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Week 17

Weekly
Grade
Glacier Gamblers
10-7 161.74
102.4
 
VS
proj
KC Gridiron
88.4 8-9
124.38

Glacier Gamblers defy predictions, knock off KC Gridiron in 161.74-88.40 beatdown

Glacier Gamblers rose to the occasion, rolling to a 161.74-88.40 victory over KC Gridiron, who fell short of projections. Glacier Gamblers pulled out to a 16.74-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Joe Burrow (46.84 points) and Dare Ogunbowale (12.8) and never looked back. Patrick Mahomes (20.86 points) and Jonathan Taylor (18.4) led the charge for KC Gridiron in the loss. This marks the first time this season Glacier Gamblers have beaten KC Gridiron, after falling 104.6-81.74 in their last matchup.

Matchup Timeline

  Glacier Gamblers   KC Gridiron

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

St. Brown (23 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 111 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 28.4 points against the Seahawks in Week 17. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 10.2-point projection and was higher than his 20.3-point season scoring average.
Amon-Ra St. Brown

Top Player Comparison

Glacier Gamblers
Points
% of total points 161.74
1
Joe Burrow
QB
46.84
20.92
29%
2
Rashaad Penny
RB
33.5
11.56
20.7%
3
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR
28.4
10.2
17.6%
4
Dare Ogunbowale
RB
12.8
7.92
7.9%
KC Gridiron
Points
% of total points 88.4
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
20.86
24.09
23.6%
2
Jonathan Taylor
RB
18.4
19.39
20.8%
3
David Montgomery
RB
18.1
12.81
20.5%
4
Christian Kirk
WR
7.9
8.07
8.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were several players with standout plays for both teams early Sunday, but it was Glacier Gamblers who owned the lead, 92.74-76.00. Joe Burrow had a 72-yard touchdown pass and a 69-yard touchdown pass for Glacier Gamblers, while Dare Ogunbowale had a 28-yard touchdown catch. Meanwhile, Patrick Mahomes had a 29-yard touchdown pass and a 53-yard pass for KC Gridiron, while Michael Carter had a 55-yard run.
Sunday Late
There were players with big-time plays for both teams on Sunday afternoon, after which Glacier Gamblers became the proud owner of a 154.64-88.40 lead. For Glacier Gamblers, Amon-Ra St. Brown had a 26-yard touchdown run. Christian Kirk made the highlight reel for KC Gridiron with a 43-yard catch.

Points By Position

  Glacier Gamblers   KC Gridiron

StatSmack

KC Gridiron are like tires on a highway full of nails. They've been blown out more times than Glacier Gamblers (6 vs 3).
Glacier Gamblers laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (2) than KC Gridiron (0).
By position, Glacier Gamblers have outscored KC Gridiron at K and DEF this season.
Glacier Gamblers has a higher average scoring margin (2) than KC Gridiron this season (-1).
The starters for Glacier Gamblers had more big plays in their NFL games this week (5) than the starters for KC Gridiron (4).
Hey KC Gridiron, maybe you'll have better luck next year!

Coach Talk

Glacier Gamblers
Football is all about identifying the mismatches. We not only doubled up KC Gridiron at QB (46.84 points to 20.86), we also almost tripled them at WR (37.7 to 13.1).
KC Gridiron
With four receptions on just five targets this past week, the starting running backs for KC Gridiron should work to smooth things over with their quarterbacks... and remind them to check down more often.