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Week 15

Weekly
Grade
The Gavatrons
8-7 125.86
91.02
 
VS
proj
John's Bold Team
88.22 10-5
117.56

The Gavatrons brush off predictions, knock off John's Bold Team in 125.86-88.22 romp

The Gavatrons stepped up and beat expectations, rolling to a 125.86-88.22 victory over John's Bold Team, who fell short of projections. The Gavatrons earned a 73.66-point lead on Saturday behind standout showings from Josh Allen (35.86 points) and Dalvin Cook (25) and never looked back. Travis Kelce (10 Rec, 105 Rec Yds) and Austin Ekeler (58 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 12 Rec Yds) were the leading scorers for John's Bold Team in the loss. This marks the first time this season The Gavatrons have knocked off John's Bold Team, after falling 116.62-89.26 in their last matchup. The Gavatrons ends the season on a high note, but they'll miss the postseason with a record of 8-7. John's Bold Team (10-5) will attempt to bounce back from this loss in the playoffs.

Matchup Timeline

  The Gavatrons   John's Bold Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cook racked up 190 yards from scrimmage and caught a touchdown pass as the Vikings beat the Colts 39-36. In doing so, he put up 25 points and scored 71.1% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on The Gavatrons this week. In Week 16, Cook and the Vikings will play the Giants.
Dalvin Cook

Top Player Comparison

The Gavatrons
Points
% of total points 125.86
1
Josh Allen
QB
35.86
23.95
28.5%
2
Dalvin Cook
RB
25
14.61
19.9%
3
David Montgomery
RB
22.6
11.45
18%
4
Aaron Jones
RB
18.6
13.58
14.8%
John's Bold Team
Points
% of total points 88.22
1
Travis Kelce
TE
15.5
16.06
17.6%
2
Austin Ekeler
RB
14
18.3
15.9%
3
Brett Maher
K
12
8.32
13.6%
4
Justin Herbert
QB
10.72
22.13
12.2%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Josh Allen had a 45-yard pass and a 44-yard run for The Gavatrons, while Dalvin Cook had a 64-yard touchdown catch and a 40-yard run, contributing to a 73.66-0.00 lead for The Gavatrons.
Sunday Early
Brett Maher had a 53-yard field goal for John's Bold Team, who trailed 96.26-44.00 after the early round of games.

Points By Position

  The Gavatrons   John's Bold Team

StatSmack

You can't win if you leave points on the bench. The Gavatrons has left fewer points on the bench this season (585.72) than John's Bold Team (758.76).
The Gavatrons laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than John's Bold Team (0).
The Gavatrons have the clutch gene, with more close wins than John's Bold Team (2 vs 0).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of John's Bold Team - they’ve made more transactions (2) than The Gavatrons (0) this week. Too bad they couldn't transact a win.
By position, The Gavatrons have outscored John's Bold Team at QB, WR, and K this season.
The starters for The Gavatrons had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for John's Bold Team (1).
Hey John's Bold Team, want to see stats that favor your team? Well, try winning for a change, and see what the numbers have to say next week!

Coach Talk

The Gavatrons
A big key to success in football is creating mismatches. Along with dominating John's Bold Team at RB (66.2 points to 24.5), we also tripled them at QB (35.86 to 10.72).
John's Bold Team
With three catches on only four targets this past week, the starting running backs for John's Bold Team should remind their QBs to check down more often (and dial up a screen play or two).