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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Hou Texans (GA)
4-4 41
29.53
 
VS
proj
Cincinnati Bengals
34 3-5
33.58

Hou Texans (GA) earn win against Cincinnati Bengals, 41-34

Hou Texans (GA) stepped up, securing a 41-34 win over Cincinnati Bengals. Hou Texans (GA) never trailed in this one after nabbing a 2-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Dalvin Cook (24 points) and Trey Burton (6). Joe Burrow (249 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and Randy Bullock (1-1 FG, 33 long, 4-4 XP) were the leading performers for Cincinnati Bengals in the loss. Hou Texans (GA) (4-4) will look to keep it rolling against Dallas Cowboys, while Cincinnati Bengals (3-5) will meet Pit Steelers (ZS) in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Hou Texans (GA)   Cincinnati Bengals

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

In a 41-21 win over the Lions, Burton scored 6 points to crush his 0.84-point projection. He caught 3 passes for 9 yards to beat his projection by the fourth-highest percentage of any TE in the league this season. In Week 9, Burton and the Colts will battle the Ravens.
Trey Burton

Top Player Comparison

Hou Texans (GA)
Points
% of total points 41
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
24
5.25
58.5%
2
Trey Burton
TE
6
0.84
14.6%
3
Mecole Hardman
WR
4
1.41
9.8%
4
Robbie Gould
K
3
7.29
7.3%
Cincinnati Bengals
Points
% of total points 34
1
Joe Burrow
QB
7
6.67
20.6%
2
Randy Bullock
K
7
7.13
20.6%
3
Derrick Henry
RB
7
6.86
20.6%
4
Tyler Boyd
WR
4
2.13
11.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Dalvin Cook had a 50-yard touchdown catch and a 21-yard touchdown run for Hou Texans (GA), while Mecole Hardman had a 30-yard touchdown catch to contribute to a 36-34 lead for Hou Texans (GA).

Points By Position

  Hou Texans (GA)   Cincinnati Bengals

What If

Hou Texans (GA) would have beaten every other team in the league this week.
Cincinnati Bengals would have lost to just two other teams besides Hou Texans (GA) this week.
If Hou Texans (GA) played Cincinnati Bengals every week this season, they'd be 5-3.
Had they played each other last week, Cincinnati Bengals would have topped Hou Texans (GA) 49-28.
Hou Texans (GA) would be 4-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Cincinnati Bengals.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Hou Texans (GA), Cincinnati Bengals would be 2-5.
If Hou Texans (GA) had played every team in the league each week, they would be 57-46-1.
If they played every team every week, Cincinnati Bengals would be 49-52-3.

Next Week Preview

Hou Texans (GA)
A couple of 4-4 teams will go at it as Hou Texans (GA) battle Dallas Cowboys next week in a mid-season matchup. Eight weeks into the 2020 campaign, Hou Texans (GA) have scored the third-most points in the league while Dallas Cowboys (and their 25.25 points per game) are ranked 12th. Over the last three weeks, Hou Texans (GA) have put up 42 points per game, while Dallas Cowboys have averaged only 10.67 per contest.
Cincinnati Bengals
Things won't exactly get any simpler for ninth-place Cincinnati Bengals, as they'll now have the privilege of matching up against first-place (and red-hot) Pit Steelers (ZS) next week. Cincinnati Bengals may have to shuffle the deck some with Joe Burrow, Randy Bullock, Tyler Boyd, the Cincinnati Bengals defense, Auden Tate, A.J. Green, C.J. Uzomah, and Joe Mixon out on bye in Week 9. Eight weeks into the season, Cincinnati Bengals are ranked sixth in points scored, while Pit Steelers (ZS) have scored the league's highest point total.