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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Sunnyvale
7-1 132
115.57
 
VS
proj
Al's Astounding Team
101 3-5
118.03

Sunnyvale hand Al's Astounding Team third straight loss in 132-101 rout

Sunnyvale cruised to a 132-101 win to hand Al's Astounding Team their third straight loss. Al's Astounding Team took a 24-point lead on Thursday behind stellar efforts from Younghoe Koo, who made all 4 of his FG attempts for 13 points, and Teddy Bridgewater, who passed for 176 yards and a touchdown and ran for 30 yards (12 points). But it was all Sunnyvale after that. They were led by DK Metcalf (28 points) and Joe Burrow (18). Sunnyvale (7-1) will look to keep it rolling against G.O.A.T.03, while Al's Astounding Team (3-5) try to develop some positive momentum against Switchmillers.

Matchup Timeline

  Sunnyvale   Al's Astounding Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Metcalf overachieved for the fifth time this season, scoring 28 points against his 11.5-point projection. In a 37-27 win over the 49ers, he caught 12 passes for 161 yards and 2 touchdowns. Metcalf ranks #26 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Bills next week.
DK Metcalf

Top Player Comparison

Sunnyvale
Points
% of total points 132
1
DK Metcalf
WR
28
11.5
21.2%
2
Joe Burrow
QB
18
19.01
13.6%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
16
10.37
12.1%
4
Josh Jacobs
RB
12
14.12
9.1%
Al's Astounding Team
Points
% of total points 101
1
Tyreek Hill
WR
21
12.31
20.8%
2
Alvin Kamara
RB
15
14.25
14.9%
3
Younghoe Koo
K
13
8
12.9%
4
Teddy Bridgewater
QB
12
17.57
11.9%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Teddy Bridgewater had a 29-yard touchdown pass and a 42-yard pass for Al's Astounding Team to contribute to a 29-5 lead for Al's Astounding Team.
Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays early Sunday, after which Al's Astounding Team became the proud owner of an 86-84 lead. For Sunnyvale, Stefon Diggs had a 41-yard catch. Tyreek Hill made the highlight reel for Al's Astounding Team with a 41-yard touchdown catch and a 36-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
There were players with big-time moments for both teams on Sunday afternoon, but after all was said and done, Sunnyvale had a 114-101 lead. For Sunnyvale, DK Metcalf had a 46-yard touchdown catch. Alvin Kamara made the highlight reel for Al's Astounding Team with a 47-yard catch.

Points By Position

  Sunnyvale   Al's Astounding Team

What If

Sunnyvale would have beaten every other team in the league this week.
Al's Astounding Team would have lost to just two other teams besides Sunnyvale this week.
If Sunnyvale played Al's Astounding Team every week this season, they'd be 5-3.
Last week, Al's Astounding Team would have topped Sunnyvale 108-81.
Sunnyvale would be 2-5 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Al's Astounding Team.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Sunnyvale, Al's Astounding Team would be 3-3-1.
If Sunnyvale had played every team in the league each week, they would be 48-24.
If they played every team every week, Al's Astounding Team would be 36-34-2.

Coach Talk

Sunnyvale
Kudos to you, Sunnyvale. Good work fielding a lineup that blew the competition out by a whopping 31 points this past week. Let's tip our cap to the GM of Al's Astounding Team, take this win in stride, and continue the march towards the Knuckle Sandwich league title.
Al's Astounding Team
Fortunately, Al's Astounding Team, this week's problem is pretty easy to identify. Choosing to start Myles Garrett in a tough fantasy matchup... let's aim to move forward with a full deck of cards next time?