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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Cook Out
5-3 71.8
103.13
 
VS
proj
The Tightest Ends
71.66 4-4
90.58

Cook Out fall short of projections, come back to beat The Tightest Ends in 71.80-71.66 duel

Both teams failed to bring their A game, but Cook Out did enough to beat The Tightest Ends. Predicted to win 103.13-90.58, Cook Out rallied for a 71.80-71.66 win over The Tightest Ends. Trailing 71.66-54.72 heading into Monday night, Cook Out came storming back behind Daniel Jones, who passed for 222 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 12 yards for 17.08 points. Austin Ekeler (21.4 points) and Cordarrelle Patterson (15.7) carried the flag for The Tightest Ends in the loss. Cook Out improve to 5-3 on the season, while The Tightest Ends fall to 4-4.

Matchup Timeline

  Cook Out   The Tightest Ends

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

The Saints defense scored 15 points against the Buccaneers in Week 8 to more-than-double their 5.53-point projection. They allowed 27 points, surrendered 421 yards, and forced 3 turnovers to beat their projection by the fifth-highest percentage of any DEF in the league this season. Next week, the Saints will play the Falcons.
The New Orleans Saints defense

Top Player Comparison

Cook Out
Points
% of total points 71.8
1
Daniel Jones
QB
17.08
19.09
23.8%
2
The New Orleans Saints defense
DEF
15
5.53
20.9%
3
Teddy Bridgewater
QB
12.62
19
17.6%
4
Dalvin Cook
RB
7.8
19.07
10.9%
The Tightest Ends
Points
% of total points 71.66
1
Austin Ekeler
RB
21.4
17.87
29.9%
2
Cordarrelle Patterson
RB
15.7
14.35
21.9%
3
Aaron Rodgers
QB
15.66
19.84
21.9%
4
T.J. Hockenson
TE
13.9
11.32
19.4%

Matchup Highlights

Monday
Daniel Jones had a 50-yard pass for Cook Out on Monday night, helping propel the team to the win.

Points By Position

  Cook Out   The Tightest Ends

StatSmack

They weren't even trying all that hard. Cook Out scored less in this one (71.8) than their season average of 86.67.
You can't win if you leave points on the bench. Cook Out has left fewer points on the bench this season (189.58) than The Tightest Ends (233.42).
Cook Out don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than The Tightest Ends (3 vs 2).
Cook Out don't falter at the last minute, with fewer close losses than The Tightest Ends (0 vs 3).
The Tightest Ends have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (1) than Cook Out (0) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Cook Out have outscored The Tightest Ends at RB, WR, and DEF this season.
The starters for Cook Out had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for The Tightest Ends (0).
Don't worry The Tightest Ends, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

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