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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
yard crew
3-5 103.65
72.49
 
VS
proj
Finkle & Einhorn
39.55 1-7
69.97

yard crew hand Finkle & Einhorn seventh consecutive loss, 103.65-39.55

yard crew emerged victorious with a 103.65-39.55 win to hand Finkle & Einhorn their seventh consecutive loss. yard crew nabbed a 48.70-point lead on Thursday behind standout showings from Kenyan Drake (58 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 37 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and DeAndre Hopkins (21.7) and never looked back. Davante Adams (5 Rec, 133 Rec Yds) and Drew Brees (120 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD) led the charge for Finkle & Einhorn in the loss. yard crew (3-5) will look to keep it rolling against The Apes, while Finkle & Einhorn (1-7) meet FriendsOfDonCherry in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  yard crew   Finkle & Einhorn

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Drake scored 22 points in a 42-23 loss to the Texans to more-than-double his 8.25-point projection. He racked up 95 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on yard crew this week. Drake will face the Jets in Week 9.
Kenyan Drake

Top Player Comparison

yard crew
Points
% of total points 103.65
1
Stefon Diggs
WR
22.4
13.49
21.6%
2
Kenyan Drake
RB
22
8.25
21.2%
3
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
21.7
15.09
20.9%
4
O.J. Howard
TE
13.8
7.04
13.3%
Finkle & Einhorn
Points
% of total points 39.55
1
Davante Adams
WR
16.55
14.25
41.8%
2
Drew Brees
QB
8.6
22.74
21.7%
3
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
8
7.06
20.2%
4
Harrison Butker
K
4
11.05
10.1%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Kenyan Drake had a 28-yard touchdown catch for yard crew, while DeAndre Hopkins had a 49-yard touchdown catch to contribute to a 48.70-0.00 lead for yard crew.
Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel moments on both teams early Sunday, but it was yard crew who took the lead, 80.25-30.95. For yard crew, Marquise Goodwin had a 55-yard touchdown catch. Davante Adams made the highlight reel for Finkle & Einhorn with a 48-yard catch and a 41-yard catch.

Points By Position

  yard crew   Finkle & Einhorn
Standings Update
If you blink, you'll miss it. We’re already at the midpoint of the season, which means we ought to refresh the Standings.
yard crew
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to see yard crew making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The unit currently finds itself at No. 14 in the Standings after averaging only 112.25 points per game through eight weeks, 15th-best in the league.
Important Players
Matt Ryan
MVP
2335 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs
DeAndre Hopkins
Best Drafted
53 Rec, 789 Rec Yds, 6 Rec TDs
Best Acquisition
Finkle & Einhorn
Sometimes the Standings really do reflect a team's capabilities. After averaging the fewest points per game in the league at 86.41, Finkle & Einhorn are No. 18 in the Standings, leaving the team short on time to make a run.
Important Players
Drew Brees
MVP
1990 Pass Yds, 14 Pass TDs
Davante Adams
Best Drafted
52 Rec, 690 Rec Yds, 6 Rec TDs
Doug Middleton
Best Acquisition
27 Tackles

Game Notes

Only five of the 13 starting players on yard crew scored higher than their point projections.
Finkle & Einhorn had only two of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could've looked differently, as yard crew had five starters score zero points, while Finkle & Einhorn had six.
Stefon Diggs, Kenyan Drake, and DeAndre Hopkins all scored more points than Davante Adams, the leading scorer for Finkle & Einhorn.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
yard crew put up more points than their projected total, while Finkle & Einhorn fell short of their projection.
Finkle & Einhorn ranked 18th in the league in scoring this week, while yard crew ranked 12th.
The matchup's 64.1-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did yard crew win, but they also covered the 2.52-point predicted margin of victory.