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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Pit Steelers (ZS)
4-4 28
34.6
 
VS
proj
Denver Broncos
20 3-5
28.51

Pit Steelers (ZS) top Denver Broncos for third straight win, 28-20

Pit Steelers (ZS) extended their win streak to three games with a hard-fought victory over Denver Broncos, coming out on top with a 28-20 win. Pit Steelers (ZS) never trailed in this one after nabbing a 1-point lead on Thursday behind the Arizona Cardinals defense. The Denver Broncos defense (10 Pts Allowed, 342 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers) and Brandon McManus (1-2 FG, 45 long, 2-2 XP) carried the flag for Denver Broncos in the loss. Pit Steelers (ZS) (4-4) will look to earn another win against Hou Texans (GA), while Denver Broncos (3-5) attempt to get back in the win column against Cincinnati Bengals.

Matchup Timeline

  Pit Steelers (ZS)   Denver Broncos

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 120 yards from scrimmage and running for a touchdown against the Browns, Harris recorded 7 points this week. His scoring output was 42.3% more than his 4.92-point projection and was much higher than his 3.75-point season scoring average. Harris ranks #29 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Bears next week.
Najee Harris

Top Player Comparison

Pit Steelers (ZS)
Points
% of total points 28
1
Harrison Butker
K
8
8.16
28.6%
2
Michael Pittman Jr.
WR
7
2.56
25%
3
Najee Harris
RB
7
4.92
25%
4
Ben Roethlisberger
QB
4
6.19
14.3%
Denver Broncos
Points
% of total points 20
1
The Denver Broncos defense
DEF
11
6.24
55%
2
Brandon McManus
K
5
7.25
25%
3
Teddy Bridgewater
QB
4
6.75
20%
4
%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Ben Roethlisberger found Diontae Johnson for a 50-yard pass for Pit Steelers (ZS), helping Pit Steelers (ZS) to a 20-0 lead.

Points By Position

  Pit Steelers (ZS)   Denver Broncos
Standings Update
How about we take a closer look at the Standings? After all, we're already at the midpoint of the season, if you can believe it.
Pit Steelers (ZS)
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to count on Pit Steelers (ZS) making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The unit is on the outside looking in for the playoffs after averaging only 23 points per game through eight weeks, 11th-best in the league.
Important Players
Chris Boswell
MVP
12-13 FG, 56 long, 12-12 XP
Najee Harris
Best Drafted
479 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDs, 273 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
Michael Pittman Jr.
Best Acquisition
45 Rec, 594 Rec Yds, 4 Rec TDs
Denver Broncos
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to imagine Denver Broncos making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The squad has some work to do in order to make the playoffs after averaging only 22 points per game through eight weeks, 13th-best in the league.
Important Players
Brandon McManus
MVP
13-14 FG, 47 long, 16-16 XP
Den Defense
Best Drafted
17.1 Avg Pts Allowed, 325.8 Avg Yds Allowed, 8 Turnovers
Best Acquisition

Game Notes

Pit Steelers (ZS) won despite the fact that only two of their eight starters exceeded their scoring projections.
Denver Broncos had only one of their eight starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could've looked differently, as Pit Steelers (ZS) had two starters score zero points, while Denver Broncos had five.
Pit Steelers (ZS) put up more points than their season scoring average (23.13) while Denver Broncos fell short of theirs (22).
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
Not only did Pit Steelers (ZS) win, but they also covered the 6.09-point projected margin of victory.
For Denver Broncos, the Denver Broncos defense scored 11 points, the third-best score for a DEF this week.