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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Shallee's Champion Team
3-5 88.06
92.3
 
VS
proj
Blue Mountain State
86.72 2-6
126.5

Shallee's Champion Team come back to hand Blue Mountain State third straight loss in 88.06-86.72 battle

Shallee's Champion Team came from behind for an 88.06-86.72 win to hand Blue Mountain State their third straight loss. Trailing 86.72-71.26 heading into Sunday night, Shallee's Champion Team roared back behind Adam Thielen (6 Rec, 78 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). Najee Harris (19.5 points) and Chuba Hubbard (13.6) did everything they could for Blue Mountain State in the loss. Shallee's Champion Team (3-5) will look to add to their success against Ed's Excellent Team, while Blue Mountain State (2-6) will face J1's Excellent Team in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Shallee's Champion Team   Blue Mountain State

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 6 passes for 43 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Jaguars, Metcalf scored 19.3 points this week. He scored 40.5% more than his 13.74-point projection and overachieved for the fifth time this season. Metcalf ranks #28 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Packers next week.
DK Metcalf

Top Player Comparison

Shallee's Champion Team
Points
% of total points 88.06
1
Josh Allen
QB
29.46
25.58
33.5%
2
DK Metcalf
WR
19.3
13.74
21.9%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
16.8
13.78
19.1%
4
Tee Higgins
WR
11.7
11.5
13.3%
Blue Mountain State
Points
% of total points 86.72
1
Najee Harris
RB
19.5
15.93
22.5%
2
Chuba Hubbard
RB
13.6
12.77
15.7%
3
Ja'Marr Chase
WR
11.6
15.35
13.4%
4
Jalen Hurts
QB
11.22
22.93
12.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tee Higgins had a 54-yard catch for Shallee's Champion Team, who trailed 80.72-47.16 after the early games.
Sunday Night
Adam Thielen had a 20-yard touchdown catch for Shallee's Champion Team, helping the team to an 88.06-86.72 lead.

Points By Position

  Shallee's Champion Team   Blue Mountain State
Standings Update
Time flies when you're having fun. That's how we feel about the fantasy football season, which is already at the halfway mark. How about we check in on the Standings?
Shallee's Champion Team
To be fair, it could be worse. After averaging the fewest points per game in the league at 94.19, Shallee's Champion Team ranks No. 9 in the Standings. While the squad currently is outside of playoff position, there's still time to make a run.
Important Players
Josh Allen
MVP
1972 Pass Yds, 17 Pass TDs, 269 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs
DK Metcalf
Best Drafted
39 Rec, 580 Rec Yds, 8 Rec TDs
Best Acquisition
Blue Mountain State
Blue Mountain State rank in the top half of the league in scoring, but it hasn't been nearly enough given the competition they've faced. Through eight weeks, the team is averaging the 5th-most points per game in the league (113.98 ppg), leaving Blue Mountain State outside of playoff position at No. 10 in the Standings.
Important Players
Jalen Hurts
MVP
1819 Pass Yds, 10 Pass TDs, 432 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs
Najee Harris
Best Drafted
479 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs, 273 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
Terry McLaurin
Best Acquisition
43 Rec, 573 Rec Yds, 4 Rec TDs

StatSmack

They weren't even trying all that hard. Shallee's Champion Team scored less in this one (88.06) than their season average of 94.19.
Everybody can't be a winner, especially if you're Blue Mountain State. They've dropped their last three matchups.
Shallee's Champion Team laugh in the face of danger. They've got more upset wins this season (1) than Blue Mountain State (0).
Shallee's Champion Team are clutch masters, with more close wins than Blue Mountain State (2 vs 0).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Blue Mountain State - they’ve made more transactions (2) than Shallee's Champion Team (0) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
By position, Shallee's Champion Team have outscored Blue Mountain State at QB, WR, and K this season.
The starters for Shallee's Champion Team had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for Blue Mountain State (0).
Don't worry Blue Mountain State, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!