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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
David's Team
4-4 117.78
96.71
 
VS
proj
Slap The Chef
63.86 7-1
72.95

David's Team knock Slap The Chef from 1st place in 117.78-63.86 rout

David's Team rolled to a 117.78-63.86 win over Slap The Chef, knocking them out of first place in WHAT?! Radio Football - IX. David's Team got out to a 10.80-point lead on Thursday behind Dalvin Cook (23.1 points) and never looked back. Baker Mayfield (194 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 18 Rush Yds) and Austin Hooper (6 Rec, 65 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the charge for Slap The Chef in the loss. David's Team (4-4) will look to get another win against 12368975.0, while Slap The Chef (7-1) will take on Kush Gordon in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  David's Team   Slap The Chef

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Evans scored 31.8 points against the Titans in Week 8 to nearly triple his 10.68-point projection. He caught 11 passes for 198 yards and 2 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on David's Team this week. Next week, Evans will play the Seahawks.
Mike Evans

Top Player Comparison

David's Team
Points
% of total points 117.78
1
Mike Evans
WR
31.8
10.68
27%
2
Dalvin Cook
RB
23.1
16.87
19.6%
3
Jared Goff
QB
22.88
19.92
19.4%
4
Josh Lambo
K
12
8.46
10.2%
Slap The Chef
Points
% of total points 63.86
1
Baker Mayfield
QB
12.56
16.86
19.7%
2
Austin Hooper
TE
12.5
7.58
19.6%
3
Stefon Diggs
WR
12.3
10.71
19.3%
4
The Philadelphia Eagles defense
DEF
12
6.86
18.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Jared Goff had a 65-yard touchdown pass and a 31-yard touchdown pass for David's Team, while Mike Evans had a 46-yard catch and a 43-yard catch, helping David's Team to a 113.98-51.30 lead.
Sunday Late
Baker Mayfield had a 21-yard touchdown pass for Slap The Chef, who trailed 117.78-63.86 after the late action.

Points By Position

  David's Team   Slap The Chef

Game Notes

David's Team emerged victorious even though only four of their nine starting players exceeded their scoring projections.
Slap The Chef had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Slap The Chef could have used points from Josh Gordon and Ezekiel Elliott, as both put up goose eggs.
David's Team had three players score more points than the leading scorer for Slap The Chef.
David's Team put up more points than their season scoring average (96.64) while Slap The Chef fell short of theirs (92.53).
David's Team scored more points than their projected total, while Slap The Chef failed to reach their projection.
The 117.78 points scored by David's Team are the 4th-most in the league this season.
The matchup's 53.92-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did David's Team get the win, but they also easily covered the 23.76-point predicted margin of victory.
David's Team moves to (3-1) in blowout games this year, while Slap The Chef falls to (2-1).

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