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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Red Raiders
4-4 112.17
87.81
 
VS
proj
Fat Samurai
81.1 3-5
85.83

Red Raiders smirk at expectations, earn win against Fat Samurai in 112.17-81.10 rout

Red Raiders stepped up and exceeded expectations, rolling to a 112.17-81.10 win over Fat Samurai, who fell short of projections. Red Raiders pulled out to a 17.65-point lead on Thursday behind Lamar Miller and never let it go. Patrick Mahomes (303 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs) and Latavius Murray (56 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 39 Rec Yds) led the charge for Fat Samurai in the loss. Red Raiders (4-4) will look to keep it rolling against Blade Executioner, while Fat Samurai (3-5) will attempt to right the ship against Bloodlust.

Matchup Timeline

  Red Raiders   Fat Samurai

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the 49ers in Week 8, Fitzgerald scored 18.1 points to crush his 2.86-point projection. He caught 8 passes for 102 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the fourth-highest percentage of any WR in the league this season. Fitzgerald will go up against the Chiefs next week.
Larry Fitzgerald

Top Player Comparison

Red Raiders
Points
% of total points 112.17
1
Adrian Peterson
RB
22.8
7.07
20.3%
2
Larry Fitzgerald
WR
18.1
2.86
16.1%
3
Lamar Miller
RB
17.65
6.39
15.7%
4
Adam Thielen
WR
14.9
9.36
13.3%
Fat Samurai
Points
% of total points 81.1
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
27
21.03
33.3%
2
Latavius Murray
RB
10.75
7.17
13.3%
3
Antonio Callaway
WR
7.8
2.7
9.6%
4
Dallas Goedert
TE
7.6
2.59
9.4%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Lamar Miller had a 58-yard run for Red Raiders, contributing to a 17.65-0.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time plays early Sunday, but after the dust settled, Red Raiders boasted a 95.32-68.25 lead. For Red Raiders, Eli Manning had a 44-yard pass. Patrick Mahomes had a 23-yard touchdown pass and a 40-yard pass for Fat Samurai, while Dallas Goedert had a 32-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  Red Raiders   Fat Samurai
Standings Update
Let's refresh the Standings. After all, we're already halfway through the season, if you can believe it.
Red Raiders
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to imagine Red Raiders making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The squad finds itself on the outside looking in for the playoffs after averaging only 81.66 points per game through eight weeks, 14th-best in the league.
Important Players
Adam Thielen
MVP
74 Rec, 925 Rec Yds, 6 Rec TDs
Robbie Gould
Best Drafted
16-17 FG, 51 long, 13-14 XP
C.J. Beathard
Best Acquisition
1252 Pass Yds, 8 Pass TDs
Fat Samurai
Fat Samurai 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 (93.56 ppg), leaving Fat Samurai outside of playoff position at No. 12 in the Standings.
Important Players
Patrick Mahomes
MVP
2526 Pass Yds, 26 Pass TDs, 119 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Harrison Butker
Best Drafted
13-14 FG, 46 long, 35-36 XP
Myles Garrett
Best Acquisition
25 Tackles, 8 Sacks

What If

Red Raiders would have beaten 13 other teams besides Fat Samurai this week.
Fat Samurai would have lost to nine other teams besides Red Raiders this week.
If Red Raiders played Fat Samurai every week this season, they'd be 2-6.
Fat Samurai would have defeated Red Raiders 118.57-78.9 had they played each other last week.
Red Raiders would be 1-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Fat Samurai.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Red Raiders, Fat Samurai would be 5-2.
If Red Raiders had played every team in the league each week, they would be 48-72.
If they played every team every week, Fat Samurai would be 66-54.