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Week 17

Weekly
Grade
Top Gun
8-9 135.8
121.16
 
VS
proj
amy's Amazing Team
133.34 7-10
119.84

Top Gun smirk at projections, earn win against amy's Amazing Team in 135.80-133.34 battle

Both teams rose to the occasion and beat projections, but Top Gun beat amy's Amazing Team. Predicted to win 121.16-119.84, Top Gun squeaked by for a 135.80-133.34 win over amy's Amazing Team. amy's Amazing Team made a run at it on Sunday night, but it wasn't to be. Top Gun led 135.80-125.24 after the afternoon action and held on for the win despite 8.1 points from T.Y. Hilton on Sunday night for amy's Amazing Team. George Kittle (9 Rec, 149 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Tyreek Hill (15 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 101 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) were the top scorers for Top Gun in the victory. This marks the second time this season Top Gun have taken down amy's Amazing Team, after falling 143.98-120.8 in their last matchup. Top Gun end the season with a record of 8-9, while amy's Amazing Team finish the campaign at 7-10.

Matchup Timeline

  Top Gun   amy's Amazing Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Kittle caught 9 passes for 149 yards and a touchdown as the 49ers lost to the Rams 48-32. In doing so, he put up 29.9 points and more-than-doubled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Top Gun this week.
George Kittle

Top Player Comparison

Top Gun
Points
% of total points 135.8
1
George Kittle
TE
29.9
13.94
22%
2
Tyreek Hill
WR
28.6
18.62
21.1%
3
Tom Brady
QB
26
19.94
19.1%
4
The Houston Texans defense
DEF
14
9.43
10.3%
amy's Amazing Team
Points
% of total points 133.34
1
Julio Jones
WR
28.8
20.59
21.6%
2
The Los Angeles Chargers defense
DEF
21
8.61
15.7%
3
Chris Carson
RB
19.9
13.29
14.9%
4
Mike Williams
WR
16.4
9.22
12.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
There were players with highlight-reel plays on both teams on Sunday afternoon, but it was Top Gun who emerged with the lead, 135.80-125.24. George Kittle had a 43-yard touchdown catch for Top Gun, while Tyreek Hill had a 67-yard touchdown catch. Chris Carson made the highlight reel for amy's Amazing Team with a 61-yard run.
Sunday Night
T.Y. Hilton had a 43-yard catch for amy's Amazing Team, who trailed 135.80-133.34 after the Sunday night game.

Points By Position

  Top Gun   amy's Amazing Team
Standings Update
Well, that's a wrap for the season. Let's take one last look at where these teams finished up before turning our attention to next year.
Top Gun
Top Gun completed the season with the league's 7th-highest points average (121.95 ppg), placing them 7th in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Tyreek Hill
MVP
151 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 1479 Rec Yds, 12 Rec TDs
Tom Brady
Best Drafted
4355 Pass Yds, 29 Pass TDs
Adam Humphries
Best Acquisition
76 Rec, 816 Rec Yds, 5 Rec TDs
amy's Amazing Team
amy's Amazing Team ended the season with the league's 3rd-worst points average (119.20 ppg), placing them 8th in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Julio Jones
MVP
113 Rec, 1677 Rec Yds, 8 Rec TDs
T.Y. Hilton
Best Drafted
76 Rec, 1270 Rec Yds, 6 Rec TDs
Nick Foles
Best Acquisition
1413 Pass Yds, 7 Pass TDs

What If

Top Gun would have beaten five other teams besides amy's Amazing Team this week.
amy's Amazing Team would have lost to just one other team besides Top Gun this week.
If they played amy's Amazing Team every week, Top Gun would be 9-8 this season.
Top Gun would be 8-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as amy's Amazing Team.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Top Gun, amy's Amazing Team would be 6-8.
If Top Gun had played every team in the league each week, they would be 69-80.
If they played every team every week, amy's Amazing Team would be 59-90.