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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Average Joes
5-3 80.42
97.32
 
VS
proj
We Were Skoldiers
72.14 5-3
91.4

Average Joes come back to knock off We Were Skoldiers 80.42-72.14

Both teams were unable to bring their A game, but Average Joes did enough to knock off We Were Skoldiers. Predicted to win 97.32-91.40, Average Joes came from behind for an 80.42-72.14 win over We Were Skoldiers. After trailing 72.14-70.32 heading into Monday night, Average Joes made a run behind Rob Gronkowski, who caught 4 passes for 41 yards and a touchdown for 10.1 points. Robert Woods (7 Rec, 85 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and the Indianapolis Colts defense (21 Pts Allowed, 326 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers) carried the flag for We Were Skoldiers in defeat. Average Joes (5-3) will look to build on their success against Jake's Swag Team, while We Were Skoldiers (5-3) attempt to get back on track against Tanking for Trevor.

Matchup Timeline

  Average Joes   We Were Skoldiers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Gronkowski (4 Rec, 41 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 10.1 points in a 25-23 win over the Giants in Week 8. His scoring output was 22.1% more than his 8.27-point projection and was higher than his 7.44-point season scoring average. Gronkowski ranks #10 among fantasy TEs this season and will face the Saints next week.
Rob Gronkowski

Top Player Comparison

Average Joes
Points
% of total points 80.42
1
Justin Herbert
QB
23.22
20.82
28.9%
2
Rob Gronkowski
TE
10.1
8.27
12.6%
3
Daniel Carlson
K
10
8.27
12.4%
4
A.J. Brown
WR
8.4
11.3
10.4%
We Were Skoldiers
Points
% of total points 72.14
1
Robert Woods
WR
21.4
9.11
29.7%
2
The Indianapolis Colts defense
DEF
15
7.1
20.8%
3
Teddy Bridgewater
QB
13.04
18.89
18.1%
4
DJ Moore
WR
5.5
9.83
7.6%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Teddy Bridgewater linked up with DJ Moore for a 42-yard pass for We Were Skoldiers. Bridgewater also lit up the scoreboard with a 29-yard touchdown pass, helping to stake We Were Skoldiers to a 22.74-7.70 lead.
Sunday Late
Justin Herbert had a 24-yard touchdown pass for Average Joes, who trailed 72.14-62.42 after the late games.

Points By Position

  Average Joes   We Were Skoldiers

StatSmack

They weren't even trying all that hard. Average Joes scored less in this one (80.42) than their season average of 96.16.
Average Joes don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than We Were Skoldiers (2 vs 0).
We Were Skoldiers have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (2) than Average Joes (1) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Average Joes have outscored We Were Skoldiers at QB, RB, and TE this season.
There's not much good to say about We Were Skoldiers this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

Average Joes
Listen Average Joes, the good news is that we won this matchup by more than eight points. The better news is that we've proven we're even better than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through seven weeks was 98.41. So yes, we're happy to have gotten this victory, but let's also "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
We Were Skoldiers
With only three catches this past week, the starting RBs for We Were Skoldiers should investigate why their quarterbacks are giving them the cold shoulder.