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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Sweet Smell of Victory
5-3 124
123.69
 
VS
proj
flygirll
113 4-4
106.4

Sweet Smell of Victory overcome multiple busts, knock off flygirll, 124-113

Both teams were impeded by starters who put up 0 points, but Sweet Smell of Victory were able to persevere and earn the victory, earning a 124-113 win over flygirll. flygirll earned a 4-point lead on Thursday, but Sweet Smell of Victory held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Trevor Lawrence (43 points) and Aaron Jones (32). Aaron Rodgers (39 points) and Amari Cooper (20) did their part for flygirll in the loss. Sweet Smell of Victory improve to 5-3 on the season, while flygirll fall to 4-4.

Matchup Timeline

  Sweet Smell of Victory   flygirll

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Jones (59 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 51 Rec Yds) scored 32 points against the Cardinals in Week 8. He scored 19.2% more than his 26.85-point projection and overachieved for the third time this season. Jones ranks #27 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Chiefs next week.
Aaron Jones

Top Player Comparison

Sweet Smell of Victory
Points
% of total points 124
1
Trevor Lawrence
QB
43
37.44
34.7%
2
Aaron Jones
RB
32
26.85
25.8%
3
Melvin Gordon III
RB
25
17.67
20.2%
4
Elijah Moore
WR
10
8.29
8.1%
flygirll
Points
% of total points 113
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
39
40.89
34.5%
2
Amari Cooper
WR
20
11.1
17.7%
3
Cooper Kupp
WR
18
15.96
15.9%
4
Jake Elliott
K
16
8.47
14.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Cooper Kupp had a 52-yard catch for flygirll, while Mike Gesicki had a 40-yard catch, contributing to a 93-48 lead for flygirll.

Points By Position

  Sweet Smell of Victory   flygirll

What If

Sweet Smell of Victory would have beaten six other teams besides flygirll this week.
flygirll would have lost to 12 other teams besides Sweet Smell of Victory this week.
Sweet Smell of Victory would be 6-2 if they played flygirll every week.
Had they played each other last week, flygirll would have beaten Sweet Smell of Victory 110-68.
Sweet Smell of Victory would be 5-2 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as flygirll.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Sweet Smell of Victory, flygirll would be 3-4.
If Sweet Smell of Victory had played every team in the league each week, they would be 78-74.
If they played every team every week, flygirll would be 65-87.

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