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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Vikings
6-2 90.67
96.1
 
VS
proj
Minnesota Madness
68.72 4-4
92.96

Vikings jump into 1st place in 90.67-68.72 rout

Vikings ascended to the top of the standings in Hail Mary KL VI $55 with a convincing victory over Minnesota Madness, rolling to a 90.67-68.72 win. Minnesota Madness nabbed a 15.72-point lead on Thursday behind an outstanding effort from Matt Ryan. But it was all Vikings after that. They were led by Tyreek Hill, who caught 4 passes for 98 yards and 2 touchdowns for 20.9 points, and Mike Williams, who caught 5 passes for 99 yards and a touchdown (13.5 points). Vikings (6-2) will look to add to their success against Nuk Nasty, while Minnesota Madness (4-4) will try to generate some positive momentum against Not yall just me.

Matchup Timeline

  Vikings   Minnesota Madness

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Hill overachieved for the fifth time this season, scoring 20.9 points against his 11.95-point projection. In a 35-9 win over the Jets, he caught 4 passes for 98 yards and 2 touchdowns. Hill ranks #27 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Panthers next week.
Tyreek Hill

Top Player Comparison

Vikings
Points
% of total points 90.67
1
Tyreek Hill
WR
20.9
11.95
23.1%
2
Mike Williams
WR
13.5
6.99
14.9%
3
Tyler Boyd
WR
12.8
8.88
14.1%
4
Josh Jacobs
RB
10.4
10.71
11.5%
Minnesota Madness
Points
% of total points 68.72
1
Robert Woods
WR
20.2
8.09
29.4%
2
Matt Ryan
QB
15.72
20.37
22.9%
3
Jalen Reagor
WR
10.6
5.8
15.4%
4
Tee Higgins
WR
7.2
8.07
10.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tyreek Hill had a 41-yard touchdown catch and a 36-yard touchdown catch for Vikings, helping the team to a 57.02-52.82 lead.
Sunday Late
Mike Williams had a 24-yard touchdown catch for Vikings, contributing to an 84.67-58.12 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Vikings   Minnesota Madness

Game Notes

Vikings emerged victorious even though only four of their 10 starters scored higher than their point projections.
Minnesota Madness had only two of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
Minnesota Madness can partially blame the loss on the Tennessee Titans defense, who didn't score any points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Both teams failed to achieve their projected point total.
The defeat snaps a three-game winning streak for Minnesota Madness.
Not only did Vikings win, but they also easily covered the 3.14-point forecasted margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, Vikings moves to (3-2), while Minnesota Madness falls to (1-1).
Despite the loss, Robert Woods (20.2 points) posted the fifth-highest score for a wide receiver this week.

Coach Talk

Vikings
Getting the win is most important, Vikings, but we definitely know of one spot where we should get better as a team. Our starting QB was significantly outplayed by the opposition. Matt Ryan went 21-of-30 for 281 yards and zero touchdowns for Minnesota Madness, and all Baker Mayfield could manage through the air was 122 passing yards. Let's work overtime to get on the same page with our receivers this week!
Minnesota Madness
Hey now, talk about under-utilized: As a group, the starting RBs for Minnesota Madness collectively recorded three receptions on just four measly targets this past week. Tell those offensive coordinators to dial up a couple of screen plays in Week 9!