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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Naked Canadians
6-2 80.98
88.18
 
VS
proj
sbmurks
72.42 4-4
79.52

Naked Canadians jump into top spot, 80.98-72.42

Naked Canadians ascended into first place in KFFL XVII with a hard-fought victory over sbmurks, coming out on top with a 80.98-72.42 win. sbmurks jumped out to a 26.18-point lead on Thursday behind a stellar performance from Deshaun Watson (239 Pass Yds, 5 Pass TDs, 14 Rush Yds). But Naked Canadians held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Adam Thielen (15 Rush Yds, 103 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Andrew Luck (239 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs). This marks the first time this season Naked Canadians have beaten sbmurks, after falling 93.16-81.88 in their last matchup. Naked Canadians (6-2) will look to keep it rolling against PICKERS, while sbmurks (4-4) will face 24 Eh! in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Naked Canadians   sbmurks

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Lutz overachieved for the third time this season, scoring 16 points against his 9.96-point projection. During a 30-20 win over the Vikings, he made all 3 of his FG attempts. Lutz ranks #5 among fantasy Ks this season and will face the Rams next week.
Wil Lutz

Top Player Comparison

Naked Canadians
Points
% of total points 80.98
1
Adam Thielen
WR
18.8
15.32
23.2%
2
Andrew Luck
QB
18.58
15.55
22.9%
3
Wil Lutz
K
16
9.96
19.8%
4
David Johnson
RB
10
12.17
12.3%
sbmurks
Points
% of total points 72.42
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
26.18
16.26
36.2%
2
Julian Edelman
WR
14.7
9
20.3%
3
Hayden Hurst
TE
8.9
3.41
12.3%
4
Michael Thomas
WR
8.1
13.41
11.2%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Deshaun Watson had a 73-yard touchdown pass and a 49-yard touchdown pass for sbmurks, helping sbmurks to a 26.18-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time plays early Sunday, after which sbmurks had a 49.62-46.18 lead. For Naked Canadians, Andrew Luck had a 26-yard touchdown pass and a 20-yard touchdown pass. Hayden Hurst made the highlight reel for sbmurks with a 26-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Night
There were players with highlight-reel moments for both teams on Sunday night, but it was Naked Canadians who took the lead, 80.98-57.72. For Naked Canadians, Wil Lutz had a 52-yard field goal. Michael Thomas made the highlight reel for sbmurks with a 44-yard catch.

Points By Position

  Naked Canadians   sbmurks
Standings Update
How about we take a closer look at the Standings? After all, we're already halfway through the season, believe it or not.
Naked Canadians
Naked Canadians may not win the league scoring title, but they're certainly putting up points when it counts. Through eight weeks, the unit is averaging the 5th-most points per game in the league (89.09 ppg), propelling Naked Canadians to the best record in the league and the top spot in the Standings.
Important Players
Adam Thielen
MVP
74 Rec, 925 Rec Yds, 6 Rec TDs
Matt Ryan
Best Drafted
2335 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs
the Chicago Bears defense
Best Acquisition
20.6 Avg Pts Allowed, 329.6 Avg Yds Allowed, 17 Turnovers
sbmurks
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on sbmurks 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 81.10 points per game through eight weeks, 10th-best in the league.
Important Players
Melvin Gordon III
MVP
466 Rush Yds, 6 Rush TDs, 279 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Deshaun Watson
Best Drafted
2176 Pass Yds, 15 Pass TDs, 230 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD
Doug Martin
Best Acquisition
171 Rush Yds

What If

Naked Canadians would have beaten only three other teams besides sbmurks this week.
sbmurks would have lost to eight other teams besides Naked Canadians this week.
If Naked Canadians played sbmurks every week this season, they'd be 5-3.
Last week, Naked Canadians would have been victorious over sbmurks 81.96-65.3.
Naked Canadians would be 4-2 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as sbmurks.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Naked Canadians, sbmurks would be 2-4.
If Naked Canadians had played every team in the league each week, they would be 45-43.
If they played every team every week, sbmurks would be 36-52.