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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Tom's Tip-Top Team
7-1 146.82
117.36
 
VS
proj
Texas Wildcats
83.32 2-6
117.37

Tom's Tip-Top Team hand Texas Wildcats fourth straight loss in 146.82-83.32 rout

Tom's Tip-Top Team rolled to a 146.82-83.32 win to hand Texas Wildcats their fourth straight loss. Texas Wildcats got out to a 7.30-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Tom's Tip-Top Team after that. They were led by Dalvin Cook (163 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs, 63 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Giovani Bernard (62 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 16 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). Lamar Jackson (16.82 points) and Jamaal Williams (15.2) led the charge for Texas Wildcats in the loss. Tom's Tip-Top Team (7-1) will look to keep it rolling against Joe burrow, while Texas Wildcats (2-6) meet So.Cal.Spartans in an effort to get some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Tom's Tip-Top Team   Texas Wildcats

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Bernard (62 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 16 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 21.3 points in a 31-20 win over the Titans in Week 8. He scored 59.3% more than his 13.38-point projection and overachieved for the first time this season. Bernard will face the Steelers next week.
Giovani Bernard

Top Player Comparison

Tom's Tip-Top Team
Points
% of total points 146.82
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
47.6
16.39
32.4%
2
Giovani Bernard
RB
21.3
13.38
14.5%
3
Keenan Allen
WR
17.2
14.28
11.7%
4
Tyler Boyd
WR
16.6
12.48
11.3%
Texas Wildcats
Points
% of total points 83.32
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
16.82
23.49
20.2%
2
Jamaal Williams
RB
15.2
15.72
18.2%
3
Mike Evans
WR
14
13.34
16.8%
4
Rob Gronkowski
TE
12.1
10.47
14.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Dalvin Cook had a 50-yard touchdown catch and a 21-yard touchdown run for Tom's Tip-Top Team to contribute to a 107.50-39.32 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Tom's Tip-Top Team   Texas Wildcats

Game Notes

More than half (5 of the 9) of the starters on Tom's Tip-Top Team exceeded their projected point totals.
Texas Wildcats had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Dalvin Cook, Giovani Bernard, and Keenan Allen all scored more points than Lamar Jackson, the leading scorer for Texas Wildcats.
Tom's Tip-Top Team put up more points than their season scoring average (136.25) while Texas Wildcats fell short of theirs (99.14).
Tom's Tip-Top Team scored more points than their projected total, while Texas Wildcats fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 63.5-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Tom's Tip-Top Team moves to (5-0) in blowout games this year, while Texas Wildcats falls to (1-3).

Coach Talk

Tom's Tip-Top Team
Way to live up to that squad nickname! With 146.82 points scored this past week, the manager of Tom's Tip-Top Team assembled a starting lineup that was literally at the tip-top of the league.
Texas Wildcats
Hey, our crew was just resting up for next week, right? The six starting offensive position players (three WRs, two RBs, one TE) on Texas Wildcats combined to register 330 yards and just two touchdowns in Week 8. The skill players on Tom's Tip-Top Team made it tough on us by logging 617 yards and eight scores.