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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Boomtown Brawlers
7-1 131.35
154.34
 
VS
proj
CHEMDAWGS
109.3 5-3
159.34

Boomtown Brawlers beat CHEMDAWGS for sixth straight win in 131.35-109.30 runaway

Boomtown Brawlers extended their win streak to six games with a dominant victory over CHEMDAWGS, cruising to a 131.35-109.30 win. Boomtown Brawlers pulled out to a 12.20-point lead on Thursday behind A.J. Green (10 points) and Zach Ertz (8.2) and never let it go. Josh Allen (249 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 55 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Austin Ekeler (64 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 60 Rec Yds) carried the flag for CHEMDAWGS in defeat. Boomtown Brawlers (7-1) will look to keep it rolling against GreatPlainsDrifters, while CHEMDAWGS (5-3) take on Nightmares in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Boomtown Brawlers   CHEMDAWGS

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

With 22.3 points, Metcalf scored 38.1% more than his 16.15-point projection as the Seahawks beat the Jaguars 31-7. He caught 6 passes for 43 yards and 2 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Boomtown Brawlers this week. In Week 9, Metcalf and the Seahawks will go up against the Packers.
DK Metcalf

Top Player Comparison

Boomtown Brawlers
Points
% of total points 131.35
1
DK Metcalf
WR
22.3
16.15
17%
2
Najee Harris
RB
21
17.83
16%
3
Eli Mitchell
RB
19.7
11.51
15%
4
Teddy Bridgewater
QB
16.75
24.04
12.8%
CHEMDAWGS
Points
% of total points 109.3
1
Josh Allen
QB
35.95
32.42
32.9%
2
Austin Ekeler
RB
24.4
21.29
22.3%
3
Tre'Quan Smith
WR
12.3
9.44
11.3%
4
Jaylen Waddle
WR
8.15
13.36
7.5%

Points By Position

  Boomtown Brawlers   CHEMDAWGS

Game Notes

Boomtown Brawlers got the W despite the fact that only three of their 11 starting players scored higher than their point projections.
CHEMDAWGS had only four of their 11 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could've looked differently, as each team had a starter that failed to score.
Josh Allen and Austin Ekeler both outscored DK Metcalf, the leading scorer for Boomtown Brawlers.
Boomtown Brawlers emerged victorious despite putting up a season-low 131.35 points.
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
The matchup's 22.05-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
All three of the losses for CHEMDAWGS have been blowout losses.
In a losing effort, Josh Allen scored 35.95 points, the second-highest score in the league this week.

Next Week Preview

Boomtown Brawlers
One streak will come to an end next week, as Boomtown Brawlers (7-1) enter Week 9 on a six-match unbeaten stretch, while their upcoming opponent (GreatPlainsDrifters, 5-3), come in as winners of four in a row. Each of these teams has multiple bye weeks to think about in Week 9, as DK Metcalf, Jason Myers, Alex Collins, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense are off for Boomtown Brawlers and Mike Evans and Ronald Jones II are out for GreatPlainsDrifters. Looking at just the last two weeks, Boomtown Brawlers have scored 163.98 points per game, while GreatPlainsDrifters have averaged 189.48 per contest.
CHEMDAWGS
A pair of squads sporting matching 5-3 records, fourth-place CHEMDAWGS will now have a date with sixth-place Nightmares next week. Each side has multiple bye weeks to consider in Week 9, as D'Andre Swift, the Washington Football Team defense, and Ryan Succop are off for Nightmares and Adam Humphries and Rob Gronkowski will sit for CHEMDAWGS.