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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Negligent Discharges
3-5 163.4
139.91
 
VS
proj
War Pony
126.4 7-1
151.13

Negligent Discharges top projections, defeat War Pony in 163.40-126.40 rout

Negligent Discharges rose to the occasion and beat expectations, rolling to a 163.40-126.40 win over War Pony, who fell short of projections. Negligent Discharges grabbed a 17.30-point lead on Thursday behind Lamar Miller (19.3 points) and the Houston Texans defense (4) and never let it go. Mitchell Trubisky (28.1 points) and Christian McCaffrey (21.6) carried the flag for War Pony in the loss. Negligent Discharges (3-5) will look to keep it rolling against Cocks, while War Pony (7-1) will attempt to get back in the win column against SAWTOOTHS.

Matchup Timeline

  Negligent Discharges   War Pony

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Playing the Seahawks in Week 8, Jones Jr. caught 7 passes for 117 yards and 2 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 30.7 points to more-than-double his 11.73-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Negligent Discharges this week. Jones Jr. will play the Vikings next week.
Marvin Jones Jr.

Top Player Comparison

Negligent Discharges
Points
% of total points 163.4
1
Cam Newton
QB
34.15
26
20.9%
2
Marvin Jones Jr.
WR
30.7
11.73
18.8%
3
Antonio Brown
WR
25.4
21.29
15.5%
4
Latavius Murray
RB
20.5
12.64
12.5%
War Pony
Points
% of total points 126.4
1
Mitchell Trubisky
QB
28.1
24.5
22.2%
2
Christian McCaffrey
RB
21.6
19.39
17.1%
3
Aaron Jones
RB
16.6
10.53
13.1%
4
Kerryon Johnson
RB
15.1
13.09
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Lamar Miller had a 58-yard run for Negligent Discharges, helping to stake the team to a 23.30-6.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Both teams had multiple players with big-time moments early Sunday, but it was Negligent Discharges who emerged with the lead, 134.30-126.40. Marvin Jones Jr. had a 39-yard touchdown catch for Negligent Discharges, while Antonio Brown had a 43-yard touchdown catch. Meanwhile, Mitchell Trubisky had a 70-yard touchdown pass for War Pony, while Aaron Jones had a 33-yard touchdown run.

Points By Position

  Negligent Discharges   War Pony
Standings Update
Let's refresh the Standings. After all, we're already at the midpoint of the season, if you can believe it.
Negligent Discharges
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to imagine Negligent Discharges making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The squad has some work to do in order to get into playoff position after averaging only 140.50 points per game through eight weeks, 9th-best in the league.
Important Players
Cam Newton
MVP
1646 Pass Yds, 13 Pass TDs, 309 Rush Yds, 4 Rush TDs
Antonio Brown
Best Drafted
46 Rec, 552 Rec Yds, 8 Rec TDs
Best Acquisition
War Pony
War Pony will be tough to beat as long as they are putting up points at this pace. Averaging 162.84 points per game through eight weeks, 2nd-best in the league, the unit boasts the best record in the league and the No. 1 spot in the Standings.
Important Players
Philip Rivers
MVP
2008 Pass Yds, 17 Pass TDs
Melvin Gordon III
Best Drafted
466 Rush Yds, 6 Rush TDs, 279 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Mitchell Trubisky
Best Acquisition
1814 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs, 296 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs

What If

Negligent Discharges would have beaten nine other teams besides War Pony this week.
War Pony would have lost to eight other teams besides Negligent Discharges this week.
Negligent Discharges would be 2-6 if they played War Pony every week.
War Pony would have defeated Negligent Discharges 194.2-137.05 had they played each other last week.
Negligent Discharges would be 4-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as War Pony.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Negligent Discharges, War Pony would be 5-2.
If Negligent Discharges had played every team in the league each week, they would be 50-54.
If they played every team every week, War Pony would be 78-26.