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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
todd's Team
5-3 598.56
612.17
 
VS
proj
Phillip's Team
253.5 1-7
263.66

todd's Team hand Phillip's Team fourth straight loss in 598.56-253.50 rout

todd's Team rolled to a 598.56-253.50 win to hand Phillip's Team their fourth consecutive loss. todd's Team took a 72.74-point lead on Thursday behind Teddy Bridgewater (77.04 points) and Deion Jones (20.5) and never let it go. David Montgomery (45.5 points) and Ezekiel Elliott (37.3) were the leaders for Phillip's Team in defeat. This marks the second time this season todd's Team have knocked off Phillip's Team, after winning 715.06-382.56 in their last matchup. todd's Team improve to 5-3 on the season, while Phillip's Team fall to 1-7.

Matchup Timeline

  todd's Team   Phillip's Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Higgins caught 6 passes for 78 yards as the Bengals beat the Titans 31-20. In doing so, he put up 26.4 points and scored 35.2% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on todd's Team this week. In Week 9, Higgins and the Bengals will play the Steelers.
Tee Higgins

Top Player Comparison

todd's Team
Points
% of total points 598.56
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
109.6
45.06
18.3%
2
Teddy Bridgewater
QB
77.04
121.31
12.9%
3
Carson Wentz
QB
74.62
117.54
12.5%
4
Alvin Kamara
RB
54.3
45.41
9.1%
Phillip's Team
Points
% of total points 253.5
1
David Montgomery
RB
45.5
38.13
17.9%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
37.3
40.2
14.7%
3
Tyreek Hill
WR
36.8
31.7
14.5%
4
Tyler Boyd
WR
27.6
22.75
10.9%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Teddy Bridgewater had a 29-yard touchdown pass and a 42-yard pass for todd's Team, helping to stake the team to a 97.54-24.80 lead.
Sunday Early
Both teams had players with standout moments early Sunday, but after the results were tallied, todd's Team boasted a 374.84-128.50 lead. Dalvin Cook had a 50-yard touchdown catch and a 21-yard touchdown run for todd's Team, while Justin Tucker had a 51-yard field goal. Tyreek Hill made the highlight reel for Phillip's Team with a 41-yard touchdown catch and a 36-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Alvin Kamara had a 47-yard catch for todd's Team to contribute to a 456.64-216.20 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  todd's Team   Phillip's Team

What If

todd's Team would have beaten three other teams besides Phillip's Team this week.
Phillip's Team would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If they played Phillip's Team every week, todd's Team would be 7-1 this season.
Had they played each other last week, Phillip's Team would have defeated todd's Team 506.4-466.08.
todd's Team would be 3-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Phillip's Team.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as todd's Team, Phillip's Team would be 1-5.
If todd's Team had played every team in the league each week, they would be 28-12.
If they played every team every week, Phillip's Team would be 4-36.

Coach Talk

todd's Team
Identifying mismatches is a huge key to success in football. Thanks to some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team certainly made that happen this week. Our backfield put up 287 more total yards than the RBs on Phillip's Team (512 yards from scrimmage to 225), and we ended up doubling up them at the position (236.2 points to 105.5).
Phillip's Team
There's a distinct possibility that Phillip's Team might be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. With just 21 targets combined this past week, their six starting pass-catchers (five WR, one TE) apparently spent most of their games blocking downfield and running decoy routes.