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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊
3-5-1 110
72.6
 
VS
proj
N G D
59 7-2
72.39

Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 knock N G D from top spot in 110-59 rout

Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 rolled to a 110-59 victory over N G D, knocking them out of the top spot in ManUtd nfl 2018. N G D got out to a 1-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 after that. They were led by Matt Ryan (350 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs) and Christian McCaffrey (79 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 78 Rec Yds). Cam Newton (22 points) and James Conner (13) carried the flag for N G D in defeat. Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 (3-5-1) will look to keep it rolling against RasWhitey, while N G D (7-2) will attempt to right the ship against NYC.

Matchup Timeline

  Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊   N G D

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Facing the Broncos in Week 9, Thomas caught one pass for 7 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 6 points and scored more than 6 times his scoring projection, the third-highest percent increase of any TE in the league this season. Thomas will go up against the Redskins in Week 10.
Jordan Thomas

Top Player Comparison

Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊
Points
% of total points 110
1
Matt Ryan
QB
36
21.32
32.7%
2
Christian McCaffrey
RB
18
9.83
16.4%
3
James White
RB
16
7.31
14.5%
4
Melvin Gordon III
RB
11
8.71
10%
N G D
Points
% of total points 59
1
Cam Newton
QB
22
26.88
37.3%
2
James Conner
RB
13
7.75
22%
3
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
8
9.5
13.6%
4
Adam Thielen
WR
7
8.18
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Matt Ryan had a 40-yard touchdown pass and a 39-yard touchdown pass for Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 to contribute to a 57-50 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Melvin Gordon III had a 34-yard touchdown run for Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊, while Cooper Kupp had a 41-yard touchdown catch, contributing to a 84-58 lead for Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊.

Points By Position

  Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊   N G D

StatSmack

Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more points in this matchup (110) than their season average (75.89).
You can't win if you don't play. N G D has left more points on the bench this season (260) than Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 (216).
Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 play up to their potential, with fewer upset losses (0) than N G D (1).
Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 are better at closing games out, with fewer close losses than N G D (0 vs 1).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of N G D - they’ve made more transactions (4) than Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 (3) this season. Too bad they couldn't transact a win.
By position, Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 have outscored N G D at QB and TE this season.
The starters for Gators 🐊🐊🐊🐊 had more big plays in their NFL games this week (5) than the starters for N G D (0).
Don't worry N G D, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

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