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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Wildlife Horses Team
3-5 91.18
90.09
 
VS
proj
🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆
65.02 4-4
80.33

🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 fall to Wildlife Horses Team in 91.18-65.02 rout

There's no easy way to say it, 🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 dropped the ball, at least according to projections, as Wildlife Horses Team cruised to a 91.18-65.02 win. Wildlife Horses Team pulled out to a 4.00-point lead on Thursday behind the Houston Texans defense and never let it go. Patrick Mahomes (303 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs) and Kareem Hunt (50 Rush Yds, 36 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) were the top performers for 🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 in defeat. Wildlife Horses Team (3-5) will look to add to their success against Some big ass TDs, while 🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 (4-4) meet Slap The Chef in an effort to get some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Wildlife Horses Team   🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Watkins (8 Rec, 107 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) scored 22.7 points in a 30-23 win over the Broncos in Week 8. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 8.26-point projection and was much higher than his 8.54-point season scoring average. Watkins ranks #74 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Browns next week.
Sammy Watkins

Top Player Comparison

Wildlife Horses Team
Points
% of total points 91.18
1
Sammy Watkins
WR
22.7
8.26
24.9%
2
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
17.88
19.9
19.6%
3
Tarik Cohen
RB
17
10.54
18.6%
4
Julian Edelman
WR
11.7
9
12.8%
🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆
Points
% of total points 65.02
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
27.02
24.8
41.6%
2
Kareem Hunt
RB
14.6
15.8
22.5%
3
Brandin Cooks
WR
8.3
11.39
12.8%
4
Nelson Agholor
WR
6.3
5.23
9.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were several players with highlight-reel plays on both teams early Sunday, but it was Wildlife Horses Team who claimed the lead, 79.48-63.02. Ben Roethlisberger had a 43-yard touchdown pass for Wildlife Horses Team, while Tarik Cohen had a 70-yard touchdown catch. Meanwhile, Patrick Mahomes linked up with Kareem Hunt for a 23-yard touchdown pass for 🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆. Mahomes also lit up the scoreboard with a 40-yard pass.

Points By Position

  Wildlife Horses Team   🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆
Standings Update
If you blink, you'll miss it. That's how we feel about this season, which is already at the midway point. How about we refresh the Standings?
Wildlife Horses Team
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to see Wildlife Horses Team making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The team finds itself outside of playoff position after averaging only 83.23 points per game through eight weeks, 11th-best in the league.
Important Players
Ben Roethlisberger
MVP
2290 Pass Yds, 14 Pass TDs
Jarvis Landry
Best Drafted
49 Rec, 528 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
Jason Myers
Best Acquisition
18-19 FG, 55 long, 18-19 XP
🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆
🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 will be tough to beat as long as they are putting up points at this pace. Averaging 98.74 points per game through eight weeks, 3rd-best in the league, the squad is No. 4 in the Standings, putting 🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 in playoff position.
Important Players
Patrick Mahomes
MVP
2526 Pass Yds, 26 Pass TDs, 119 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Kareem Hunt
Best Drafted
592 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 262 Rec Yds, 5 Rec TDs
Phillip Lindsay
Best Acquisition
531 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs, 136 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD

What If

Wildlife Horses Team would have beaten eight other teams besides 🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 this week.
🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 would have lost to 13 other teams besides Wildlife Horses Team this week.
If Wildlife Horses Team played 🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 every week this season, they'd be 2-6.
Last week, 🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 would have gotten the victory over Wildlife Horses Team 131.02-92.46.
Wildlife Horses Team would be 2-5 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as 🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Wildlife Horses Team, 🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 would be 5-2.
If Wildlife Horses Team had played every team in the league each week, they would be 53-67.
If they played every team every week, 🏆🐲 KING KOOPA 🐲🏆 would be 79-41.