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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Valley Vikings
5-3 255.5
269
 
VS
proj
5Fingers2YoFace
233 2-6
224.78

Back-and-forth battle ends with Valley Vikings knocking off 5Fingers2YoFace, 255.50-233.00

Well, that was thrilling! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, Valley Vikings earned a hard-fought victory over 5Fingers2YoFace, emerging victorious with a 255.50-233.00 win. Valley Vikings were led by Patrick Mahomes, who passed for 416 yards and 5 touchdowns for 58.9 points, and Roquan Smith, who made 11 tackles (22.5 points), while Brandon Aiyuk (8 Rec, 91 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Ben Roethlisberger (182 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) led the way for 5Fingers2YoFace in the loss. This marks the second time this season Valley Vikings have knocked off 5Fingers2YoFace, after winning 260.25-232.4 in their last matchup. Valley Vikings improve to 5-3 on the season, while 5Fingers2YoFace fall to 2-6.

Matchup Timeline

  Valley Vikings   5Fingers2YoFace

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

In a 28-24 win over the Ravens, Fitzpatrick scored 15.75 points to beat his 10-point projection. He made 7 tackles to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Valley Vikings this week. Fitzpatrick will battle the Cowboys in Week 9.
Minkah Fitzpatrick

Top Player Comparison

Valley Vikings
Points
% of total points 255.5
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
58.9
45.46
23.1%
2
Roquan Smith
LB
22.5
15.57
8.8%
3
Travis Fulgham
WR
22.5
17.11
8.8%
4
Darius Leonard
LB
21.25
23.03
8.3%
5Fingers2YoFace
Points
% of total points 233
1
Brandon Aiyuk
WR
26.7
14.96
11.5%
2
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
24.7
29.28
10.6%
3
James Conner
RB
21.6
22.51
9.3%
4
Jayon Brown
LB
21.5
17.34
9.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 41-yard touchdown pass and a 36-yard touchdown pass for Valley Vikings to contribute to a 160.10-130.50 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Valley Vikings   5Fingers2YoFace

StatSmack

As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game!" Valley Vikings (5-3) have a better record than 5Fingers2YoFace (2-6).
Even the machines think Valley Vikings have better players. They have a higher projected points average (285.24) than 5Fingers2YoFace (261.69).
Valley Vikings don't falter at the last minute, with fewer close losses than 5Fingers2YoFace (0 vs 2).
By position, Valley Vikings have outscored 5Fingers2YoFace at QB, RB, K, and IDP this season.
Valley Vikings has a higher average scoring margin (19) than 5Fingers2YoFace this season (5).
The starters for Valley Vikings had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for 5Fingers2YoFace (0).
Don't worry 5Fingers2YoFace, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

Coach Talk

Valley Vikings
Identifying mismatches is a big component to winning in football. Thanks to a stellar display from Patrick Mahomes, we doubled up 5Fingers2YoFace at the quarterback position this past week (58.9 points to 24.7). Mahomes had his way against the Jets secondary, hitting 31 of 42 passes for 416 yards and five touchdowns.
5Fingers2YoFace
Producing just three targets this past week, it appears that the starting RBs for 5Fingers2YoFace obviously should smooth things over with their quarterbacks... and remind them to start checking down more frequently.