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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊
6-6-1 69
66.39
 
VS
proj
The Watcher
51 6-7
68.65

The Watcher fall to Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊, 69-51

The Watcher were unable to bring their A game, as Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 earned a 69-51 victory. Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 earned a 15-point lead on Thursday behind a outstanding performance from the New Orleans Saints defense and never looked back. Lamar Jackson (125 Pass Yds, 75 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Jared Cook (7 Rec, 100 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) did everything they could for The Watcher in the loss. Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 (6-6-1) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs. The Watcher will be home for the playoffs, finishing the season at 6-7.

Matchup Timeline

  Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊   The Watcher

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Playing the Browns in Week 13, Thomas caught 3 passes for 32 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 7 points to score more than 7 times his 1-point projection, the fourth-highest percent increase of any player in the league this season. In Week 14, Thomas and the Texans will play the Colts.
Jordan Thomas

Top Player Comparison

Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊
Points
% of total points 69
1
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
21
9.67
30.4%
2
The New Orleans Saints defense
DEF
15
6.61
21.7%
3
Christian McCaffrey
RB
13
10.23
18.8%
4
Matt Ryan
QB
9
21.24
13%
The Watcher
Points
% of total points 51
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
12
16.08
23.5%
2
Jared Cook
TE
11
3.54
21.6%
3
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
9
7.98
17.6%
4
Saquon Barkley
RB
7
9.35
13.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Ka'imi Fairbairn had a 53-yard field goal for Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊, while Christian McCaffrey had a 53-yard run to contribute to a 64-31 lead for Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments on Sunday afternoon, but it was Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 who owned the lead, 69-51. For Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊, James White had a 42-yard catch. Jared Cook made the highlight reel for The Watcher with a 24-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊   The Watcher

What If

Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 would have beaten eight other teams besides The Watcher this week.
The Watcher would have lost to nine other teams besides Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 this week.
If they played The Watcher every week, Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 would be 7-6 this season.
Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 would have beaten The Watcher 84-63 had they played each other last week.
Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 would be 9-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Watcher.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊, The Watcher would be 6-6.
If Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 had played every team in the league each week, they would be 95-70-4.
If they played every team every week, The Watcher would be 92-74-3.

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