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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
War Pigs
5-3 730.94
550.49
 
VS
proj
ASTRO CREEP 2000
443.88 2-6
467.77

War Pigs hand ASTRO CREEP 2000 fifth consecutive loss in 730.94-443.88 rout

War Pigs cruised to a 730.94-443.88 win to hand ASTRO CREEP 2000 their fifth consecutive loss. War Pigs took a 124.60-point lead on Thursday behind Stefon Diggs (68.6 points) and the Minnesota Vikings defense (56) and never let it go. Miles Sanders (58.75 points) and Russell Wilson (57.08) were the top performers for ASTRO CREEP 2000 in the loss. This marks the second time this season War Pigs have gotten the best of ASTRO CREEP 2000, after winning 584.74-407.45 in their last matchup. War Pigs (5-3) will look to build on their success against BUD LIGHT, while ASTRO CREEP 2000 (2-6) will attempt to get back on track against Garbaggio.

Matchup Timeline

  War Pigs   ASTRO CREEP 2000

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Jones caught 10 passes for 152 yards as the Falcons lost to the Seahawks 27-20. In doing so, he put up 113.4 points to more-than-triple his 37.05-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on War Pigs this week. Next week, Jones will face the Saints.
Julio Jones

Top Player Comparison

War Pigs
Points
% of total points 730.94
1
Julio Jones
WR
113.4
37.05
15.5%
2
Latavius Murray
RB
100.65
40.24
13.8%
3
Jamie Collins Sr.
LB
97
40.91
13.3%
4
James Conner
RB
83.75
45.75
11.5%
ASTRO CREEP 2000
Points
% of total points 443.88
1
Miles Sanders
RB
58.75
19.03
13.2%
2
Russell Wilson
QB
57.08
92.72
12.9%
3
Joe Mixon
RB
45.65
24.76
10.3%
4
Danny Amendola
WR
45.4
25.06
10.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays early Sunday, after which War Pigs owned a 541.59-418.88 lead. For War Pigs, Philip Rivers had a 43-yard pass. Miles Sanders made the highlight reel for ASTRO CREEP 2000 with a 65-yard touchdown run.

Points By Position

  War Pigs   ASTRO CREEP 2000

What If

War Pigs would have beaten every other team in the league this week.
ASTRO CREEP 2000 would have lost to 11 other teams besides War Pigs this week.
If they played ASTRO CREEP 2000 every week, War Pigs would be 3-5 this season.
ASTRO CREEP 2000 would have beaten War Pigs 497.19-454.39 had they played each other last week.
War Pigs would be 2-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as ASTRO CREEP 2000.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as War Pigs, ASTRO CREEP 2000 would be 4-2.
If War Pigs had played every team in the league each week, they would be 64-40.
If they played every team every week, ASTRO CREEP 2000 would be 54-50.

Next Week Preview

War Pigs
War Pigs (5-3) battle BUD LIGHT (1-7) in Week 9. Each of these teams has players on bye next week, as Julio Jones, Latavius Murray, Greg Zuerlein, and Alvin Kamara are off for War Pigs and Jared Goff and Nick Vigil are out for BUD LIGHT. Over the last three weeks, War Pigs have scored 590.02 points per game, while BUD LIGHT have averaged only 391.86 per contest.
ASTRO CREEP 2000
The outlook doesn't immediately get much more appealing for 12th-place ASTRO CREEP 2000, as they now get to go toe-to-toe against first-place and red-hot Garbaggio in Week 9. ASTRO CREEP 2000 will need to compensate for the fact that Joe Mixon has a bye in Week 9. Garbaggio will be without Calvin Ridley.