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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
The Mad Scientist
5-3 113.26
94.53
 
VS
proj
Layne Ducks
106.48 3-5
97.01

The Mad Scientist come back to win against Layne Ducks, 113.26-106.48

The Mad Scientist exceeded expectations, rallying to earn a 113.26-106.48 win over Layne Ducks. Trailing 106.48-100.96 heading into Sunday night, The Mad Scientist made a run behind Travis Kelce, who caught 4 passes for 63 yards and a touchdown for 12.3 points. Matthew Stafford (342 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) and Julian Edelman (8 Rec, 78 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) carried the flag for Layne Ducks in the loss. The Mad Scientist improve to 5-3 on the season, while Layne Ducks fall to 3-5.

Matchup Timeline

  The Mad Scientist   Layne Ducks

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 157 yards from scrimmage and scoring 2 touchdowns against the Cardinals, Murray scored 27.7 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 12.39-point projection and was much higher than his 12.63-point season scoring average. Murray ranks #58 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Falcons next week.
Latavius Murray

Top Player Comparison

The Mad Scientist
Points
% of total points 113.26
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
27.76
23.16
24.5%
2
Latavius Murray
RB
27.7
12.39
24.5%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
12.3
8.17
10.9%
4
Melvin Gordon III
RB
9.4
6.09
8.3%
Layne Ducks
Points
% of total points 106.48
1
Matthew Stafford
QB
24.38
20.3
22.9%
2
Julian Edelman
WR
19.5
10.61
18.3%
3
Austin Hooper
TE
12.5
7.58
11.7%
4
Jason Myers
K
12
9.98
11.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Matthew Stafford had a 49-yard touchdown pass and a 41-yard touchdown pass for Layne Ducks, while Jason Myers had a 54-yard field goal, contributing to an 86.98-50.90 lead for Layne Ducks.
Sunday Late
Deshaun Watson had a 46-yard pass for The Mad Scientist, who trailed 106.48-100.96 after the late afternoon slate.
Sunday Night
Travis Kelce had a 29-yard touchdown catch for The Mad Scientist, helping the team to a 113.26-106.48 lead.

Points By Position

  The Mad Scientist   Layne Ducks

Game Notes

The Mad Scientist had six of their nine starting players score higher than their projected points.
Layne Ducks lost despite five of their nine starters exceeding their points projection.
Layne Ducks took the loss despite recording their best score of the season.
Each team scored more than its projected point total.
The matchup's 6.78-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
The defeat concludes a two-match winning streak for Layne Ducks.
The Mad Scientist moves to (1-0) in comeback games this year, while Layne Ducks falls to (0-2).
Despite the loss, Matthew Stafford scored 24.38 points, the third-best score for a signal-caller this week.

Coach Talk

The Mad Scientist
Only two makes on four field goal attempts? Sounds like Mike Nugent might be kicking himself to the waiver wire after this effort.
Layne Ducks
Unless Layne Ducks wants to go diva-mode on us, then "not getting enough looks" doesn't fly as an excuse this week. Our four pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) collectively got a grand total of 37 targets in Week 8. Chemistry could be an issue, as that group pulled down only 22 balls.