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Week 13

Weekly
Grade
Packers
6-7 103.5
77.13
 
VS
proj
Giants
102.5 8-5
127.23

Back-and-forth battle ends with Packers coming back to beat Giants in 103.5-102.5 struggle

Well, that was exciting! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, Packers earned a come-from-behind win over Giants, staging a comeback to earn a 103.5-102.5 victory. Trailing 102.5-94.5 heading into Monday night, Packers rallied behind Gabriel Davis (2 Rec, 30 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). Jake Elliott (25 points) and the Miami Dolphins defense (18) led the way for Giants in defeat. Packers (6-7) will look to add to their success against Bears, while Giants (8-5) take on Chiefs in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Packers   Giants

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Kittle (9 Rec, 181 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) scored 29 points against the Seahawks in Week 13. His scoring output more-than-quadrupled his 7.21-point projection and was much higher than his 5.69-point season scoring average. Kittle ranks #4 among fantasy TEs this season and will face the Bengals next week.
George Kittle

Top Player Comparison

Packers
Points
% of total points 103.5
1
George Kittle
TE
29
7.21
28%
2
Jason Sanders
K
14
10.64
13.5%
3
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR
12
3.13
11.6%
4
Deion Jones
LB
9.5
7.89
9.2%
Giants
Points
% of total points 102.5
1
Jake Elliott
K
25
11.76
24.4%
2
The Miami Dolphins defense
DEF
18
15.5
17.6%
3
Antonio Gibson
RB
13
9.85
12.7%
4
Patrick Mahomes
QB
9
21.67
8.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
George Kittle had a 48-yard touchdown catch and a 24-yard touchdown catch for Packers, contributing to a 93.5-87.5 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Packers   Giants

StatSmack

Packers laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (3) than Giants (0).
Packers are clutch masters, with more close wins than Giants (1 vs 0).
Packers should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than Giants (7 vs 6).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Giants - they’ve made more transactions (5) than Packers (1) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
By position, Packers have outscored Giants at TE, DEF, and IDP this season.
The starters for Packers had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for Giants (0).
Packers was able to get the win despite having more players on a bye this week (4) than Giants (2).
Don't worry Giants, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

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