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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
DreDeWinner🤑
6-2 287
168.81
 
VS
proj
THE CIRCLE
163 5-3
179.67

DreDeWinner🤑 climb into top spot in 287-163 beatdown

DreDeWinner🤑 ascended into first place in Make_It_Do_What_It_Do with a convincing victory over THE CIRCLE, rolling to a 287-163 win. DreDeWinner🤑 got out to a 36-point lead on Thursday behind Mike Evans (25 points) and Justin Tucker (11) and never let it go. Travis Etienne Jr. (45 points) and the Buffalo Bills defense (34) led the charge for THE CIRCLE in the loss. DreDeWinner🤑 improve to 6-2 on the season, while THE CIRCLE fall to 5-3.

Matchup Timeline

  DreDeWinner🤑   THE CIRCLE

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Texans in Week 8, Henry scored 64 points to nearly triple his 21.49-point projection. He ran for 219 yards and 2 touchdowns to beat his projection by the fifth-highest percentage of any RB in the league this season. In Week 9, Henry and the Titans will play the Chiefs.
Derrick Henry

Top Player Comparison

DreDeWinner🤑
Points
% of total points 287
1
Derrick Henry
RB
64
21.49
22.3%
2
The New York Jets defense
DEF
43
27.7
15%
3
Dalvin Cook
RB
38
21.52
13.2%
4
Justin Fields
QB
36
18.16
12.5%
THE CIRCLE
Points
% of total points 163
1
Travis Etienne Jr.
RB
45
16.93
27.6%
2
The Buffalo Bills defense
DEF
34
37.58
20.9%
3
Cooper Kupp
WR
29
27.01
17.8%
4
Saquon Barkley
RB
19
22.94
11.7%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Mike Evans had a 51-yard catch for DreDeWinner🤑, contributing to a 36-0 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Travis Etienne Jr. had a 49-yard run for THE CIRCLE, while Trevor Lawrence had a 22-yard touchdown pass for the team, who trailed 169-70 after the early round of games.
Sunday Late
Derrick Henry had a 29-yard touchdown run and a 41-yard run for DreDeWinner🤑, while Tyler Lockett had a 33-yard touchdown catch, helping DreDeWinner🤑 to a 252-118 lead.

Points By Position

  DreDeWinner🤑   THE CIRCLE

What If

DreDeWinner🤑 would have beaten every other team in the league this week.
THE CIRCLE would have lost to six other teams besides DreDeWinner🤑 this week.
If they played THE CIRCLE every week, DreDeWinner🤑 would be 3-5 this season.
DreDeWinner🤑 would have topped THE CIRCLE 199-166 had they played each other last week.
DreDeWinner🤑 would be 5-2 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as THE CIRCLE.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as DreDeWinner🤑, THE CIRCLE would be 4-3.
If DreDeWinner🤑 had played every team in the league each week, they would be 46-25-1.
If they played every team every week, THE CIRCLE would be 46-26.

Coach Talk

DreDeWinner🤑
Wow, DreDeWinner🤑, you put the rest of the league on notice with this dominant effort. Along with a 124-point victory, you also jumped up a whopping three spots in the league standings!
THE CIRCLE
Hey, we were just resting up for next week, right? The six starting offensive position players on THE CIRCLE (three RBs, two WRs, one TE) collectively put up 447 yards and just three touchdowns in Week 8. The skill players on DreDeWinner🤑 showed off how it's supposed to be done by logging 693 yards and seven scores.