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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
The Dirty Stoop
3-5 161.12
151.87
 
VS
proj
The Nuts
107.16 3-5
134.07

The Nuts fall to The Dirty Stoop in 161.12-107.16 rout

The Nuts were unable to live up to their projected point total, as The Dirty Stoop rolled to a 161.12-107.16 win. The matchup was decided before it really even started, as The Dirty Stoop took a 73.86-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind stellar performances from Patrick Mahomes and Phillip Lindsay. Mahomes passed for 303 yards and 4 touchdowns for 34.02 points, while Lindsay racked up 112 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown (22.2 points). Cam Newton (32.96 points) and James White (22.4) carried the flag for The Nuts in the loss. The Dirty Stoop improve to 3-5 on the season, while The Nuts fall to 3-5.

Matchup Timeline

  The Dirty Stoop   The Nuts

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Howard (81 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) scored 19.1 points in a 24-10 win over the Jets in Week 8. His scoring output was 69.9% more than his 11.24-point projection and was much higher than his 11.61-point season scoring average. Howard will face the Bills next week.
Jordan Howard

Top Player Comparison

The Dirty Stoop
Points
% of total points 161.12
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
34.02
30.69
21.1%
2
Stefon Diggs
WR
23.9
16.24
14.8%
3
Phillip Lindsay
RB
22.2
13.86
13.8%
4
Jordan Howard
RB
19.1
11.24
11.9%
The Nuts
Points
% of total points 107.16
1
Cam Newton
QB
32.96
26.57
30.8%
2
James White
RB
22.4
16.68
20.9%
3
LeSean McCoy
RB
14.5
11.81
13.5%
4
Golden Tate
WR
7.3
13.65
6.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 23-yard touchdown pass and a 40-yard pass for The Dirty Stoop, while Mason Crosby had a 53-yard field goal, contributing to a 137.22-63.36 lead for The Dirty Stoop.

Points By Position

  The Dirty Stoop   The Nuts
Standings Update
How about we take a closer look at the Standings? We're already halfway through the season after all, if you can believe it.
The Dirty Stoop
The Dirty Stoop rank in the top half of the league in scoring, but they'll have to do better moving forward if they want to make the playoffs. Through eight weeks, the unit is averaging the 5th-most points per game in the league (148.63 ppg), leaving The Dirty Stoop outside of playoff position at No. 9 in the Standings.
Important Players
Patrick Mahomes
MVP
2526 Pass Yds, 26 Pass TDs, 119 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Best Drafted
Emmanuel Sanders
Best Acquisition
50 Rec, 660 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
The Nuts
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to see The Nuts making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The squad has some work to do in order to get into playoff position after averaging only 125.64 points per game through eight weeks, 11th-best in the league.
Important Players
Cam Newton
MVP
1646 Pass Yds, 13 Pass TDs, 309 Rush Yds, 4 Rush TDs
Best Drafted
James White
Best Acquisition
204 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 459 Rec Yds, 6 Rec TDs

Game Notes

More than half (7 of the 11) of the starters on The Dirty Stoop exceeded their projected point totals.
The Nuts had only three of their 11 starters score higher than their projected points.
The Dirty Stoop put up more points than their season scoring average (148.63) while The Nuts fell short of theirs (125.64).
The Dirty Stoop scored more points than their projected total, while The Nuts fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 53.96-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
This win snaps a streak of five straight defeats for The Dirty Stoop.
Not only did The Dirty Stoop win, but they also easily covered the 17.8-point predicted margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, The Dirty Stoop moves to (1-4), while The Nuts falls to (0-3).
A bright spot in the loss, Cam Newton recorded 32.96 points, the third-best score for a signal-caller this week.