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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Daddy Ate a Squirrel
3-5 228.5
255.91
 
VS
proj
Baboons
222.5 4-4
257.93

Back-and-forth battle ends with Daddy Ate a Squirrel coming back to defeat Baboons in 228.5-222.5 thriller

What a battle! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring four lead changes, Daddy Ate a Squirrel earned a come-from-behind victory over Baboons, rallying to earn a 228.5-222.5 win. Daddy Ate a Squirrel trailed 182.5-171.5 heading into Monday night, but the unit came storming back behind Patrick Mahomes (275 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 10 Rush Yds) and Darrel Williams (49 Rush Yds, 61 Rec Yds). A.J. Brown (10 Rec, 155 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Kirk Cousins (184 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 18 Rush Yds) led the charge for Baboons in the loss. Daddy Ate a Squirrel (3-5) will look to add to their success against OTF Markus, while Baboons (4-4) will match up against The Brees Connection in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Daddy Ate a Squirrel   Baboons

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 10 passes for 110 yards against the Dolphins, Beasley registered 26 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 11.42-point projection and was much higher than his 11.5-point season scoring average. Beasley will face the Jaguars next week.
Cole Beasley

Top Player Comparison

Daddy Ate a Squirrel
Points
% of total points 228.5
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
41
58.19
17.9%
2
Chris Godwin
WR
33
16.38
14.4%
3
Taylor Heinicke
QB
29
38.05
12.7%
4
Cole Beasley
WR
26
11.42
11.4%
Baboons
Points
% of total points 222.5
1
A.J. Brown
WR
36
17.52
16.2%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
35
48.06
15.7%
3
Baker Mayfield
QB
29
39.41
13%
4
Amari Cooper
WR
29
14.76
13%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
A.J. Brown had a 57-yard touchdown catch for Baboons to contribute to a 98.0-91.5 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Chris Godwin had a 44-yard catch for Daddy Ate a Squirrel, while Taylor Heinicke had a 20-yard touchdown pass, contributing to a 156.5-118.5 lead for Daddy Ate a Squirrel.
Sunday Night
Kirk Cousins had a 20-yard touchdown pass for Baboons, helping the team to a 182.5-171.5 lead.

Points By Position

  Daddy Ate a Squirrel   Baboons

Game Notes

More than half (8 of the 15) of the starters on Daddy Ate a Squirrel scored higher than their projected point totals.
Baboons had only four of their 15 starters score higher than their projected points.
Daddy Ate a Squirrel won despite starting Kalif Raymond, who scored zero points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Both teams failed to reach their projected point total.
The matchup's 6-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
The win snaps a streak of two consecutive defeats for Daddy Ate a Squirrel.
Daddy Ate a Squirrel moves to (2-0) in close games this season, while Baboons falls to (1-1).
For Baboons, A.J. Brown (36 points) posted the highest score for a wideout this week.

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