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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
SF Niners
3-5 107.2
112.89
 
VS
proj
Ethan's Expert Team
84.96 4-4
108.52

SF Niners hand Ethan's Expert Team fourth straight loss, 107.20-84.96

SF Niners secured a 107.20-84.96 win to hand Ethan's Expert Team their fourth consecutive loss. SF Niners took a 32.3-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind standout efforts from Tarik Cohen (17.5 points) and Kareem Hunt (17.1) and never looked back. Alvin Kamara (23.1 points) and Kirk Cousins (21.66) did everything they could for Ethan's Expert Team in the loss. SF Niners (3-5) will look to rack up another W against crzylkthat's Team, while Ethan's Expert Team (4-4) face Steven's Team in an effort to generate some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  SF Niners   Ethan's Expert Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cook caught 4 passes for 74 yards and a touchdown as the Raiders lost to the Colts 42-28. In doing so, he put up 15.4 points to scored 77.4% higher than his 8.68-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on SF Niners this week. In Week 9, Cook and the Raiders will go up against the 49ers.
Jared Cook

Top Player Comparison

SF Niners
Points
% of total points 107.2
1
Tarik Cohen
RB
17.5
12.8
16.3%
2
Kareem Hunt
RB
17.1
17.26
16%
3
Julian Edelman
WR
16.2
12.26
15.1%
4
Jared Cook
TE
15.4
8.68
14.4%
Ethan's Expert Team
Points
% of total points 84.96
1
Alvin Kamara
RB
23.1
18.31
27.2%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
21.66
22.82
25.5%
3
Alex Collins
RB
11.3
9.74
13.3%
4
Golden Tate
WR
8.8
12.62
10.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with standout moments for both teams early Sunday, after which SF Niners owned a 72.50-40.20 lead. Tarik Cohen had a 70-yard touchdown catch for SF Niners, while Kareem Hunt had a 23-yard touchdown catch. Tyreek Hill made the highlight reel for Ethan's Expert Team with a 40-yard catch.

Points By Position

  SF Niners   Ethan's Expert Team
Standings Update
Time flies when you're having fun. We’re already halfway through the season, meaning it's about time to take a closer look at the Standings.
SF Niners
SF Niners 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 (105.91 ppg), leaving SF Niners on the outside looking in for the playoffs at No. 8 in the Standings.
Important Players
Kareem Hunt
MVP
592 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 262 Rec Yds, 5 Rec TDs
Drew Brees
Best Drafted
1990 Pass Yds, 14 Pass TDs
Mitchell Trubisky
Best Acquisition
1814 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs, 296 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Ethan's Expert Team
Ethan's Expert Team 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 team is averaging the 4th-most points per game in the league (112.27 ppg), leaving Ethan's Expert Team outside of playoff position at No. 5 in the Standings.
Important Players
Kirk Cousins
MVP
2521 Pass Yds, 16 Pass TDs
Alvin Kamara
Best Drafted
408 Rush Yds, 7 Rush TDs, 393 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
Best Acquisition

Game Notes

SF Niners emerged victorious despite the fact that only four of their nine starters exceeded their projected scores.
Ethan's Expert Team had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Ethan's Expert Team can partially blame the loss on Keenan Allen, who didn't score any points.
The two highest scorers for Ethan's Expert Team (Alvin Kamara and Kirk Cousins) scored more points than Tarik Cohen, the leading scorer for SF Niners.
SF Niners put up more points than their season scoring average (105.91) while Ethan's Expert Team fell short of theirs (112.27).
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
Not only did SF Niners earn the win, but they also easily covered the 4.37-point projected margin of victory.
For Ethan's Expert Team, Alvin Kamara (23.1 points) posted the fourth-highest score for a RB this week.