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This is an appreciation of the Week 12 greatness that Jalen Hurts and Josh Allen put on a rainy field in Philadelphia. To call what the pair of quarterbacks did with their arms and legs in the Eagles’ 37-34 overtime victory an instant masterpiece, well, that might be an understatement.
It’s fitting this season’s top two quarterbacks in fantasy scoring would put up the top two scores of Week 12 when they shared the field: Allen went into Sunday Night Football as the leader of the pack at 40.66 and Hurts rushed into the second slot at 35.50 with that overtime walk-off touchdown. What makes their outings all the more awe-inspiring is that theirs were the only truly blowup performances in a 71-point game.
The top wide receivers on each team — Stefon Diggs and A.J. Brown — both scored touchdowns, but neither had big yardage totals, finishing with 74 and 37, respectively. DeVonta Smith (WR4 and 20.10) and Gabe Davis (WR6 and 19.50) had very good games, but you almost expected more, considering the legendary performances of Hurts and Allen.
Hurts has been grinding through a knee injury, yet he lifted up the Eagles after they had scored just seven points in the first half, fittingly on a Hurts one-yard Brotherly Shove. It was in the second half that he came alive, finding Brown, Smith and Olamide Zaccheaus for touchdown passes. He was undaunted trailing by three points and time winding down in regulation. Hurts drove the Eagles as far as he could and Jake Elliott assured extra time (and more fantasy points) thanks to a rain-soaked 59-yard field goal with 25 seconds left in the game.
Allen earned every last point to give him the top performance on the week, no matter the position. Passing for 339 yards and a pair of scores, Allen also led the Bills with 81 rushing yards and two more scores. Even when rain was dumping all over Lincoln Financial Field, his passes were lasers finding Bills' receivers all game.
It’s a great thing in fantasy when highly drafted players deliver for managers. Allen and Hurts were drafted in the first three rounds, and few people would regret having used high draft picks on these two star quarterbacks who combined for nine touchdowns and laid more than 76 fantasy points on the field in Week 12.
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It was fitting Hurts would win the game on a walk-off 12-yard touchdown run in overtime, high-stepping the Eagles to the best record in the NFL at 10-1. And to say that these two quarterbacks were without parallel, well, just look at the fantasy scoring leaderboard. Like most weeks, it won’t take long to find them near the top.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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