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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Butt smokers
5-3 168.13
151.21
 
VS
proj
TBD
118.95 4-4
141.7

Butt smokers defeat TBD in 168.13-118.95 romp

Butt smokers outperformed expectations, rolling to a 168.13-118.95 win over TBD, who fell short of projections. TBD earned a 25.10-point lead on Thursday behind Tom Brady, who passed for 325 yards and a touchdown. But it was all Butt smokers after that. They were led by Tua Tagovailoa, who passed for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 19 yards for 46.68 points, and Uchenna Nwosu, who made 6 tackles and recorded 2 sacks (16.25 points). Butt smokers (5-3) will look to build on their success against SBR MonStars, while TBD (4-4) will match up against GX s99 TLG 20 U in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Butt smokers   TBD

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While making 6 tackles and recording 2 sacks against the Giants, Nwosu registered 16.25 points this week. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 6.71-point projection and was much higher than his 7.25-point season scoring average. Nwosu ranks #1 among fantasy LBs this season and will face the Cardinals next week.
Uchenna Nwosu

Top Player Comparison

Butt smokers
Points
% of total points 168.13
1
Tua Tagovailoa
QB
46.68
29.3
27.8%
2
Uchenna Nwosu
LB
16.25
6.71
9.7%
3
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR
15.9
17.59
9.5%
4
Zach Ertz
TE
14.9
12.03
8.9%
TBD
Points
% of total points 118.95
1
Tom Brady
QB
25.1
28.26
21.1%
2
Aaron Jones
RB
24.7
15.54
20.8%
3
Latavius Murray
RB
13.9
10.31
11.7%
4
N'Keal Harry
WR
10.9
2.09
9.2%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Tom Brady had a 51-yard pass and a 44-yard pass for TBD to contribute to a 25.10-0.00 lead for TBD.
Sunday Early
Tua Tagovailoa had a 29-yard touchdown pass and a 42-yard pass for Butt smokers to contribute to a 112.28-66.00 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Butt smokers   TBD

Game Notes

Eight of the 15 starters on Butt smokers exceeded their projected point totals.
TBD had only four of their 15 starters score higher than their projected points.
Butt smokers won despite starting Anthony Brown, who scored zero points.
Butt smokers put up more points than their season scoring average (159.41) while TBD fell short of theirs (165.11).
Butt smokers put up more points than their projected total, while TBD fell shy of their projection.
This win snaps a streak of three straight losses for Butt smokers.
Not only did Butt smokers win, but they also easily covered the 9.51-point forecasted margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, Butt smokers moves to (2-0), while TBD falls to (1-1).

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