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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Wildebeasts
4-4 108.3
102.11
 
VS
proj
Huskies
96.8 4-4
98.65

Wildebeasts defeat Huskies, 108.3-96.8

Wildebeasts earned a hard-fought victory over Huskies, securing a 108.3-96.8 win. Wildebeasts nabbed an early 12.6-point lead on Thursday. Huskies came back to take the lead during the early games on Sunday, powered by Devonta Freeman (17.2 points) and Evan Engram (14). Unphased, Wildebeasts pulled it together later that afternoon, as DeAndre Hopkins (26.9 points) and Joey Slye (4) put them back on top for good. Wildebeasts improve to 4-4 on the season, while Huskies fall to 4-4.

Matchup Timeline

  Wildebeasts   Huskies

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Golladay (6 Rec, 123 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) scored 34.3 points in a 31-26 win over the Giants in Week 8. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 15.97-point projection and was much higher than his 16.47-point season scoring average. Golladay ranks #52 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Raiders next week.
Kenny Golladay

Top Player Comparison

Wildebeasts
Points
% of total points 108.3
1
Kenny Golladay
WR
34.3
15.97
31.7%
2
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
26.9
20.3
24.8%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
16.3
13.01
15.1%
4
Kirk Cousins
QB
12.6
21.7
11.6%
Huskies
Points
% of total points 96.8
1
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
26.3
16.8
27.2%
2
Devonta Freeman
RB
17.2
16.63
17.8%
3
Evan Engram
TE
14
12.45
14.5%
4
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
13
9.42
13.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments early Sunday, but after all the plays were accounted for, Huskies owned a 57.5-57.1 lead. For Wildebeasts, Kenny Golladay had a 41-yard touchdown catch. Kyler Murray made the highlight reel for Huskies with a 47-yard pass.
Sunday Night
Travis Kelce had a 29-yard touchdown catch for Wildebeasts, contributing to a 108.3-57.5 lead for the team.
Monday
JuJu Smith-Schuster had a 26-yard touchdown catch for Huskies.

Points By Position

  Wildebeasts   Huskies

StatSmack

Wildebeasts must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more in this matchup (108.3) than their season average (102.89).
You won't win many matchups if you leave points on the bench. Wildebeasts has left fewer points on the bench this season (719.84) than Huskies (818.42).
By position, Wildebeasts have outscored Huskies at WR this season.
Wildebeasts has a higher average scoring margin (8) than Huskies this season (8).
There's not much good to say about Huskies this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

More from Yahoo Sports

Wildebeasts
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Huskies
Don't get too upset about this loss, Huskies. Just don't let it turn into a long losing streak. Luckily, Yahoo's experts can help prevent that. The latest edition of Sleepers comes out on Wednesday.