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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Puremichigan
3-5 119.45
97.92
 
VS
proj
toiletrockers
52.4 2-6
99.18

Puremichigan hand toiletrockers sixth straight loss in 119.45-52.40 runaway

Puremichigan rolled to a 119.45-52.40 win to hand toiletrockers their sixth straight loss. It didn't take long to learn who would lead the way in the matchup, as Puremichigan jumped out to a 35.85-point lead on Thursday behind impressive performances from Lamar Jackson (28.2 points) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense (7.65). Tyreek Hill (22.5 points) and Devin Singletary (8.3) led the way for toiletrockers in the loss. This marks the first time this season Puremichigan have gotten the best of toiletrockers, after falling 111.95-82.35 in their last matchup. Puremichigan (3-5) will look to keep it rolling against Chicken Dinner, while toiletrockers (2-6) will face off against JonnyFab in an effort to generate some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Puremichigan   toiletrockers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Moore (6 Rec, 152 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 24.5 points against the Falcons in Week 8. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 8.95-point projection and was much higher than his 8.43-point season scoring average. Moore ranks #76 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Bengals next week.
DJ Moore

Top Player Comparison

Puremichigan
Points
% of total points 119.45
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
28.2
26.88
23.6%
2
DJ Moore
WR
24.5
8.95
20.5%
3
Stefon Diggs
WR
16.8
13.33
14.1%
4
Tee Higgins
WR
10.9
10.52
9.1%
toiletrockers
Points
% of total points 52.4
1
Tyreek Hill
WR
22.5
13.99
42.9%
2
Devin Singletary
RB
8.3
9.78
15.8%
3
Kareem Hunt
RB
7.2
7.12
13.7%
4
Michael Gallup
WR
4.9
7.71
9.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tyreek Hill had a 42-yard catch for toiletrockers, who trailed 65.85-34.40 after the early round of games.
Sunday Night
Stefon Diggs had a 26-yard touchdown catch and a 53-yard catch for Puremichigan, helping the team to a 108.55-44.20 lead.
Monday
Tee Higgins had a 41-yard touchdown catch for Puremichigan on Monday night, helping to add to the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  Puremichigan   toiletrockers

Game Notes

Six of the nine starters on Puremichigan exceeded their projected point totals.
toiletrockers had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Puremichigan put up more points than their season scoring average (95.79) while toiletrockers fell short of theirs (86.48).
Puremichigan scored more points than their projected total, while toiletrockers fell shy of their projection.
This victory snaps a streak of four consecutive defeats for Puremichigan.
In blowout games this year, Puremichigan moves to (2-2), while toiletrockers falls to (1-3).
On the losing side, Tyreek Hill scored 22.5 points, the fifth-highest score for a wideout this week.

Next Week Preview

Puremichigan
Puremichigan (3-5) square off against Chicken Dinner (2-6) in a Week 9 matchup that features teams separated by just a game in the standings. Each of these teams will have multiple bye weeks to worry about in Week 9, as Jerry Jeudy, Saquon Barkley, Brett Maher, Courtland Sutton, Chris Boswell, and Javonte Williams are out for Chicken Dinner and Daniel Jones and Graham Gano will get the week off for Puremichigan. Over the last three weeks, Puremichigan have put up 91.45 points per game, while Chicken Dinner have averaged 100.78 per contest.
toiletrockers
Looking ahead to Week 9, toiletrockers (2-6) will try to get back in the win column against JonnyFab (5-3). Each side has players with byes next week, as Chase Claypool, Kareem Hunt, and Michael Gallup are off for toiletrockers while Russell Wilson and Najee Harris are out for JonnyFab.