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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷
1-7 133.98
145.72
 
VS
proj
New Calvinists
118.22 5-3
159.94

New Calvinists fall short of projections, succumb to 🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷, 133.98-118.22

New Calvinists were unable to bring their A game, falling short of their projected point total, as 🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷 earned a 133.98-118.22 win. New Calvinists grabbed a 10.70-point lead on Thursday, but 🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷 held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by A.J. Brown (10 Rec, 155 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Daniel Jones (222 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 12 Rush Yds). Joe Mixon (25.1 points) and Deebo Samuel (22.1) led the charge for New Calvinists in the loss. 🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷 improve to 1-7 on the season, while New Calvinists fall to 5-3.

Matchup Timeline

  🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷   New Calvinists

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Freiermuth (4 Rec, 44 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 13.4 points in a 15-10 win over the Browns in Week 8. He scored 68.8% more than his 7.94-point projection and overachieved for the first time this season. Freiermuth will face the Bears next week.
Pat Freiermuth

Top Player Comparison

🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷
Points
% of total points 133.98
1
A.J. Brown
WR
25.5
16.94
19%
2
Daniel Jones
QB
20.08
22.81
15%
3
Diontae Johnson
WR
13.8
14.43
10.3%
4
Pat Freiermuth
TE
13.4
7.94
10%
New Calvinists
Points
% of total points 118.22
1
Joe Mixon
RB
25.1
19.14
21.2%
2
Deebo Samuel
WR
22.1
16.26
18.7%
3
Chase Edmonds
RB
16.9
15.7
14.3%
4
Trevor Lawrence
QB
14.62
22.56
12.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were multiple players with standout moments on both teams early Sunday, but it was New Calvinists who claimed the lead, 89.80-89.80. A.J. Brown had a 57-yard touchdown catch for 🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷, while Diontae Johnson had a 50-yard catch. Meanwhile, Deebo Samuel had an 83-yard catch and a 50-yard catch for New Calvinists, while Joe Mixon had a 46-yard catch.
Monday
Daniel Jones had a 50-yard pass for 🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷 during Monday Night Football, helping to increase the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷   New Calvinists

Game Notes

Just four of the 11 starting players on 🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷 scored more than their projected point totals.
New Calvinists had only four of their 11 starters score higher than their projected points.
New Calvinists can partially blame the loss on Emmanuel Sanders, who didn't score any points.
🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷 put up more points than their season scoring average (124.31) while New Calvinists fell short of theirs (146.65).
Both teams failed to reach their projected point total.
The matchup's 15.76-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
This loss snaps a streak of five consecutive wins for New Calvinists.

Coach Talk

🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷
Earning the win is most important, 🏈Gridiron & Wine 🍷, but we've also identified one spot where we should improve as a team: our running backs were utterly outplayed this past week. Buoyed by Phillip Lindsay (eight yards from scrimmage, no TDs) and J.D. McKissic (93 yards, no TDs), our three RBs combined for just 24.9 points in Week 8, while the starting backfield for New Calvinists doubled us up with a score of 52.8. Let's bug the offensive coordinator to get some more touches in Week 9!
New Calvinists
Well, we certainly can't complain about a shortage of opportunities this time, can we? Our five pass-catchers (four WR and one TE) were targeted a grand total of 26 times in Week 8. Those players might need to get some extra reps with the JUGS machine, considering they reeled in just 13 balls.