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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
Gronkey Kong
2-5 102.78
78.11
 
VS
proj
Dallas Demolition
83.78 4-3
104.39

Gronkey Kong outperform projections, come back to defeat Dallas Demolition, 102.78-83.78

Gronkey Kong showed up and beat expectations, coming back to earn a 102.78-83.78 victory over Dallas Demolition, who fell short of projections. Gronkey Kong trailed 83.78-83.58 heading into Monday night, but the team came storming back behind Sterling Shepard, who caught 5 passes for 167 yards for 19.2 points. Tarik Cohen (18.3 points) and Jared Goff (16.48) were the leaders for Dallas Demolition in defeat. Gronkey Kong (2-5) will look to add to their success against God is a DJ, while Dallas Demolition (4-3) meet Hit The Showers Boys in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Gronkey Kong   Dallas Demolition

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Blount scored 11 points in a 32-21 win over the Dolphins to more-than-triple his 3.34-point projection. He ran for 50 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Gronkey Kong this week. Blount will face the Seahawks in Week 8.
LeGarrette Blount

Top Player Comparison

Gronkey Kong
Points
% of total points 102.78
1
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
24.32
10.7
23.7%
2
Sterling Shepard
WR
19.2
9.88
18.7%
3
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
19
6.22
18.5%
4
Adrian Peterson
RB
11.2
10.8
10.9%
Dallas Demolition
Points
% of total points 83.78
1
Tarik Cohen
RB
18.3
11.36
21.8%
2
Jared Goff
QB
16.48
21.16
19.7%
3
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
12.5
14.12
14.9%
4
Travis Kelce
TE
12
12.15
14.3%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Emmanuel Sanders had a 64-yard touchdown catch and a 28-yard touchdown pass for Gronkey Kong, helping to stake the team to a 40.48-0.00 lead.
Sunday Night
Travis Kelce had a 43-yard catch for Dallas Demolition, helping the team to a 83.78-83.58 lead.
Monday
Sterling Shepard had a 58-yard catch and a 53-yard catch for Gronkey Kong on Monday night, helping push the team to the win.

Points By Position

  Gronkey Kong   Dallas Demolition
Standings Update
If you blink, you'll miss it. That's how we feel about this season, which is already at the halfway point. How about we catch up on the Standings?
Gronkey Kong
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on Gronkey Kong making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The squad finds itself outside of playoff position after averaging only 93.09 points per game through seven weeks, 15th-best in the league.
Important Players
Emmanuel Sanders
MVP
46 Rec, 603 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Best Drafted
Sterling Shepard
Best Acquisition
36 Rec, 508 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
Dallas Demolition
Dallas Demolition will be tough to beat as long as they are putting up points at this pace. Averaging 125.37 points per game through seven weeks, 2nd-best in the league, the team finds itself currently in playoff position.
Important Players
Melvin Gordon III
MVP
466 Rush Yds, 6 Rush TDs, 279 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Jared Goff
Best Drafted
2130 Pass Yds, 14 Pass TDs
DeAndre Hopkins
Best Acquisition
47 Rec, 707 Rec Yds, 4 Rec TDs

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. Gronkey Kong scored more points in this one (102.78) than their season average (93.09).
You won't win many weeks if you leave points on the bench. Gronkey Kong has left fewer points on the bench this season (170.74) than Dallas Demolition (280.98).
Gronkey Kong see projections as no real threat. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than Dallas Demolition (0).
Dallas Demolition have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (3) than Gronkey Kong (1) this season and still losing the matchup.
By position, Gronkey Kong have outscored Dallas Demolition at WR and K this season.
The starters for Gronkey Kong had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for Dallas Demolition (1).
Don't worry Dallas Demolition, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!