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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Jaxxon Pack
6-2 300
257.87
 
VS
proj
WTF Niagara Falls
255 2-6
216.65

Jaxxon Pack defeat WTF Niagara Falls for third straight win, 300-255

Jaxxon Pack extended their win streak to three games with a hard-fought victory over WTF Niagara Falls, earning a 300-255 win. WTF Niagara Falls earned a 48-point lead on Thursday, but Jaxxon Pack held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by the Cincinnati Bengals defense, who allowed 34 points, surrendered 576 yards, and intercepted 4 passes for 35 points, and Sammy Watkins, who caught 8 passes for 107 yards and 2 touchdowns (32 points). Antoine Bethea (30 points) and Mitchell Trubisky (29) carried the flag for WTF Niagara Falls in the loss. Jaxxon Pack (6-2) will look to rack up another win against LEGION OF BOOM, while WTF Niagara Falls (2-6) take on Megatron's Mentality in an effort to generate some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Jaxxon Pack   WTF Niagara Falls

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Watkins (8 Rec, 107 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) scored 32 points in a 30-23 win over the Broncos in Week 8. His scoring output more-than-quadrupled his 7.33-point projection and was much higher than his 11.13-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

Jaxxon Pack
Points
% of total points 300
1
The Cincinnati Bengals defense
DEF
35
23.23
11.7%
2
Sammy Watkins
WR
32
7.33
10.7%
3
Andrew Luck
QB
32
22.51
10.7%
4
Stefon Diggs
WR
27
11.23
9%
WTF Niagara Falls
Points
% of total points 255
1
Antoine Bethea
S
30
21.72
11.8%
2
Mitchell Trubisky
QB
29
19.13
11.4%
3
Avery Williamson
LB
25
24.47
9.8%
4
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
23
20.72
9%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Kenyan Drake had a 28-yard touchdown catch for WTF Niagara Falls, helping to stake WTF Niagara Falls to a 48-0 lead.
Sunday Early
Both teams had multiple players with standout plays early Sunday, after which WTF Niagara Falls had a 255-237 lead. Andrew Luck had a 26-yard touchdown pass and a 20-yard touchdown pass for Jaxxon Pack, while Kareem Hunt had a 23-yard touchdown catch. Meanwhile, Mitchell Trubisky had a 70-yard touchdown pass for WTF Niagara Falls, while Ben Roethlisberger had a 43-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  Jaxxon Pack   WTF Niagara Falls
Standings Update
How about we check in on the Standings? After all, we're already at the midpoint of the season, if you can believe it.
Jaxxon Pack
Jaxxon Pack will be tough to beat as long as they are putting up points at this pace. Averaging 283 points per game through eight weeks, 4th-best in the league, the unit holds the No. 4 spot in the Standings, putting Jaxxon Pack in playoff position.
Important Players
Andrew Luck
MVP
2187 Pass Yds, 23 Pass TDs
Lavonte David
Best Drafted
56 Tackles
Bradley McDougald
Best Acquisition
42 Tackles, 2 Ints
WTF Niagara Falls
WTF Niagara Falls 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 squad is averaging the 8th-most points per game in the league (255 ppg), leaving WTF Niagara Falls outside of playoff position at No. 13 in the Standings.
Important Players
Ben Roethlisberger
MVP
2290 Pass Yds, 14 Pass TDs
Mitchell Trubisky
Best Drafted
1814 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs, 296 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Antoine Bethea
Best Acquisition
67 Tackles, 1 Sack

Game Notes

Jaxxon Pack got the W despite the fact that only nine of their 23 starting players exceeded their projected scores.
WTF Niagara Falls lost despite 14 of their 23 starters exceeding their projected points.
The final result could've looked differently, as Jaxxon Pack had four starters score zero points, while WTF Niagara Falls had three.
Jaxxon Pack had three players score more points than the leading scorer for WTF Niagara Falls.
Jaxxon Pack put up more points than their season scoring average (282.75) while WTF Niagara Falls fell short of theirs (255.38).
Each team scored more than its projected point total.
WTF Niagara Falls ranked 6th in the league in scoring this week, while Jaxxon Pack ranked 1st.
Not only did Jaxxon Pack earn the win, but they also covered the 41.22-point projected margin of victory.
For WTF Niagara Falls, Antoine Bethea recorded 30 points, the second-highest score for a S this week.