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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
Ship Your Pants
8-5 130.1
142.01
 
VS
proj
Giant Meteor
128.8 5-8
142.35

Ship Your Pants hand Giant Meteor third consecutive loss in 130.1-128.8 battle

Ship Your Pants eked out a 130.1-128.8 victory to hand Giant Meteor their third consecutive loss. Giant Meteor had a chance to come from behind on Sunday night, but it wasn't to be. Ship Your Pants led 119.2-97.4 after the afternoon action and held on for the win despite 31.4 points from Antonio Brown on Sunday night for Giant Meteor. Patrick Mahomes (295 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs, 52 Rush Yds) and Ka'imi Fairbairn (5-5 FG, 53 long, 2-2 XP) were the top scorers for Ship Your Pants in the win. This marks the second time this season Ship Your Pants have taken down Giant Meteor, after winning 173.34-154.1 in their last matchup. Ship Your Pants (8-5) will look to keep it rolling in the playoffs. Giant Meteor will be home for the playoffs, finishing the season at 5-8.

Matchup Timeline

  Ship Your Pants   Giant Meteor

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Browns in Week 13, Fairbairn made all 5 of his FG attempts. In doing so, he put up 21 points to more-than-double his 9.67-point projection, the second-highest percent increase of any K in the league this season. In Week 14, Fairbairn and the Texans will battle the Colts.
Ka'imi Fairbairn

Top Player Comparison

Ship Your Pants
Points
% of total points 130.1
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
33
26.43
25.4%
2
Ka'imi Fairbairn
K
21
9.67
16.1%
3
Josh Gordon
WR
14.8
13.1
11.4%
4
Joe Mixon
RB
11.5
16.02
8.8%
Giant Meteor
Points
% of total points 128.8
1
Todd Gurley II
RB
31.5
26.03
24.5%
2
Antonio Brown
WR
31.4
20.64
24.4%
3
Cam Newton
QB
19.3
23.69
15%
4
Chris Carson
RB
13.8
12.84
10.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Ka'imi Fairbairn had a 53-yard field goal for Ship Your Pants, who trailed 75.6-59.2 after the early round of games.
Sunday Late
Josh Gordon had a 24-yard touchdown catch for Ship Your Pants, helping the team to a 119.2-97.4 lead.
Sunday Night
Antonio Brown had a 28-yard touchdown catch and a 46-yard catch for Giant Meteor, who trailed 130.1-128.8 after Sunday Night Football.

Points By Position

  Ship Your Pants   Giant Meteor

What If

Ship Your Pants would have beaten seven other teams besides Giant Meteor this week.
Giant Meteor would have lost to just three other teams besides Ship Your Pants this week.
If Ship Your Pants played Giant Meteor every week this season, they'd be 7-6.
Had they played each other last week, Ship Your Pants would have beaten Giant Meteor 157.04-111.04.
Ship Your Pants would be 5-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Giant Meteor.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Ship Your Pants, Giant Meteor would be 6-5.
If Ship Your Pants had played every team in the league each week, they would be 81-62.
If they played every team every week, Giant Meteor would be 83-60.

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