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Week 12

Weekly
Grade
Gridiron Gladiators
8-4 89.28
117.52
 
VS
proj
The White Knucklers
59.6 5-7
54.61

Gridiron Gladiators fall short of projections, still manage to top The White Knucklers, 89.28-59.60

There's no easy way to put it, Gridiron Gladiators underdelivered, at least based on projections. Still, they emerged victorious with an 89.28-59.60 win over The White Knucklers, who actually exceeded projections. Gridiron Gladiators never trailed in this one after nabbing a 17.50-point lead on Thursday behind Will Fuller V. Rashaad Penny (129 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and the Buffalo Bills defense (3 Pts Allowed, 134 Yds Allowed, 1 Turnovers) did their part for The White Knucklers in the loss. Gridiron Gladiators (8-4) will look to rack up another W against What The Shit, while The White Knucklers (5-7) will attempt to right the ship against 98 DarkPink Balloons.

Matchup Timeline

  Gridiron Gladiators   The White Knucklers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Cowboys defense overachieved for the fourth time this season, scoring 6 points against their 5.04-point projection. In a 13-9 loss to the Patriots, they allowed only 13 points and gave up 282 yards. The Cowboys defense will face the Bills next week.
The Dallas Cowboys defense

Top Player Comparison

Gridiron Gladiators
Points
% of total points 89.28
1
George Kittle
TE
21.9
12.44
24.5%
2
Will Fuller V
WR
17.5
10.35
19.6%
3
Le'Veon Bell
RB
13.3
14.18
14.9%
4
Chris Carson
RB
7.7
12.75
8.6%
The White Knucklers
Points
% of total points 59.6
1
Rashaad Penny
RB
18.9
2.39
31.7%
2
The Buffalo Bills defense
DEF
13
8.17
21.8%
3
Dede Westbrook
WR
10.9
9.02
18.3%
4
Greg Zuerlein
K
7
9.1
11.7%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Will Fuller V had a 51-yard catch and a 44-yard catch for Gridiron Gladiators, contributing to a 17.50-0.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Rashaad Penny had a 58-yard touchdown run for The White Knucklers, who trailed 52.70-36.20 after the early action.
Sunday Night
George Kittle had a 61-yard touchdown catch for Gridiron Gladiators, helping the team to an 80.60-47.10 lead.

Points By Position

  Gridiron Gladiators   The White Knucklers

What If

Gridiron Gladiators would have beaten five other teams besides The White Knucklers this week.
The White Knucklers would have lost to nine other teams besides Gridiron Gladiators this week.
If they played The White Knucklers every week, Gridiron Gladiators would be 7-5 this season.
Gridiron Gladiators would have gotten the win over The White Knucklers 86.56-65.08 had they played each other last week.
Gridiron Gladiators would be 8-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The White Knucklers.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Gridiron Gladiators, The White Knucklers would be 4-7.
If Gridiron Gladiators had played every team in the league each week, they would be 92-64.
If they played every team every week, The White Knucklers would be 77-79.

Coach Talk

Gridiron Gladiators
Well Gridiron Gladiators, the good news is that we won this matchup by 29.68 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even better than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through 11 weeks was 108.88. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also get back up to where we know we can be!
The White Knucklers
It's entirely possible that The White Knucklers could be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. Seeing just 15 total targets in Week 12, their five starting pass-catchers (four WR, one TE) apparently did a superb job blocking downfield and running decoy routes.