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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
drizz
5-3 187.18
192.35
 
VS
proj
MangoKid
129.86 1-7
185.45

Offensively challenged drizz top MangoKid, 187.18-129.86

Ranking seventh in the league in points scored for the week, drizz were fortunate to earn a win against an opponent that had an even worse week, emerging victorious with a 187.18-129.86 win over MangoKid. drizz never trailed in this one after taking a 14.00-point lead on Thursday behind Danielle Hunter (10 points) and Everson Griffen (4). DeAndre Hopkins (21.9 points) and Tom Brady (18.36) were the top performers for MangoKid in the loss. This marks the first time this season drizz have beaten MangoKid, after falling 203.94-193.42 in their last matchup. drizz (5-3) will look to build on their success against jbml, while MangoKid (1-7) try to develop some positive momentum against Axel.

Matchup Timeline

  drizz   MangoKid

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Jones overachieved for the fifth time this season, scoring 41.6 points against his 15.28-point projection. During a 31-24 win over the Chiefs, he racked up 226 yards from scrimmage and caught 2 touchdown passes. Jones ranks #8 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Chargers next week.
Aaron Jones

Top Player Comparison

drizz
Points
% of total points 187.18
1
Aaron Jones
RB
41.6
15.28
22.2%
2
Matthew Stafford
QB
23.38
19.38
12.5%
3
Devonta Freeman
RB
16.7
14.56
8.9%
4
DK Metcalf
WR
16.3
11.82
8.7%
MangoKid
Points
% of total points 129.86
1
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
21.9
20.17
16.9%
2
Tom Brady
QB
18.36
19.04
14.1%
3
Evan Engram
TE
14
12.51
10.8%
4
James White
RB
11.9
13.35
9.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Matthew Stafford had a 49-yard touchdown pass and a 41-yard touchdown pass for drizz, contributing to a 132.28-55.50 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Tom Brady found James White for a 59-yard pass for MangoKid, who trailed 145.58-110.16 after the late afternoon action.
Sunday Night
Aaron Jones had a 67-yard touchdown catch and a 50-yard catch for drizz, contributing to a 187.18-129.86 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  drizz   MangoKid

What If

drizz would not have beaten any other team in the league besides MangoKid this week.
MangoKid would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
drizz would be 5-3 if they played MangoKid every week.
Had they played each other last week, drizz would have beaten MangoKid 155.24-154.76.
drizz would be 2-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as MangoKid.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as drizz, MangoKid would be 1-5.
If drizz had played every team in the league each week, they would be 29-27.
If they played every team every week, MangoKid would be 14-42.

Coach Talk

drizz
Well drizz, the good news is that we took this matchup by more than 57 points. The better news is that we've proven we're even stronger than this, as our scoring average through seven weeks was 198.79. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also get back up to where we know we can be!
MangoKid
Hey, we were just resting up for next week, right? The seven offensive position starters on MangoKid (four WRs, two RBs, one TE) combined to register 325 yards and just one touchdown in Week 8. Our opposition's skill players showed off how it's supposed to be done by logging 553 yards and four scores.