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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Big Skillet
4-4 94.2
82.48
 
VS
proj
SMOKE
81.95 4-4
95.5

Big Skillet brush off expectations, come back to win against SMOKE, 94.20-81.95

Big Skillet showed up and exceeded their projected point total, rallying for a 94.20-81.95 win over SMOKE, who fell short of projections. Big Skillet trailed 81.95-69.80 heading into Monday night, but the team came storming back behind Nick Chubb (101 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs). Jalen Hurts (285 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs, 10 Rush Yds) and Dalvin Cook (111 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 30 Rec Yds) led the charge for SMOKE in the loss. Big Skillet (4-4) will look to maintain their momentum against Jr’s season, while SMOKE (4-4) will face Terps in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Big Skillet   SMOKE

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While running for 101 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Bengals, Chubb recorded 24.4 points this week. He scored 63.8% more than his 14.9-point projection and overachieved for the seventh time this season. Chubb ranks #7 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Dolphins next week.
Nick Chubb

Top Player Comparison

Big Skillet
Points
% of total points 94.2
1
Nick Chubb
RB
24.4
14.9
25.9%
2
Geno Smith
QB
19.2
19.44
20.4%
3
Rhamondre Stevenson
RB
14.3
10.37
15.2%
4
Ryan Succop
K
10
7.9
10.6%
SMOKE
Points
% of total points 81.95
1
Jalen Hurts
QB
27.25
25.58
33.3%
2
Dalvin Cook
RB
20.1
14.23
24.5%
3
Dameon Pierce
RB
11.1
11.5
13.5%
4
T.J. Hockenson
TE
8
6.29
9.8%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Chris Godwin had a 44-yard catch for Big Skillet to contribute to a 17.50-0.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Jalen Hurts had a 39-yard touchdown pass and a 34-yard touchdown pass for SMOKE, while T.J. Hockenson had a 58-yard catch to contribute to a 60.55-47.10 lead for SMOKE.
Sunday Late
Geno Smith had a 33-yard touchdown pass for Big Skillet, who trailed 76.95-66.30 after the late action.

Points By Position

  Big Skillet   SMOKE

Game Notes

Five of the eight starting players on Big Skillet exceeded their projected point totals.
SMOKE had only three of their eight starters score higher than their projected points.
Big Skillet put up more points than their season scoring average (81.74) while SMOKE fell short of theirs (91.4).
Big Skillet recorded more points than their projected total, while SMOKE fell short of their projection.
Big Skillet moves to (1-0) in upset games this season, while SMOKE falls to (0-1).
For SMOKE, Jalen Hurts (27.25 points) recorded the second-highest score for a signal-caller this week.

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