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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
Galloping Ghosts
10-5 115.26
115.48
 
VS
proj
Gizmonic Institute
101.26 8-7
116.98

Gizmonic Institute come up short of predictions, lose to Galloping Ghosts, 115.26-101.26

There's no easy way to say it, Gizmonic Institute dropped the ball, at least according to projections, as Galloping Ghosts earned a 115.26-101.26 victory. Galloping Ghosts grabbed an early 3.00-point lead on Thursday. Gizmonic Institute came back to take the lead on Saturday, powered by Deshaun Watson (22.36 points) and Ka'imi Fairbairn (22). Not to be deterred, Galloping Ghosts pulled it together later that afternoon, as Dalvin Cook (28.8 points) and Joe Mixon (26) put them back ahead once and for all. This marks the first time this season Galloping Ghosts have taken down Gizmonic Institute, after falling 134.4-121.64 in their last matchup. Galloping Ghosts will look to clinch the championship next week, while Gizmonic Institute attempt to bounce back and lock up 3rd Place.

Matchup Timeline

  Galloping Ghosts   Gizmonic Institute

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cook racked up 163 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns as the Vikings beat the Dolphins 41-17. In doing so, he put up 28.8 points to more-than-double his 12.64-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Galloping Ghosts this week. Next week, Cook will square off against the Lions.
Dalvin Cook

Top Player Comparison

Galloping Ghosts
Points
% of total points 115.26
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
28.8
12.64
25%
2
Joe Mixon
RB
26
15.57
22.6%
3
David Johnson
RB
17.6
13.3
15.3%
4
Jared Goff
QB
12.66
21.54
11%
Gizmonic Institute
Points
% of total points 101.26
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
22.36
20.5
22.1%
2
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
22
9.39
21.7%
3
Julio Jones
WR
17.2
15.66
17%
4
Julian Edelman
WR
12.5
14.73
12.3%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Sunday Early
Dalvin Cook had a 21-yard touchdown run for Galloping Ghosts, while Joe Mixon had a 47-yard run to contribute to a 89.30-69.16 lead for Galloping Ghosts.

Points By Position

  Galloping Ghosts   Gizmonic Institute

What If

Galloping Ghosts would have beaten six other teams besides Gizmonic Institute this week.
Gizmonic Institute would not have lost to any other team in the league besides Galloping Ghosts this week.
If they played Gizmonic Institute every week, Galloping Ghosts would be 6-9 this season.
Gizmonic Institute would have gotten the victory over Galloping Ghosts 130.88-117.2 had they played each other last week.
Galloping Ghosts would be 6-7 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Gizmonic Institute.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Galloping Ghosts, Gizmonic Institute would be 11-2.
If Galloping Ghosts had played every team in the league each week, they would be 84-49.
If they played every team every week, Gizmonic Institute would be 92-41.

Coach Talk

Galloping Ghosts
Hey, this sport is all about taking advantage of the mismatches. With some monster yardage production from our running backs, our team certainly made that happen this week. Our backfield put up 264 more total yards than the RBs of Gizmonic Institute (394 yards from scrimmage to 130), as we ultimately tripled them at the position, 72.4 points to 22.5.
Gizmonic Institute
Unless Gizmonic Institute wants to go diva-mode on us, then "not seeing enough looks" can't be a reasonable excuse this week. As a group, our trio of pass-catchers (two WR, one TE) were targeted a grand total of 26 times in Week 15. With just 16 total receptions, that group may have some chemistry issues.