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Week 7

Weekly
Grade
Dark Buccaneers
4-3 99.88
115.38
 
VS
proj
UnL TD Hunters
94.9 3-4
107.65

Dark Buccaneers hand UnL TD Hunters third straight loss in 99.88-94.90 battle

Dark Buccaneers squeaked by for a 99.88-94.90 victory to hand UnL TD Hunters their third straight loss. UnL TD Hunters had a chance to come from behind on Sunday night, but they fell short. Dark Buccaneers led 99.88-81.30 after the afternoon action and held on for the win despite 9 points from Ryan Succop on Sunday night for UnL TD Hunters. Todd Gurley II (63 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 19 Rec Yds) and Josh Allen (307 Pass Yds, 61 Rush Yds) were the standout performers for Dark Buccaneers in the win. Dark Buccaneers (4-3) will look to notch another W against Raising Cardinals, while UnL TD Hunters (3-4) will try to right the ship against Podolí Spartans.

Matchup Timeline

  Dark Buccaneers   UnL TD Hunters

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Higgins caught 5 passes for 71 yards and a touchdown as the Bengals lost to the Browns 37-34. In doing so, he put up 16.3 points to scored 51.7% higher than his 10.74-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on Dark Buccaneers this week. Next week, Higgins will go up against the Titans.
Tee Higgins

Top Player Comparison

Dark Buccaneers
Points
% of total points 99.88
1
Todd Gurley II
RB
21.2
14.07
21.2%
2
Josh Allen
QB
16.38
22.25
16.4%
3
Tee Higgins
WR
16.3
10.74
16.3%
4
David Johnson
RB
14.4
12.97
14.4%
UnL TD Hunters
Points
% of total points 94.9
1
Terry McLaurin
WR
18.5
14.53
19.5%
2
Giovani Bernard
RB
18.1
12.35
19.1%
3
Ryan Tannehill
QB
17.3
19.29
18.2%
4
Will Fuller V
WR
11
12.74
11.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Terry McLaurin had a 52-yard touchdown catch for UnL TD Hunters, while Ryan Tannehill had a 73-yard touchdown pass for the team, who trailed 87.88-81.30 after the early round of games.

Points By Position

  Dark Buccaneers   UnL TD Hunters
Standings Update
If you blink, you'll miss it. We’re already midway through the season, which means we ought to refresh the Standings.
Dark Buccaneers
Dark Buccaneers may not win the league scoring title, but they're certainly putting up points when it counts. Through seven weeks, the unit is averaging the 5th-most points per game in the league (113.19 ppg), propelling Dark Buccaneers to the No. 5 spot in the Standings, putting them in playoff position.
Important Players
Josh Allen
MVP
2018 Pass Yds, 16 Pass TDs, 204 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs
Todd Gurley II
Best Drafted
485 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TDs
Tee Higgins
Best Acquisition
27 Rec, 410 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
UnL TD Hunters
UnL TD Hunters rank in the top half of the league in scoring, but they'll have to do better moving forward if they want to make the playoffs. Through seven weeks, the unit is averaging the 6th-most points per game in the league (109.50 ppg), leaving UnL TD Hunters with some work to do in order to get into playoff position at No. 8 in the Standings.
Important Players
Will Fuller V
MVP
31 Rec, 490 Rec Yds, 5 Rec TDs
Terry McLaurin
Best Drafted
43 Rec, 577 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
Justin Herbert
Best Acquisition
1542 Pass Yds, 12 Pass TDs, 121 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs

Game Notes

Dark Buccaneers got the W despite the fact that only three of their nine starting players exceeded their scoring projections.
UnL TD Hunters had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
UnL TD Hunters can partially blame the loss on Darren Fells, who didn't score any points.
Both teams put up fewer points than their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
The matchup's 4.98-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
Dark Buccaneers managed to get the win, but did not cover the 7.73-point projected margin of victory.
In close games this season, Dark Buccaneers moves to (1-0), while UnL TD Hunters falls to (1-1).