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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
drizz
7-1 164.7
195.36
 
VS
proj
BALLSWIN
127.9 3-5
174.99

drizz fall short of expectations, still manage to knock off BALLSWIN, 164.7-127.9

Both teams failed to rise to the occasion, but drizz did enough to get the best of BALLSWIN, earning a 164.7-127.9 win. drizz never trailed in this one after taking a 21.8-point lead on Thursday behind Aaron Jones (24 points) and De'Vondre Campbell (9.5). Najee Harris (91 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 29 Rec Yds) and Ja'Marr Chase (3 Rec, 32 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) did their part for BALLSWIN in the loss. This marks the second time this season drizz have taken down BALLSWIN, after winning 195.78-131.32 in their last matchup. drizz (7-1) will look to keep it rolling against Mack North, while BALLSWIN (3-5) take on Demo in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  drizz   BALLSWIN

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Playing the Cowboys in Week 8, Joseph made all 3 of his FG attempts. In doing so, he put up 12 points and scored 47.8% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on drizz this week. Joseph will face the Ravens in Week 9.
Greg Joseph

Top Player Comparison

drizz
Points
% of total points 164.7
1
Aaron Jones
RB
24
18.44
14.6%
2
Deebo Samuel
WR
23.1
17.77
14%
3
Darrell Henderson Jr.
RB
22.3
18.99
13.5%
4
Diontae Johnson
WR
15.8
16.84
9.6%
BALLSWIN
Points
% of total points 127.9
1
Najee Harris
RB
21
17.83
16.4%
2
Ja'Marr Chase
WR
13.1
18.04
10.2%
3
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
11.3
15.46
8.8%
4
Harrison Smith
S
11
8.53
8.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Deebo Samuel had an 83-yard catch and a 50-yard catch for drizz, while Diontae Johnson had a 50-yard catch, helping drizz to a 131.6-78.6 lead.

Points By Position

  drizz   BALLSWIN

StatSmack

They don't even seem to consider you a threat. drizz have a winning record vs BALLSWIN this season despite scoring less against them on average (180.24) than their season average (196.12).
We heard scoring helps you win. BALLSWIN need some help then, averaging just 183.13 versus drizz's 196.12.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. drizz (7-1) have a better record than BALLSWIN (3-5).
Even the machines think drizz have better players. Their projected average points is higher (212.01) than BALLSWIN (195.94).
By position, drizz have outscored BALLSWIN at QB, WR, and IDP this season.
drizz don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 31 points, second-highest in the league.
The starters for drizz had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for BALLSWIN (0).
There's not much good to say about BALLSWIN this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

drizz
Listen drizz, the good news is that we won this matchup by nearly 37 points. Even better news is that we know we're better than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through seven weeks was 200.6. So yes, we're happy to have earned this victory, but let's also get back up to where we know we can be!
BALLSWIN
Unless BALLSWIN wants to go full diva-mode, then "not seeing enough chances" isn't really an excuse this week. As a group, our four pass-catchers (three WR and one TE) were targeted a grand total of 24 times in Week 8. Timing and chemistry appear to be issues as that group tallied only 10 receptions.