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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
Flying Squirrels
6-1 109.66
115.22
 
VS
proj
Top Gun
103.44 3-4
132.2

Flying Squirrels come back to defeat Top Gun for fourth straight win, 109.66-103.44

Flying Squirrels extended their win streak to four games with a come-from-behind win over Top Gun, coming back for a 109.66-103.44 victory. Flying Squirrels trailed 103.44-71.70 heading into Monday night, but the squad charged back behind the New England Patriots defense, who didn't allow any points, surrendered 154 yards, and forced 6 turnovers for 25 points, and Tom Brady, who passed for 249 yards and a touchdown (12.96 points). Dalvin Cook (27.9 points) and Tyreek Hill (16.4) led the charge for Top Gun in the loss. Flying Squirrels (6-1) will look to get another win against Freakazoids, while Top Gun (3-4) will face Rollin’ with Mahomes in an effort to generate some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Flying Squirrels   Top Gun

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Playing the Jets in Week 7, the Patriots defense didn't allow any points, surrendered 154 yards, and forced 6 turnovers. In doing so, they put up 25 points to more-than-double their 8.98-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Flying Squirrels this week. Next week, the Patriots will face the Browns.
The New England Patriots defense

Top Player Comparison

Flying Squirrels
Points
% of total points 109.66
1
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
25
8.98
22.8%
2
Michael Thomas
WR
22.1
18.36
20.2%
3
Tom Brady
QB
12.96
20.09
11.8%
4
Zane Gonzalez
K
10
8.55
9.1%
Top Gun
Points
% of total points 103.44
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
27.9
19.34
27%
2
Tyreek Hill
WR
16.4
18.07
15.9%
3
Russell Wilson
QB
15.34
22.08
14.8%
4
Courtland Sutton
WR
14.7
14.3
14.2%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Tyreek Hill had a 57-yard touchdown catch for Top Gun, while Courtland Sutton had a 41-yard catch, helping to stake Top Gun to a 31.10-9.60 lead.
Sunday Early
Adam Thielen had a 25-yard touchdown catch for Flying Squirrels, who trailed 84.10-33.60 after the early games.
Sunday Late
Russell Wilson had a 48-yard pass for Top Gun, helping the team to a 103.44-64.40 lead.
Monday
Tom Brady had a 26-yard touchdown pass for Flying Squirrels on Monday night, helping lead the team to the win.

Points By Position

  Flying Squirrels   Top Gun

Game Notes

Flying Squirrels won even though only four of their nine starters exceeded their scoring projections.
Top Gun had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Both teams failed to achieve their projected point total.
The matchup's 6.22-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
The defeat ends a streak of two consecutive wins for Top Gun.
Flying Squirrels moves to (2-0) in upset games this season, while Top Gun falls to (0-1).
In a losing effort, Dalvin Cook registered 27.9 points, the highest score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

Flying Squirrels
Hey, we'll definitely take the win, Flying Squirrels! Having said that, if we want to take our performance to the next level, then we have found an area to improve... our starting running backs were severely outmatched this past week. Devonta Freeman (25 yards from scrimmage, no TDs) and LeSean McCoy (76 yards, no TDs) combined for just 14.1 points in Week 7. Kerryon Johnson and Dalvin Cook doubled us up with a score of 30.2. Let's work with the O-line to find some more holes in Week 8!
Top Gun
Wow, talk about under-utilized: The starting RBs for Top Gun collectively recorded only one catch on three measly targets this past week. Tell those quarterbacks to check down a little more often in Week 8!