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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Get Your Zeke On!
3-5 113
99.11
 
VS
proj
The Meatball Hoagies
86 4-4
101.63

Get Your Zeke On! brush off expectations, earn win against The Meatball Hoagies in 113-86 rout

Get Your Zeke On! rose to the occasion and outperformed expectations, cruising to a 113-86 win over The Meatball Hoagies, who fell short of projections. The matchup was decided before it really even started, as Get Your Zeke On! jumped out to a 44-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind impressive performances from Joe Mixon (25 points) and Mitchell Trubisky (21). Marlon Mack (132 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 17 Rec Yds) and James White (15 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 79 Rec Yds) did their part for The Meatball Hoagies in the loss. Get Your Zeke On! (3-5) will look to keep it rolling against THROAT HOAGIES, while The Meatball Hoagies (4-4) attempt to get back on track against Captain Wood's Navy.

Matchup Timeline

  Get Your Zeke On!   The Meatball Hoagies

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Olsen caught 4 passes for 56 yards and a touchdown as the Panthers beat the Ravens 36-21. In doing so, he put up 11 points to nearly double his 5.55-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Get Your Zeke On! this week. In Week 9, Olsen and the Panthers will battle the Buccaneers.
Greg Olsen

Top Player Comparison

Get Your Zeke On!
Points
% of total points 113
1
Joe Mixon
RB
25
13.43
22.1%
2
Mitchell Trubisky
QB
21
19.11
18.6%
3
Phillip Lindsay
RB
16
9.75
14.2%
4
The San Francisco 49ers defense
DEF
12
13.06
10.6%
The Meatball Hoagies
Points
% of total points 86
1
Marlon Mack
RB
26
9.85
30.2%
2
James White
RB
14
12.04
16.3%
3
Jameis Winston
QB
12
19.82
14%
4
Julian Edelman
WR
11
8.98
12.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had several players with highlight-reel plays early Sunday, but after the scoring was completed, Get Your Zeke On! owned a 105-61 lead. Joe Mixon had a 43-yard run for Get Your Zeke On!, while Mitchell Trubisky had a 70-yard touchdown pass. Meanwhile, Marlon Mack had a 49-yard run for The Meatball Hoagies, while Jameis Winston had a 60-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Night
Michael Thomas had a 44-yard catch for Get Your Zeke On!, helping the team to a 113-61 lead.

Points By Position

  Get Your Zeke On!   The Meatball Hoagies
Standings Update
Believe it or not, we’re already halfway through the season, meaning it's about time refresh the Standings.
Get Your Zeke On!
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to imagine Get Your Zeke On! making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The unit currently finds itself outside of playoff position after averaging only 90 points per game through eight weeks, 10th-best in the league.
Important Players
Philip Rivers
MVP
2008 Pass Yds, 17 Pass TDs
Joe Mixon
Best Drafted
509 Rush Yds, 4 Rush TDs, 115 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD
Mitchell Trubisky
Best Acquisition
1814 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs, 296 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
The Meatball Hoagies
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to imagine The Meatball Hoagies making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The team currently is on the outside looking in for the playoffs after averaging only 90 points per game through eight weeks, 11th-best in the league.
Important Players
Russell Wilson
MVP
1556 Pass Yds, 16 Pass TDs
David Johnson
Best Drafted
394 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 207 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD
Jameis Winston
Best Acquisition
1181 Pass Yds, 6 Pass TDs, 109 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD

What If

Get Your Zeke On! would have beaten eight other teams besides The Meatball Hoagies this week.
The Meatball Hoagies would have lost to eight other teams besides Get Your Zeke On! this week.
If they played The Meatball Hoagies every week, Get Your Zeke On! would be 5-3 this season.
The Meatball Hoagies would have defeated Get Your Zeke On! 122-78 had they played each other last week.
Get Your Zeke On! would be 4-2-1 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as The Meatball Hoagies.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Get Your Zeke On!, The Meatball Hoagies would be 1-6.
If Get Your Zeke On! had played every team in the league each week, they would be 38-48-2.
If they played every team every week, The Meatball Hoagies would be 29-58-1.