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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
PapaMarShongo
1-7 154.08
131.78
 
VS
proj
V-Lo Brown
118.02 1-7
105

PapaMarShongo top expectations, defeat V-Lo Brown in 154.08-118.02 rout

Both teams stepped up and beat their projected point totals, but PapaMarShongo knocked off V-Lo Brown. Predicted to win 131.78-105.00, PapaMarShongo rolled to a 154.08-118.02 victory over V-Lo Brown. V-Lo Brown took a 35.82-point lead on Thursday behind standout efforts from Will Fuller V, who caught 5 passes for 124 yards and a touchdown for 23.9 points, and Danny Amendola, who had 43 receiving yards and passed for 28 yards and a touchdown (11.92 points). But it was all PapaMarShongo after that. They were led by Mike Evans (6 Rec, 179 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Joe Mixon (123 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 15 Rec Yds). PapaMarShongo (1-7) will look to sustain their momentum against Brock Lesnar, while V-Lo Brown (1-7) take on Diamond Dallas Page in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  PapaMarShongo   V-Lo Brown

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Evans caught 6 passes for 179 yards and a touchdown as the Buccaneers lost to the Bengals 37-34. In doing so, he put up 30.9 points to more-than-double his 14.17-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on PapaMarShongo this week. Evans will play the Panthers in Week 9.
Mike Evans

Top Player Comparison

PapaMarShongo
Points
% of total points 154.08
1
Mike Evans
WR
30.9
14.17
20.1%
2
Joe Mixon
RB
30.3
16
19.7%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
17.9
14.3
11.6%
4
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
17.88
19.9
11.6%
V-Lo Brown
Points
% of total points 118.02
1
Will Fuller V
WR
23.9
10.35
20.3%
2
Antonio Brown
WR
22.4
17.39
19%
3
Wil Lutz
K
16
10.45
13.6%
4
Baker Mayfield
QB
15.1
17.97
12.8%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Will Fuller V had a 73-yard touchdown catch for V-Lo Brown, while Danny Amendola had a 28-yard touchdown pass, helping V-Lo Brown to a 35.82-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Both teams had several players with standout plays early Sunday, but it was PapaMarShongo who grabbed the lead, 154.08-102.02. Mike Evans had a 72-yard touchdown catch for PapaMarShongo, while Joe Mixon had a 43-yard run. Meanwhile, Antonio Brown had a 43-yard touchdown catch for V-Lo Brown, while Baker Mayfield had a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Sunday Night
Wil Lutz had a 52-yard field goal for V-Lo Brown, who trailed 154.08-118.02 after Sunday Night Football.

Points By Position

  PapaMarShongo   V-Lo Brown
Standings Update
If you blink, you'll miss it. That's how we feel about the fantasy football season, which is already at the halfway point. How about we refresh the Standings?
PapaMarShongo
PapaMarShongo 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 6th-most points per game in the league (123.45 ppg), leaving PapaMarShongo on the outside looking in for the playoffs at No. 11 in the Standings.
Important Players
Ben Roethlisberger
MVP
2290 Pass Yds, 14 Pass TDs
Mike Evans
Best Drafted
46 Rec, 770 Rec Yds, 4 Rec TDs
Chris Boswell
Best Acquisition
6-9 FG, 42 long, 20-23 XP
V-Lo Brown
Sometimes the Standings really do reflect a team's capabilities. After averaging the fewest points per game in the league at 104.98, V-Lo Brown boasts the No. 12 position in the Standings, leaving the squad with some work to do in order to make the playoffs.
Important Players
Antonio Brown
MVP
46 Rec, 552 Rec Yds, 8 Rec TDs
Will Fuller V
Best Drafted
32 Rec, 503 Rec Yds, 4 Rec TDs
Baker Mayfield
Best Acquisition
1471 Pass Yds, 8 Pass TDs

What If

PapaMarShongo would have beaten nine other teams besides V-Lo Brown this week.
V-Lo Brown would have lost to four other teams besides PapaMarShongo this week.
PapaMarShongo would be 7-1 if they played V-Lo Brown every week.
Last week, PapaMarShongo would have topped V-Lo Brown 126.14-114.4.
PapaMarShongo would be 3-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as V-Lo Brown.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as PapaMarShongo, V-Lo Brown would be 0-7.
If PapaMarShongo had played every team in the league each week, they would be 41-47.
If they played every team every week, V-Lo Brown would be 22-66.