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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Warriors of Angels
1-7 112
141.65
 
VS
proj
Sledgehammers
95 4-4
130.53

Warriors of Angels find way to beat Sledgehammers 112-95

Both teams underperformed expectations, but Warriors of Angels did enough to take down Sledgehammers. Predicted to prevail by a score of 142-131, Warriors of Angels earned a 112-95 win over Sledgehammers. Warriors of Angels nabbed a 33-point lead on Thursday behind a combined 40 points from Matt Ryan (281 Pass Yds, 27 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Hayden Hurst (5 Rec, 54 Rec Yds) and never looked back. Dalvin Cook (163 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs, 63 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Tyler Boyd (6 Rec, 67 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the charge for Sledgehammers in the loss. This marks the first time this season Warriors of Angels have gotten the best of Sledgehammers, after falling 163-77 in their last matchup. Warriors of Angels (1-7) will look to keep it rolling against prespLAy, while Sledgehammers (4-4) try to get back in the win column against Thunderstorm.

Matchup Timeline

  Warriors of Angels   Sledgehammers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 11 passes for 110 yards against the Dolphins, Kupp scored 22 points this week. His scoring output was 53.3% more than his 14.35-point projection and was much higher than his 14.13-point season scoring average. Kupp ranks #64 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Seahawks next week.
Cooper Kupp

Top Player Comparison

Warriors of Angels
Points
% of total points 112
1
Matt Ryan
QB
30
36.15
26.8%
2
Cooper Kupp
WR
22
14.35
19.6%
3
A.J. Brown
WR
12
15.42
10.7%
4
Josh Jacobs
RB
12
16.67
10.7%
Sledgehammers
Points
% of total points 95
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
48
16.51
50.5%
2
Tyler Boyd
WR
18
14.88
18.9%
3
Carson Wentz
QB
16
36.7
16.8%
4
Calvin Ridley
WR
7
16.29
7.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Dalvin Cook had a 50-yard touchdown catch and a 21-yard touchdown run for Sledgehammers, who trailed 91-78 after the early round of games.
Sunday Night
Greg Zuerlein had a 59-yard field goal for Warriors of Angels, contributing to a 112-95 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Warriors of Angels   Sledgehammers

What If

Warriors of Angels would have beaten only two other teams besides Sledgehammers this week.
Sledgehammers would have lost to five other teams besides Warriors of Angels this week.
If they played Sledgehammers every week, Warriors of Angels would be 4-4 this season.
Last week, Warriors of Angels would have gotten the victory over Sledgehammers 119-110.
Warriors of Angels would be 3-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Sledgehammers.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Warriors of Angels, Sledgehammers would be 2-4.
If Warriors of Angels had played every team in the league each week, they would be 17-39.
If they played every team every week, Sledgehammers would be 22-33-1.

Next Week Preview

Warriors of Angels
Warriors of Angels (1-7) are set to square off against prespLAy (4-4) in Week 9. Warriors of Angels may need to shuffle the deck a bit with Joe Burrow, Cooper Kupp, the Los Angeles Rams defense, and A.J. Green out on bye in Week 9. prespLAy won't have Giovani Bernard. Over the past three weeks, Warriors of Angels have scored 120.33 points per game, while prespLAy have averaged 115.67 per contest.
Sledgehammers
A pair of teams with identical 4-4 records, fourth-place Sledgehammers are set to face off against seventh-place Thunderstorm in Week 9. Sledgehammers might need to shuffle the deck some with Tyler Boyd, Carson Wentz, and Jake Elliott out on bye in Week 9. Thunderstorm won't have Joe Mixon.