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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
SHO ing u the way🇯🇵
2-5 170
136.54
 
VS
proj
Los Angeles Dons
81 0-7
78.47

SHO ing u the way🇯🇵 hand Los Angeles Dons seventh straight loss in 170-81 rout

SHO ing u the way🇯🇵 cruised to a 170-81 win to hand Los Angeles Dons their seventh straight loss to open the season. Los Angeles Dons got out to a 7-point lead on Thursday, but it was all SHO ing u the way🇯🇵 after that. They were led by Drew Brees, who passed for 373 yards and 3 touchdowns for 26 points, and Michael Thomas, who caught 11 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown (22 points). JuJu Smith-Schuster (16 points) and Devin Singletary (12) did everything they could for Los Angeles Dons in defeat. SHO ing u the way🇯🇵 (2-5) will look to earn another W against Six Footers, while Los Angeles Dons (0-7) will face Hey twitter world in an effort to get some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  SHO ing u the way🇯🇵   Los Angeles Dons

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Gordon III (31 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) scored 11 points in a 17-16 win over the Bears in Week 8. His scoring output nearly doubled his 5.82-point projection and was much higher than his 4.57-point season scoring average. Gordon III will face the Packers next week.
Melvin Gordon III

Top Player Comparison

SHO ing u the way🇯🇵
Points
% of total points 170
1
Drew Brees
QB
26
16.28
15.3%
2
Michael Thomas
WR
22
15.99
12.9%
3
Ryan Tannehill
QB
21
16
12.4%
4
The Jacksonville Jaguars defense
DEF
18
12.62
10.6%
Los Angeles Dons
Points
% of total points 81
1
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
16
11.94
19.8%
2
Devin Singletary
RB
12
5.96
14.8%
3
Stefon Diggs
WR
12
12.58
14.8%
4
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
10
12.75
12.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time plays early Sunday, but it was SHO ing u the way🇯🇵 who grabbed the lead, 161-50. For SHO ing u the way🇯🇵, Jason Myers had a 54-yard field goal. Devin Singletary made the highlight reel for Los Angeles Dons with a 28-yard touchdown catch.
Monday
JuJu Smith-Schuster had a 26-yard touchdown catch for Los Angeles Dons.

Points By Position

  SHO ing u the way🇯🇵   Los Angeles Dons

What If

SHO ing u the way🇯🇵 would have beaten eight other teams besides Los Angeles Dons this week.
Los Angeles Dons would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
SHO ing u the way🇯🇵 would be 6-1 if they played Los Angeles Dons every week.
SHO ing u the way🇯🇵 would have defeated Los Angeles Dons 131-53 had they played each other last week.
SHO ing u the way🇯🇵 would be 2-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Los Angeles Dons.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as SHO ing u the way🇯🇵, Los Angeles Dons would be 1-5.
If SHO ing u the way🇯🇵 had played every team in the league each week, they would be 39-38.
If they played every team every week, Los Angeles Dons would be 6-70-1.

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