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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Mad Dogs
3-5 149.62
119.5
 
VS
proj
Fancy Dancers
74.14 3-5
112.73

Mad Dogs hand Fancy Dancers third consecutive loss in 149.62-74.14 beatdown

Mad Dogs rolled to a 149.62-74.14 win to hand Fancy Dancers their third straight loss. It didn't take long to learn who would be the frontrunner in the matchup, as Mad Dogs nabbed a 48.68-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind 60.98 points from Kirk Cousins (232 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 22 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Tyreek Hill (12 Rec, 188 Rec Yds). Aaron Jones (143 Rush Yds, 14 Rec Yds) and Chase McLaughlin (3-3 FG, 46 long, 1-1 XP) did their part for Fancy Dancers in the loss. This marks the second time this season Mad Dogs have taken down Fancy Dancers, after winning 121.38-105 in their last matchup. Mad Dogs (3-5) will look to keep it rolling against Barcroft Motherchuckers, while Fancy Dancers (3-5) try to generate some positive momentum against Drafting like George Paton.

Matchup Timeline

  Mad Dogs   Fancy Dancers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Henry (219 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) scored 35.3 points in a 17-10 win over the Texans in Week 8. His scoring output nearly doubled his 17.89-point projection and was much higher than his 17.31-point season scoring average. Henry ranks #15 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Chiefs next week.
Derrick Henry

Top Player Comparison

Mad Dogs
Points
% of total points 149.62
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
35.48
30.3
23.7%
2
Derrick Henry
RB
35.3
17.89
23.6%
3
Tyreek Hill
WR
25.5
18.08
17%
4
Younghoe Koo
K
14
8.47
9.4%
Fancy Dancers
Points
% of total points 74.14
1
Aaron Jones
RB
17.7
11.96
23.9%
2
Chase McLaughlin
K
11
7.32
14.8%
3
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR
10.4
12.38
14%
4
Derek Carr
QB
9.44
29.27
12.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tyreek Hill had a 42-yard catch for Mad Dogs, helping the team to a 94.12-45.44 lead.
Sunday Late
Derrick Henry had a 29-yard touchdown run and a 41-yard run for Mad Dogs, contributing to a 140.82-56.44 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Mad Dogs   Fancy Dancers

Game Notes

Most (7 of the 9) of the starters on Mad Dogs exceeded their projected point totals.
Fancy Dancers had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Fancy Dancers can partially blame the loss on George Pickens, who didn't score any points.
Mad Dogs had three players score more points than the leading scorer for Fancy Dancers.
Mad Dogs put up more points than their season scoring average (111.62) while Fancy Dancers fell short of theirs (99.74).
Mad Dogs recorded more points than their projected total, while Fancy Dancers fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 75.48-point margin is the largest in the league this season.
Not only did Mad Dogs earn the W, but they also easily covered the 6.77-point forecasted margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, Mad Dogs moves to (1-3), while Fancy Dancers falls to (1-3).

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