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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨
4-4 162.24
126.56
 
VS
proj
Maxdeflation
150.78 4-4
172.47

🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 beat Maxdeflation, 162.24-150.78

Despite identical records, Maxdeflation held a significant season point advantage over 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 coming into this one (1,365-1,067). But the trend wouldn't continue this week with 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 securing a 162.24-150.78 win. Maxdeflation grabbed a 24.20-point lead on Thursday, but 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Carson Wentz, who passed for 286 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 28 yards for 31.64 points, and Adrian Peterson, who ran for 149 yards and a touchdown (30.6 points). DeAndre Hopkins (24.2 points) and Christian McCaffrey (23.6) did everything they could for Maxdeflation in the loss. 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 improve to 4-4 on the season, while Maxdeflation fall to 4-4.

Matchup Timeline

  🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨   Maxdeflation

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Watkins overachieved for the fourth time this season, scoring 28.7 points against his 10.99-point projection. In a 30-23 win over the Broncos, he caught 8 passes for 107 yards and 2 touchdowns. Watkins ranks #74 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Browns next week.
Sammy Watkins

Top Player Comparison

🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨
Points
% of total points 162.24
1
Carson Wentz
QB
31.64
23.76
19.5%
2
Adrian Peterson
RB
30.6
14.37
18.9%
3
Sammy Watkins
WR
28.7
10.99
17.7%
4
Chris Carson
RB
24.4
13.38
15%
Maxdeflation
Points
% of total points 150.78
1
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
24.2
17.63
16%
2
Christian McCaffrey
RB
23.6
17.89
15.7%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
22.8
20.98
15.1%
4
Latavius Murray
RB
20.5
15.02
13.6%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
DeAndre Hopkins had a 49-yard touchdown catch for Maxdeflation, helping give Maxdeflation a 24.20-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
There were players with standout plays for both teams early Sunday, but it was 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 who claimed the lead, 158.04-107.48. For 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨, Carson Wentz had a 36-yard touchdown pass and a 32-yard touchdown pass. Case Keenum made the highlight reel for Maxdeflation with a 24-yard touchdown pass and a 49-yard pass.

Points By Position

  🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨   Maxdeflation
Standings Update
Believe it or not, we’re already midway through the season, which means it's about time catch up on the Standings.
🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The squad currently finds itself outside of playoff position after averaging only 133.44 points per game through eight weeks, 10th-best in the league.
Important Players
Ben Roethlisberger
MVP
2290 Pass Yds, 14 Pass TDs
Best Drafted
Carson Wentz
Best Acquisition
1788 Pass Yds, 13 Pass TDs
Maxdeflation
Maxdeflation will be tough to beat as long as they are putting up points at this pace. Averaging 170.56 points per game through eight weeks, 2nd-best in the league, the unit finds itself currently in playoff position.
Important Players
Philip Rivers
MVP
2008 Pass Yds, 17 Pass TDs
Best Drafted
Saquon Barkley
Best Acquisition
519 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 497 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs

What If

🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 would have beaten six other teams besides Maxdeflation this week.
Maxdeflation would have lost to six other teams besides 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 this week.
If 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 played Maxdeflation every week this season, they'd be 2-6.
Last week, Maxdeflation would have defeated 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 195.74-137.1.
🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 would be 1-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Maxdeflation.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨, Maxdeflation would be 5-2.
If 🚨🚨For Sale🚨🚨 had played every team in the league each week, they would be 39-49.
If they played every team every week, Maxdeflation would be 64-24.