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Matchup Recap Summary
Week 8
Weekly
Grade
Grade
Huy's Expert Team
7-1 111.04
121.27
VS
proj
Started from the top
98.12
2-6
118.72
Back-and-forth battle ends with Huy's Expert Team coming back to defeat Started from the top, 111.04-98.12
What a thriller! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, Huy's Expert Team extended their win streak to five games with a come-from-behind victory over Started from the top, rallying to earn a 111.04-98.12 win. Trailing 98.12-96.04 heading into Monday night, Huy's Expert Team came back behind Devontae Booker, who racked up 125 yards from scrimmage for 15 points. Austin Ekeler (64 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 60 Rec Yds) and Brandin Cooks (6 Rec, 83 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) did everything they could for Started from the top in defeat. Huy's Expert Team (7-1) have now won five straight matchups and will look to keep it rolling against DarwinThompsonLIVMVP. Started from the top (2-6) face BaLLCHiNiaNzzz in an effort to develop some positive momentum.
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Matchup Timeline
Huy's Expert Team
Started from the top
Inside the Matchup
Matchup Player of the Week
Samuel (6 Rec, 171 Rec Yds) scored 22.1 points in a 33-22 win over the Bears in Week 8. He scored 48.7% more than his 14.86-point projection and overachieved for the fifth time this season. Samuel ranks #25 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Cardinals next week.
Deebo Samuel
Top Player Comparison
Huy's Expert Team
Points
% of total points 111.04
1
Carson Wentz
QB
23.34
19.52
21%
2
Deebo Samuel
WR
22.1
14.86
19.9%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
16.8
13.78
15.1%
4
Devontae Booker
RB
15
12.35
13.5%
Started from the top
Points
% of total points 98.12
1
Austin Ekeler
RB
21.4
17.87
21.8%
2
Brandin Cooks
WR
17.3
12.05
17.6%
3
Justin Herbert
QB
14.82
21.95
15.1%
4
The Carolina Panthers defense
DEF
13
7.67
13.2%
Matchup Highlights
Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments early Sunday, after which Huy's Expert Team became the proud owner of a 74.24-56.10 lead. For Huy's Expert Team, Deebo Samuel had an 83-yard catch and a 50-yard catch. Brandin Cooks had a 45-yard touchdown catch for Started from the top, while Younghoe Koo had a 53-yard field goal.
Sunday Late
Justin Herbert had a 24-yard touchdown pass and a 41-yard pass for Started from the top, helping the team to a 98.12-79.24 lead.
Sunday Night
Adam Thielen had a 20-yard touchdown catch for Huy's Expert Team, who trailed 98.12-96.04 after Sunday night.
Points By Position
Huy's Expert Team
Started from the top
What If
Huy's Expert Team would have beaten six other teams besides Started from the top this week.
Started from the top would have lost to six other teams besides Huy's Expert Team this week.
If Huy's Expert Team played Started from the top every week this season, they'd be 6-2.
Huy's Expert Team would have gotten the victory over Started from the top 113.28-85.08 had they played each other last week.
Huy's Expert Team would be 4-3 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Started from the top.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Huy's Expert Team, Started from the top would be 4-3.
If Huy's Expert Team had played every team in the league each week, they would be 51-37.
If they played every team every week, Started from the top would be 30-58.
Coach Talk
Huy's Expert Team
Well Huy's Expert Team, the good news is that we won this matchup by almost 13 points. Even better news is that we know we're better than this... as a matter of fact, our team's scoring average through seven weeks was 126.32. So while we're happy to have gotten this victory, let's "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Started from the top
Well, Started from the top, Week 8's problem isn't exactly rocket science. Starting Emmanuel Sanders in a fantasy matchup where your opposition tallied more than 111 points... let's try to play with a full deck of cards next time.