Likely (36.5) had 56 receiving yards. Gus Edwards (46.5 Rush + Rec) had 70 total yards. Brock Purdy (252.5) just barely topped his passing yardage total, with 255 yards before leaving the game with an injury. Brandon Aiyuk (63.5) continued his torrid production at home, with 113 receiving yards. He has now topped 100 yards in five-of-six home games.
(4-0, +9 Units) Giants-Eagles 10X The triple Eagles stack hit. As noted in last week’s article, in seven-of-nine games Jalen Hurts had thrown for 290-plus yards, both A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith had 75-plus receiving yards. Make than 8-of-10. Jalen Hurts (230.5) threw for 301. A.J. Brown (72.5) had 81 receiving yards, and DeVonta Smith (55.5) had 79 yards. We took Darius Slayton (26.5) on the other side, and he led the Giants with 90 receiving yards.
Lessons learned: Week 16 was fun. We were a bad Pat Freiermuth game from a clean sweep. From a process perspective, the Eagles triple stack felt like like a sharp play at the time given the massive correlations between Hurts, Brown, and Smith. This is a trio that will potentially be worth coming back to in the future. When Hurts hits big, it is almost always accompanied by big days for his top two targets.
Week 17 Picks
LIONS-COWBOYS 6X
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