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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
What?!
4-4 103
103.07
 
VS
proj
Lazy Laughing Lizard
74.5 1-7
92.58

What?! hand Lazy Laughing Lizard seventh consecutive loss in 103.0-74.5 runaway

What?! rolled to a 103.0-74.5 win to hand Lazy Laughing Lizard their seventh consecutive loss. Lazy Laughing Lizard pulled out to a 14.0-point lead on Thursday, but it was all What?! after that. They were led by A.J. Brown, who caught 10 passes for 155 yards and a touchdown for 23 points, and Chris Godwin, who caught 8 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown (22.5 points). Austin Ekeler (64 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 60 Rec Yds) and the San Francisco 49ers defense (22 Pts Allowed, 324 Yds Allowed, 1 Turnovers) did everything they could for Lazy Laughing Lizard in defeat. This marks the first time this season What?! have taken down Lazy Laughing Lizard, after falling 140.75-123.5 in their last matchup. What?! improve to 4-4 on the season, while Lazy Laughing Lizard fall to 1-7.

Matchup Timeline

  What?!   Lazy Laughing Lizard

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Godwin caught 8 passes for 140 yards and a touchdown as the Buccaneers lost to the Saints 36-27. In doing so, he put up 22.5 points to scored 83.2% higher than his 12.28-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on What?! this week. Next week, Godwin will square off against the Football Team.
Chris Godwin

Top Player Comparison

What?!
Points
% of total points 103
1
A.J. Brown
WR
23
14.12
22.3%
2
Chris Godwin
WR
22.5
12.28
21.8%
3
DK Metcalf
WR
17.5
12.35
17%
4
The Washington Football Team defense
DEF
12.5
11.25
12.1%
Lazy Laughing Lizard
Points
% of total points 74.5
1
Austin Ekeler
RB
22
16.31
29.5%
2
The San Francisco 49ers defense
DEF
14.5
14.55
19.5%
3
Kyler Murray
QB
14
29.46
18.8%
4
Stefon Diggs
WR
11
15.15
14.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
A.J. Brown had a 57-yard touchdown catch for What?!, while Tyler Bass had a 57-yard field goal for the team, who trailed 52.5-41.5 after the early round of games.
Sunday Late
Chris Godwin had a 44-yard catch for What?!, helping the team to a 94.0-74.5 lead.

Points By Position

  What?!   Lazy Laughing Lizard

What If

What?! would have beaten three other teams besides Lazy Laughing Lizard this week.
Lazy Laughing Lizard would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If What?! played Lazy Laughing Lizard every week this season, they'd be 4-4.
Last week, What?! would have been victorious over Lazy Laughing Lizard 92.5-64.25.
What?! would be 0-6 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Lazy Laughing Lizard.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as What?!, Lazy Laughing Lizard would be 2-4.
If What?! had played every team in the league each week, they would be 25-31.
If they played every team every week, Lazy Laughing Lizard would be 22-34.

Coach Talk

What?!
Hey, this sport is all about exploiting the mismatches. We really took that to heart this week by soundly outplaying Lazy Laughing Lizard at the wide receiver position (63 points to 13.5).
Lazy Laughing Lizard
Hey, our guys were just resting up for next week, right? The six starting offensive skill players on Lazy Laughing Lizard (three WRs, two RBs, one TE) collectively put up 274 yards and just two touchdowns in Week 8. The skill players on What?! made it tough on us by logging 493 yards and four scores.