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Week 9

Weekly
Grade
tails
5-4 71.64
93.04
 
VS
proj
goodspeed
51.64 4-5
82.11

tails find way to defeat goodspeed 71.64-51.64 despite coming up short of projections

Both teams were unable to rise to the occasion, falling short of their projected point totals, but tails did enough to take down goodspeed. Predicted to prevail by a score of 93.04-82.11, tails came out on top with a 71.64-51.64 victory over goodspeed. goodspeed nabbed a 19.86-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind a combined 23.26 points from Jordan Howard (47 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) and Matthew Stafford (199 Pass Yds). But tails held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Jared Goff, who passed for 391 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 17 yards for 30.34 points, and Todd Gurley II, who racked up 79 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown (13.9 points). tails (5-4) will look to add to their success against GibraltarRock, while goodspeed (4-5) will face off against Robin in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  tails   goodspeed

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 22.67 points, Goff scored 33.8% more than that amount by scoring 30.34 points as the Rams lost to the Saints 45-35. He passed for 391 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 17 yards to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on tails this week. Goff will battle the Seahawks next week.
Jared Goff

Top Player Comparison

tails
Points
% of total points 71.64
1
Jared Goff
QB
30.34
22.67
42.4%
2
Todd Gurley II
RB
13.9
21.29
19.4%
3
Stephen Gostkowski
K
7
11.3
9.8%
4
The Dallas Cowboys defense
DEF
7
8.01
9.8%
goodspeed
Points
% of total points 51.64
1
Jordan Howard
RB
16.7
10.75
32.3%
2
Julian Edelman
WR
11.38
9.14
22%
3
Matthew Stafford
QB
6.56
18.76
12.7%
4
Mark Andrews
TE
5
2.39
9.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Jared Goff had a 41-yard touchdown pass and a 48-yard pass for tails to contribute to a 57.64-36.26 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  tails   goodspeed

What If

tails would have beaten only two other teams besides goodspeed this week.
goodspeed would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
tails would be 7-2 if they played goodspeed every week.
Last week, tails would have beaten goodspeed 138.4-85.34.
tails would be 4-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as goodspeed.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as tails, goodspeed would be 2-6.
If tails had played every team in the league each week, they would be 55-44.
If they played every team every week, goodspeed would be 36-63.

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