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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Dont Stop Be-Thielen
7-1 129.66
120.91
 
VS
proj
Red Solo Kupp
69.54 2-6
73.23

Dont Stop Be-Thielen defeat Red Solo Kupp for fifth straight win in 129.66-69.54 rout

Dont Stop Be-Thielen extended their win streak to five games with an easy victory over Red Solo Kupp, rolling to a 129.66-69.54 win. It was the third consecutive loss for Red Solo Kupp. Red Solo Kupp got out to a 6.94-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Dont Stop Be-Thielen 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). Cooper Kupp (11 Rec, 110 Rec Yds) and Matt Ryan (281 Pass Yds, 27 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) were the leaders for Red Solo Kupp in defeat. Dont Stop Be-Thielen (7-1) will look to maintain their winning ways against Serial Joe, while Red Solo Kupp (2-6) will try to right the ship against JJingleheimerSchmidt.

Matchup Timeline

  Dont Stop Be-Thielen   Red Solo Kupp

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Taking on the Titans in Week 8, Bernard racked up 78 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 21.3 points and scored 59.3% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Dont Stop Be-Thielen this week. In Week 9, Bernard and the Bengals will battle the Steelers.
Giovani Bernard

Top Player Comparison

Dont Stop Be-Thielen
Points
% of total points 129.66
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
51.6
16.38
39.8%
2
Giovani Bernard
RB
21.3
13.37
16.4%
3
Tom Brady
QB
21.06
21.3
16.2%
4
Younghoe Koo
K
11
7.22
8.5%
Red Solo Kupp
Points
% of total points 69.54
1
Cooper Kupp
WR
18.5
12.14
26.6%
2
Matt Ryan
QB
17.94
19.48
25.8%
3
Jared Cook
TE
13.6
8.35
19.6%
4
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
10.2
10.41
14.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Dalvin Cook had a 50-yard touchdown catch and a 21-yard touchdown run for Dont Stop Be-Thielen, contributing to a 96.40-46.64 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Dont Stop Be-Thielen   Red Solo Kupp

What If

Dont Stop Be-Thielen would have beaten seven other teams besides Red Solo Kupp this week.
Red Solo Kupp would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If Dont Stop Be-Thielen played Red Solo Kupp every week this season, they'd be 7-1.
Dont Stop Be-Thielen would have gotten the win over Red Solo Kupp 113.56-74.82 had they played each other last week.
Dont Stop Be-Thielen would be 1-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Red Solo Kupp.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Dont Stop Be-Thielen, Red Solo Kupp would be 3-4.
If Dont Stop Be-Thielen had played every team in the league each week, they would be 44-28.
If they played every team every week, Red Solo Kupp would be 16-56.

Next Week Preview

Dont Stop Be-Thielen
One streak is bound to conclude next week, as Dont Stop Be-Thielen (7-1) enter Week 9 on a five-game winning streak, while their upcoming opponent (Serial Joe, 4-4), have notched two consecutive wins. Each of these teams has multiple bye weeks to consider in Week 9, as Giovani Bernard, Tee Higgins, Kareem Hunt, and Nick Chubb are off for Dont Stop Be-Thielen, while Serial Joe will be without the Philadelphia Eagles defense, Joe Burrow, and Randy Bullock. Over the last three weeks, Dont Stop Be-Thielen have put up 119.01 points per game, while Serial Joe have averaged 136.29 per contest.
Red Solo Kupp
With Red Solo Kupp and JJingleheimerSchmidt both now on three-game losing streaks, something will have to give next week. Red Solo Kupp might need to rearrange their lineup some with Cooper Kupp and Miles Sanders out on bye next week. JJingleheimerSchmidt won't have Darrell Henderson Jr..