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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Beats By Ray
4-4 122.46
119.2
 
VS
proj
Team Scooter
113.68 4-4
119.12

Beats By Ray beat Team Scooter, 122.46-113.68

Beats By Ray scored a hard-fought victory over Team Scooter, securing a 122.46-113.68 win. Team Scooter earned a 7.60-point lead on Thursday, but Beats By Ray held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by A.J. Brown, who caught 10 passes for 155 yards and a touchdown for 26.5 points, and Cooper Kupp, who caught 7 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown (21 points). Amari Cooper (8 Rec, 122 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and DK Metcalf (6 Rec, 43 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) were the leaders for Team Scooter in the loss. Beats By Ray (4-4) will look to sustain their momentum against 49ers On Lamb Hill, while Team Scooter (4-4) will try to get back in the win column against LETHAL WEAPONS 50 AUCTION 14.

Matchup Timeline

  Beats By Ray   Team Scooter

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Allen caught 6 passes for 77 yards and a touchdown as the Chargers lost to the Patriots 27-24. In doing so, he put up 16.7 points to scored 30.0% higher than his 12.85-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on Beats By Ray this week. Next week, Allen will play the Eagles.
Keenan Allen

Top Player Comparison

Beats By Ray
Points
% of total points 122.46
1
A.J. Brown
WR
26.5
15.56
21.6%
2
Cooper Kupp
WR
21
17.7
17.1%
3
Keenan Allen
WR
16.7
12.85
13.6%
4
T.J. Hockenson
TE
13.9
11.32
11.4%
Team Scooter
Points
% of total points 113.68
1
Amari Cooper
WR
22.2
12.32
19.5%
2
DK Metcalf
WR
19.3
13.74
17%
3
Daniel Jones
QB
17.08
19.09
15%
4
Cordarrelle Patterson
RB
15.7
14.34
13.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with standout moments for both teams early Sunday, but after the dust settled, Beats By Ray had a 69.40-55.10 lead. A.J. Brown had a 57-yard touchdown catch for Beats By Ray, while Cooper Kupp had a 52-yard catch. Tyler Bass made the highlight reel for Team Scooter with a 57-yard field goal.
Sunday Late
Keenan Allen had a 41-yard catch for Beats By Ray, contributing to a 100.00-74.40 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Kirk Cousins had a 20-yard touchdown pass for Beats By Ray to contribute to a 122.46-96.60 lead for the team.
Monday
Daniel Jones had a 50-yard pass for Team Scooter.

Points By Position

  Beats By Ray   Team Scooter
Standings Update
Don’t look now, but we’re already at the midpoint of the season, and that means it's time to refresh the Standings.
Beats By Ray
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on Beats By Ray making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The unit has some work to do in order to get into playoff position after averaging only 113.48 points per game through eight weeks, 7th-best in the league.
Important Players
Cooper Kupp
MVP
63 Rec, 924 Rec Yds, 10 Rec TDs
Ezekiel Elliott
Best Drafted
571 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 128 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD
A.J. Brown
Best Acquisition
35 Rec, 509 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Team Scooter
Team Scooter rank in the top half of the league in scoring, but they'll have to do better moving forward if they want to make the playoffs. Through eight weeks, the team is averaging the 3rd-most points per game in the league (120.57 ppg), leaving Team Scooter outside of playoff position at No. 5 in the Standings.
Important Players
Dak Prescott
MVP
1813 Pass Yds, 16 Pass TDs
DK Metcalf
Best Drafted
39 Rec, 580 Rec Yds, 8 Rec TDs
Daniel Jones
Best Acquisition
1949 Pass Yds, 7 Pass TDs, 241 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs

StatSmack

Beats By Ray must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more in this one (122.46) than their season average (113.48).
Beats By Ray have the clutch gene, with more close wins than Team Scooter (1 vs 0).
Team Scooter have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (3) than Beats By Ray (2) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Beats By Ray have outscored Team Scooter at WR and TE this season.
The starters for Beats By Ray had more big plays in their NFL games this week (4) than the starters for Team Scooter (2).
Don't worry Team Scooter, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!