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Week 16

Weekly
Grade
Gotham Giants
6-10 113.68
103.06
 
VS
proj
Blackfoot
110.35 7-9
113.86

Gotham Giants outperform predictions, knock off Blackfoot in 113.68-110.35 battle

Gotham Giants showed up, eking out a 113.68-110.35 win over Blackfoot, who fell short of projections. Gotham Giants led 112.68-92.65 heading into Monday night with one player left to play. They were fortunate to have the lead already, as didn't do much to pad their point total. Ben Roethlisberger (25.48 points) and Adam Thielen (17.7) were the leading scorers for Blackfoot in the loss. This marks the first time this season Gotham Giants have beaten Blackfoot, after falling 125.54-106.24 in their last matchup. Gotham Giants end the season at 6-10, while Blackfoot finish the campaign at 7-9.

Matchup Timeline

  Gotham Giants   Blackfoot

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Rams in Week 16, Hollister scored 8.45 points to crush his 1.43-point projection. He caught 2 passes for 17 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any TE in the league this season.
Jacob Hollister

Top Player Comparison

Gotham Giants
Points
% of total points 113.68
1
Matt Ryan
QB
19.9
18.08
17.5%
2
Rob Gronkowski
TE
18.3
7.22
16.1%
3
Sterling Shepard
WR
15.95
7.55
14%
4
Nick Chubb
RB
13.85
16.44
12.2%
Blackfoot
Points
% of total points 110.35
1
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
25.48
17.94
23.1%
2
Adam Thielen
WR
17.7
11.16
16%
3
Gus Edwards
RB
12.7
6.09
11.5%
4
Nyheim Hines
RB
9.56
8.08
8.7%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Rob Gronkowski had a 33-yard touchdown catch and a 25-yard touchdown catch for Gotham Giants, helping the team to an 18.30-7.25 lead.
Sunday Early
There were players with standout plays on both teams early Sunday, but after the scoring was completed, Gotham Giants owned a 97.50-73.43 lead. For Gotham Giants, Matt Ryan had a 54-yard pass. Ben Roethlisberger made the highlight reel for Blackfoot with a 39-yard touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  Gotham Giants   Blackfoot
Standings Update
Well, that's a wrap for the season. Let's take one last look at where these teams finished up before looking ahead to next year.
Gotham Giants
Gotham Giants finished the regular season 12th in the standings after averaging 121.40 points per game, 7th-highest in the league.
Important Players
Tyreek Hill
MVP
123 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 1276 Rec Yds, 15 Rec TDs
Matt Ryan
Best Drafted
4316 Pass Yds, 24 Pass TDs
Nick Mullens
Best Acquisition
2437 Pass Yds, 12 Pass TDs
Blackfoot
Blackfoot finished the season averaging 106.91 points per game, 8th-best in the league, placing them 11th in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Adam Thielen
MVP
70 Rec, 868 Rec Yds, 14 Rec TDs
Mason Crosby
Best Drafted
16-16 FG, 57 long, 54-58 XP
Ben Roethlisberger
Best Acquisition
3804 Pass Yds, 33 Pass TDs

Game Notes

Gotham Giants got the W even though only five of their 16 starters exceeded their projected scores.
Blackfoot had only seven of their 16 starters score higher than their projected points.
With three starters recording zero points for Gotham Giants, the margin of victory could have been much higher.
Gotham Giants put up fewer points than their season scoring average (121.4) while Blackfoot scored above theirs (106.91).
Gotham Giants scored more points than their projected total, while Blackfoot failed to reach their projection.
This defeat concludes a streak of two straight wins for Blackfoot.
In close games this year, Gotham Giants moves to (2-2), while Blackfoot falls to (1-1).
In a losing effort, Ben Roethlisberger registered 25.48 points, the fourth-best score for a signal-caller this week.