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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Touching-Tips
6-2 121.02
99.46
 
VS
proj
Titsburgh Feelers
83.9 4-4
99.21

Touching-Tips beat Titsburgh Feelers for fourth straight win in 121.02-83.90 rout

Touching-Tips extended their win streak to four games with a dominant victory over Titsburgh Feelers, rolling to a 121.02-83.90 win. Touching-Tips pulled out to a 4.50-point lead on Thursday behind DeAndre Hopkins (20.2 points) and Jakeem Grant (3.6) and never let it go. Andy Dalton (280 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 10 Rush Yds) and Lamar Miller (133 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) were the top scorers for Titsburgh Feelers in the loss. Touching-Tips (6-2) will look to sustain their winning ways against Stink Pink Gators, while Titsburgh Feelers (4-4) will attempt to right the ship against Dino Ridin' Dirty.

Matchup Timeline

  Touching-Tips   Titsburgh Feelers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 212 yards from scrimmage and running for 2 touchdowns against the Browns, Conner registered 33.2 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 15.42-point projection and was much higher than his 18.53-point season scoring average. Conner ranks #12 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Ravens next week.
James Conner

Top Player Comparison

Touching-Tips
Points
% of total points 121.02
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
35.02
30.17
28.9%
2
James Conner
RB
33.2
15.42
27.4%
3
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
20.2
13.52
16.7%
4
Jared Cook
TE
13.4
6.46
11.1%
Titsburgh Feelers
Points
% of total points 83.9
1
Andy Dalton
QB
24.2
24.58
28.8%
2
Lamar Miller
RB
19.3
10.32
23%
3
Kareem Hunt
RB
14.6
15.8
17.4%
4
Adam Vinatieri
K
10
10.11
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Both teams had players with big-time plays on Thursday, but after the scoring was completed, Touching-Tips had a 23.80-19.30 lead. For Touching-Tips, DeAndre Hopkins had a 49-yard touchdown catch. Lamar Miller made the highlight reel for Titsburgh Feelers with a 58-yard run.
Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time plays early Sunday, after which Touching-Tips became the proud owner of a 114.52-83.90 lead. Patrick Mahomes had a 23-yard touchdown pass and a 40-yard pass for Touching-Tips, while James Conner had a 22-yard touchdown run. Kareem Hunt made the highlight reel for Titsburgh Feelers with a 23-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  Touching-Tips   Titsburgh Feelers
Standings Update
Time flies when you're having fun. We’re already at the midpoint of the season, and that means it's about time to catch up on the Standings.
Touching-Tips
Touching-Tips will be tough to beat as long as they are putting up points at this pace. Averaging 111.46 points per game through eight weeks, 3rd-best in the league, the unit is No. 3 in the Standings, easily in playoff position.
Important Players
Patrick Mahomes
MVP
2526 Pass Yds, 26 Pass TDs, 119 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
DeAndre Hopkins
Best Drafted
53 Rec, 789 Rec Yds, 6 Rec TDs
James Conner
Best Acquisition
599 Rush Yds, 9 Rush TDs, 323 Rec Yds
Titsburgh Feelers
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on Titsburgh Feelers making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The unit has some work to do in order to make the playoffs after averaging only 93.06 points per game through eight weeks, 9th-best in the league.
Important Players
Kareem Hunt
MVP
592 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 262 Rec Yds, 5 Rec TDs
Andy Dalton
Best Drafted
2102 Pass Yds, 17 Pass TDs
Best Acquisition

StatSmack

Touching-Tips must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more points in this one (121.02) than their season average (111.46).
Touching-Tips are on fire, with victories in four straight weeks.
We heard scoring helps you win. Touching-Tips are doing a better job of that, averaging 111.46 versus Titsburgh Feelers's 93.06.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. Touching-Tips (6-2) have a better record than Titsburgh Feelers (4-4).
Even the computers think Touching-Tips have a better lineup. Their projected average points is higher (103.24) than Titsburgh Feelers (95.33).
You won't win many matchups if you don't play. Titsburgh Feelers has left more points on the bench this season (384.62) than Touching-Tips (324.84).
Touching-Tips don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than Titsburgh Feelers (4 vs 1).
Touching-Tips don't falter at the last minute, with fewer close losses than Titsburgh Feelers (0 vs 1).
Touching-Tips should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more matchups than Titsburgh Feelers (6 vs 4).
Touching-Tips have started more fantasy players who beat their projection than Titsburgh Feelers (33 vs 26).
By position, Touching-Tips have outscored Titsburgh Feelers at QB, WR, and TE this season.
Touching-Tips has a higher average scoring margin (11) than Titsburgh Feelers this season (-5).
The starters for Touching-Tips had more big plays in their NFL games this week (5) than the starters for Titsburgh Feelers (2).
There's not much good to say about Titsburgh Feelers this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!