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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Beast Load
3-5 93.14
98.3
 
VS
proj
JJ What
90.16 5-3
87.96

Despite top scorer Watson, JJ What fall to Beast Load in 93.14-90.16 battle

Deshaun Watson posted 30.96 points for JJ What, the best total in the matchup and second-best in the league this week, but it wasn't enough to overcome Beast Load, who narrowly earned a 93.14-90.16 victory. JJ What made a run at it on Monday night, but they came up short. Beast Load led 88.84-78.46 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite 11.7 points from Julian Edelman on Monday night for JJ What. Adrian Peterson (25.6 points) and Aaron Rodgers (15.94) won the week for Beast Load in the win. This marks the first time this season Beast Load have taken down JJ What, after falling 103.28-101.3 in their last matchup. Beast Load (3-5) will look to earn another win against Los Toros, while JJ What (5-3) will try to get some positive momentum against Stupid and Delicious.

Matchup Timeline

  Beast Load   JJ What

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Peterson (149 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) scored 25.6 points in a 20-13 win over the Giants in Week 8. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 10.54-point projection and was much higher than his 11.31-point season scoring average. Peterson ranks #54 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Falcons next week.
Adrian Peterson

Top Player Comparison

Beast Load
Points
% of total points 93.14
1
Adrian Peterson
RB
25.6
10.54
27.5%
2
Aaron Rodgers
QB
15.94
21.81
17.1%
3
Latavius Murray
RB
15.5
10.95
16.6%
4
The Seattle Seahawks defense
DEF
10.3
6.85
11.1%
JJ What
Points
% of total points 90.16
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
30.96
20.38
34.3%
2
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
20.2
13.52
22.4%
3
Julian Edelman
WR
11.7
9
13%
4
Kerryon Johnson
RB
9.1
10.59
10.1%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Deshaun Watson teamed up with DeAndre Hopkins for a 49-yard touchdown pass for JJ What. Watson also lit up the scoreboard with a 73-yard touchdown pass to contribute to a 51.16-0.00 lead for JJ What.
Sunday Early
Aaron Rodgers had a 40-yard touchdown pass and a 48-yard pass for Beast Load, who trailed 78.46-64.14 after the early round of games.

Points By Position

  Beast Load   JJ What
Standings Update
How about we take a closer look at the Standings? We're already midway through the season after all, if you can believe it.
Beast Load
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to see Beast Load making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The squad has some work to do in order to make the playoffs after averaging only 90.07 points per game through eight weeks, 7th-best in the league.
Important Players
Matt Ryan
MVP
2335 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs
Aaron Rodgers
Best Drafted
2283 Pass Yds, 13 Pass TDs, 116 Rush Yds
Latavius Murray
Best Acquisition
386 Rush Yds, 4 Rush TDs, 116 Rec Yds
JJ What
JJ What may not win the league scoring title, but they're certainly putting up points when it counts. Through eight weeks, the team is averaging the 4th-most points per game in the league (96.96 ppg), propelling JJ What to the No. 3 position in the Standings, easily in playoff position.
Important Players
Deshaun Watson
MVP
2176 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs, 230 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD
Melvin Gordon III
Best Drafted
466 Rush Yds, 6 Rush TDs, 279 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Julian Edelman
Best Acquisition
25 Rec, 251 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs

What If

Beast Load would have beaten three other teams besides JJ What this week.
JJ What would have lost to six other teams besides Beast Load this week.
If they played JJ What every week, Beast Load would be 3-5 this season.
Beast Load would have gotten the victory over JJ What 83.36-42.96 had they played each other last week.
Beast Load would be 2-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as JJ What.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Beast Load, JJ What would be 3-3.
If Beast Load had played every team in the league each week, they would be 26-46.
If they played every team every week, JJ What would be 38-34.