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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Pickles
6-2 125.7
111.33
 
VS
proj
HUNGRY DOG
80.13 6-2
95.51

Pickles overtake HUNGRY DOG for top spot in 125.70-80.13 rout

Pickles overtook HUNGRY DOG in the standings, jumping into first place in Football for Smart People with a dominant victory, rolling to a 125.70-80.13 win. This matchup was over almost as soon as it started, as Pickles leapt out to a 25.22-point lead on Thursday behind Lamar Jackson, who passed for 238 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 43 yards. The Seattle Seahawks defense (20.25 points) and Joe Burrow (16.48) carried the flag for HUNGRY DOG in the loss. Pickles (6-2) have now won four straight and will look to keep it rolling against Very inTimidating. HUNGRY DOG (6-2) will try to get back on track against The Foxx Force.

Matchup Timeline

  Pickles   HUNGRY DOG

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Going up against the Steelers in Week 8, Brown caught 6 passes for 156 yards and 3 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 33.6 points to more-than-triple his 10.48-point projection, the fifth-highest percent increase of any player in the league this season. In Week 9, Brown and the Eagles will face the Texans.
A.J. Brown

Top Player Comparison

Pickles
Points
% of total points 125.7
1
A.J. Brown
WR
33.6
10.48
26.7%
2
Lamar Jackson
QB
25.22
24.32
20.1%
3
The Philadelphia Eagles defense
DEF
17
15.46
13.5%
4
Cooper Kupp
WR
14.9
13.92
11.9%
HUNGRY DOG
Points
% of total points 80.13
1
The Seattle Seahawks defense
DEF
20.25
13.29
25.3%
2
Joe Burrow
QB
16.48
22.69
20.6%
3
Jason Myers
K
11
8.54
13.7%
4
Justin Jefferson
WR
9.8
14.23
12.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
A.J. Brown had a 39-yard touchdown catch and a 27-yard touchdown catch for Pickles to contribute to a 91.60-23.30 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Jason Myers had a 51-yard field goal for HUNGRY DOG, who trailed 125.70-63.65 after the late afternoon games.
Monday
Joe Burrow had a 41-yard touchdown pass for HUNGRY DOG.

Points By Position

  Pickles   HUNGRY DOG

Game Notes

More than half (5 of the 9) of the starters on Pickles exceeded their projected point totals.
HUNGRY DOG had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Pickles put up more points than their season scoring average (110.19) while HUNGRY DOG fell short of theirs (106.26).
Pickles recorded more points than their projected total, while HUNGRY DOG fell shy of their projection.
The defeat concludes a streak of five consecutive wins for HUNGRY DOG.
Not only did Pickles get the win, but they also easily covered the 15.82-point projected margin of victory.
Both of the losses for HUNGRY DOG have been blowout losses.
For HUNGRY DOG, the Seattle Seahawks defense put up 20.25 points, the second-best score for a DEF this week.

Next Week Preview

Pickles
Next week will feature a couple of teams heading in different directions, as Pickles (6-2) go into the matchup on a four-game winning streak, while their Week 9 opposition (Very inTimidating, 1-7), have now dropped four in a row. Each of these teams has multiple bye weeks to consider in Week 9, as Jimmy Garoppolo, Chase Claypool, and Graham Gano are off for Pickles and Dak Prescott and Jerry Jeudy are out for Very inTimidating. Over the last three weeks, Pickles have scored 113.17 points per game, while Very inTimidating have averaged just 81.97 per contest.
HUNGRY DOG
In Week 9, HUNGRY DOG (6-2) are set to take on The Foxx Force (3-5). HUNGRY DOG may have to shuffle the deck a bit with Pat Freiermuth out on bye in Week 9. The Foxx Force won't have Nick Chubb, CeeDee Lamb, Greg Dulcich, Najee Harris, or David Njoku.