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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
What?!
6-2 73.75
106.99
 
VS
proj
Lazy Laughing Lizard
55.5 1-7
49.24

What?! climb into top spot, 73.75-55.50

What?! jumped into the No. 1 position in Fantasy Water Champs with a hard-fought victory over Lazy Laughing Lizard, earning a 73.75-55.50 win. What?! leapt out to a 29.00-point lead on Thursday behind impressive performances from Matt Ryan (23 points) and DJ Moore (6) and never looked back. Tyreek Hill (22.5 points) and Allen Robinson II (16) were the leading performers for Lazy Laughing Lizard in the loss. This marks the second time this season What?! have gotten the best of Lazy Laughing Lizard, after winning 142.75-116.5 in their last matchup. What?! improve to 6-2 on the season, while Lazy Laughing Lizard fall to 1-7.

Matchup Timeline

  What?!   Lazy Laughing Lizard

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Bears in Week 8, Kamara racked up 163 yards from scrimmage . In doing so, he put up 19 points and scored 15.4% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on What?! this week. Next week, Kamara will square off against the Buccaneers.
Alvin Kamara

Top Player Comparison

What?!
Points
% of total points 73.75
1
Matt Ryan
QB
23
19.96
31.2%
2
Alvin Kamara
RB
19
16.47
25.8%
3
A.J. Brown
WR
8.5
12.13
11.5%
4
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
7.75
12.49
10.5%
Lazy Laughing Lizard
Points
% of total points 55.5
1
Tyreek Hill
WR
22.5
14.64
40.5%
2
Allen Robinson II
WR
16
11.55
28.8%
3
The Buffalo Bills defense
DEF
9
13.64
16.2%
4
Justin Tucker
K
8
9.41
14.4%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
DJ Moore had a 42-yard catch for What?!, helping to stake the team to a 29.00-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
Tyreek Hill had a 41-yard touchdown catch and a 36-yard touchdown catch for Lazy Laughing Lizard, while Justin Tucker had a 51-yard field goal for the team, who trailed 51.25-39.50 after the early games.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with big-time moments on Sunday afternoon, after which What?! emerged with a 73.75-55.50 lead. For What?!, Alvin Kamara had a 47-yard catch. Allen Robinson II made the highlight reel for Lazy Laughing Lizard with a 24-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  What?!   Lazy Laughing Lizard

What If

What?! would have beaten only two other teams besides Lazy Laughing Lizard this week.
Lazy Laughing Lizard would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If What?! played Lazy Laughing Lizard every week this season, they'd be 5-3.
What?! would have beaten Lazy Laughing Lizard 138-63.5 had they played each other last week.
What?! would be 3-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Lazy Laughing Lizard.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as What?!, Lazy Laughing Lizard would be 2-4.
If What?! had played every team in the league each week, they would be 34-22.
If they played every team every week, Lazy Laughing Lizard would be 15-41.

Coach Talk

What?!
Hey, we'll definitely take the win, What?!! Having said that, if we want to take our performance to the next level, then we have found an area to improve; our starting wide receivers were clearly outplayed this past week. DJ Moore (55 yards from scrimmage, no TDs) logged only 14.5 points in Week 8. The starting wideouts for Lazy Laughing Lizard showed us up by recording a score of 38.5. Let's sweet-talk the offensive coordinator to get some more targets in Week 9!
Lazy Laughing Lizard
There's a real chance that Lazy Laughing Lizard would be a better GM in real football than in fantasy. Seeing only 13 total targets in Week 8, their four starting pass-catchers (three WR, one TE) apparently made the bulk of their contributions by running decoy routes and blocking downfield.