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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Red Raiders
4-4 108.28
92.3
 
VS
proj
marco 3
56.27 5-3
73.94

Red Raiders brush off projections, defeat marco 3 in 108.28-56.27 blowout

Red Raiders stepped up, rolling to a 108.28-56.27 win over marco 3, who fell short of projections. Red Raiders grabbed a 9.90-point lead on Thursday behind Chase Edmonds (9.45 points) and Adrian Amos (3.5) and never gave it up. Tyler Lockett (12 Rec, 142 Rec Yds) and Tyler Bass (2-2 FG, 57 long, 2-2 XP) did their part for marco 3 in defeat. Red Raiders (4-4) will look to keep it rolling against Raider4life, while marco 3 (5-3) will attempt to right the ship against RiSeN!.

Matchup Timeline

  Red Raiders   marco 3

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Simmons (7 Tackles, 2 Ints) scored 19 points in a 17-10 win over the Football Team in Week 8. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 6.86-point projection and was much higher than his 7.75-point season scoring average. Simmons ranks #1 among fantasy Ss this season and will face the Cowboys next week.
Justin Simmons

Top Player Comparison

Red Raiders
Points
% of total points 108.28
1
Matthew Stafford
QB
23.08
18.61
21.3%
2
Justin Simmons
S
19
6.86
17.5%
3
Chris Godwin
WR
18
7.28
16.6%
4
Chase Edmonds
RB
9.45
6.55
8.7%
marco 3
Points
% of total points 56.27
1
Tyler Lockett
WR
12.1
5.32
21.5%
2
Tyler Bass
K
11
10.75
19.5%
3
Devontae Booker
RB
7.25
6.64
12.9%
4
Byron Murphy Jr.
CB
5.5
5.31
9.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with standout moments early Sunday, but it was Red Raiders who grabbed the lead, 53.93-29.17. For Red Raiders, Matthew Stafford had a 68-yard pass and a 52-yard pass. Tyler Bass had a 57-yard field goal for marco 3, while Mike Gesicki had a 40-yard catch.
Sunday Late
Chris Godwin had a 44-yard catch for Red Raiders to contribute to a 108.28-45.52 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Red Raiders   marco 3

Game Notes

Red Raiders emerged victorious despite the fact that only five of their 12 starting players scored higher than their point projections.
marco 3 had only five of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
marco 3 could have used points from Emmanuel Sanders and Jamaal Williams, as both put up goose eggs.
Matthew Stafford, Justin Simmons, and Chris Godwin all scored more points than Tyler Lockett, the leading scorer for marco 3.
Red Raiders put up more points than their season scoring average (91.67) while marco 3 fell short of theirs (85.96).
Red Raiders put up more points than their projected total, while marco 3 fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 52.01-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
The win snaps a streak of three consecutive losses for Red Raiders.
Not only did Red Raiders win, but they also easily covered the 18.36-point projected margin of victory.
Red Raiders moves to (3-3) in blowout games this year, while marco 3 falls to (2-2).

Coach Talk

Red Raiders
You know, the key to football is exploiting the mismatches. Thanks to a solid showing by Matthew Stafford, we quadrupled marco 3 at the quarterback position this past week (23.08 points to 5.27). Stafford went 21-for-32 for 305 yards, three TDs, and no INTs in a 38-22 victory over the Texans.
marco 3
Fortunately, marco 3, this week's problem is pretty easy to diagnose. Going with Emmanuel Sanders and Jamaal Williams in a fantasy matchup where your opposition put up over 108 points... we'll all just put this in the rear-view mirror and assume it's not going to happen again?