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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Ertz's Eagles
4-4 93.62
82.65
 
VS
proj
Gerbschmidt
71.63 3-5
77.47

Ertz's Eagles knock off Gerbschmidt for fourth straight win, 93.62-71.63

Ertz's Eagles extended their win streak to four games with a hard-fought victory over Gerbschmidt, earning a 93.62-71.63 win. Ertz's Eagles jumped out to a 21.89-point lead on Thursday behind 21.89 points from Kenyan Drake (58 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 37 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Jakeem Grant (4 Rec, 36 Rec Yds) and never looked back. Tyler Boyd (9 Rec, 138 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Larry Fitzgerald (8 Rec, 102 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the way for Gerbschmidt in the loss. Ertz's Eagles (4-4) will look to maintain their momentum against Tripping Billies, while Gerbschmidt (3-5) attempt to get back in the win column against i don't know.

Matchup Timeline

  Ertz's Eagles   Gerbschmidt

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Drake overachieved for the fourth time this season, scoring 18.33 points against his 5.58-point projection. In a 42-23 loss to the Texans, he racked up 95 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns. Drake ranks #64 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Jets next week.
Kenyan Drake

Top Player Comparison

Ertz's Eagles
Points
% of total points 93.62
1
Mitchell Trubisky
QB
24.4
22.86
26.1%
2
Kenyan Drake
RB
18.33
5.58
19.6%
3
Julian Edelman
WR
12.8
6.64
13.7%
4
Greg Olsen
TE
9.73
4.61
10.4%
Gerbschmidt
Points
% of total points 71.63
1
Tyler Boyd
WR
20.07
6.39
28%
2
Larry Fitzgerald
WR
19.8
3.41
27.6%
3
Alex Smith
QB
14.77
20.46
20.6%
4
Mark Ingram
RB
6.13
8.57
8.6%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Kenyan Drake had a 28-yard touchdown catch for Ertz's Eagles, contributing to a 21.89-0.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Mitchell Trubisky had a 70-yard touchdown pass for Ertz's Eagles to contribute to a 80.82-61.50 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Ertz's Eagles   Gerbschmidt
Standings Update
Don’t look now, but we’re already halfway through the season, which means it's about time to take a closer look at the Standings.
Ertz's Eagles
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to see Ertz's Eagles 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 89.21 points per game through eight weeks, 11th-best in the league.
Important Players
Aaron Rodgers
MVP
2283 Pass Yds, 13 Pass TDs, 116 Rush Yds
Mitchell Trubisky
Best Drafted
1814 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs, 296 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Cody Parkey
Best Acquisition
11-14 FG, 50 long, 23-23 XP
Gerbschmidt
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on Gerbschmidt making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The team has some work to do in order to make the playoffs after averaging only 87.75 points per game through eight weeks, 13th-best in the league.
Important Players
Eli Manning
MVP
2377 Pass Yds, 8 Pass TDs
Ezekiel Elliott
Best Drafted
619 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs, 175 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD
Tyler Boyd
Best Acquisition
49 Rec, 620 Rec Yds, 5 Rec TDs

What If

Ertz's Eagles would have beaten five other teams besides Gerbschmidt this week.
Gerbschmidt would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
Ertz's Eagles would be 5-3 if they played Gerbschmidt every week.
Had they played each other last week, Ertz's Eagles would have been victorious over Gerbschmidt 117.04-79.62.
Ertz's Eagles would be 3-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Gerbschmidt.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Ertz's Eagles, Gerbschmidt would be 2-5.
If Ertz's Eagles had played every team in the league each week, they would be 42-62.
If they played every team every week, Gerbschmidt would be 36-68.