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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
The Lovely Lads
3-5 103.68
85.27
 
VS
proj
Breeced Lightning
78.02 2-6
88.2

The Lovely Lads defeat Breeced Lightning in 103.68-78.02 runaway

The Lovely Lads rose to the occasion, cruising to a 103.68-78.02 win over Breeced Lightning, who fell short of projections. It didn't take long to figure out who would have the advantage in this matchup, as The Lovely Lads took a 72.48-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind stellar efforts from Tony Pollard and D'Onta Foreman. Pollard racked up 147 yards from scrimmage and ran for 3 touchdowns for 32.7 points, while Foreman ran for 118 yards and 3 touchdowns (31.8 points). Aaron Rodgers (203 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs, 11 Rush Yds) and Aaron Jones (143 Rush Yds, 14 Rec Yds) were the leading scorers for Breeced Lightning in the loss. The Lovely Lads (3-5) will look to get another win against And Totally Redeem Yourself, while Breeced Lightning (2-6) will meet Lavender Chill in an effort to develop some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  The Lovely Lads   Breeced Lightning

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While running for 118 yards and 3 touchdowns against the Falcons, Foreman registered 31.8 points this week. He more-than-tripled his 9.42-point projection and overachieved for the first time this season. Foreman will face the Bengals next week.
D'Onta Foreman

Top Player Comparison

The Lovely Lads
Points
% of total points 103.68
1
Tony Pollard
RB
32.7
11.36
31.5%
2
D'Onta Foreman
RB
31.8
9.42
30.7%
3
The Dallas Cowboys defense
DEF
11
8.61
10.6%
4
Tyler Bass
K
10
9.71
9.6%
Breeced Lightning
Points
% of total points 78.02
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
16.22
15.98
20.8%
2
Aaron Jones
RB
15.7
10.06
20.1%
3
Rhamondre Stevenson
RB
14.3
10.25
18.3%
4
Graham Gano
K
8
9.09
10.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tony Pollard had a 54-yard touchdown run for The Lovely Lads to contribute to a 93.08-20.60 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Aaron Rodgers had a 37-yard touchdown pass for Breeced Lightning, who trailed 103.68-78.02 after Sunday night.

Points By Position

  The Lovely Lads   Breeced Lightning

StatSmack

The Lovely Lads must have eaten their Wheaties this morning. They scored more in this matchup (103.68) than their season average (85.56).
We heard scoring helps you win. Breeced Lightning need some help then, averaging just 81.09 versus The Lovely Lads's 85.56.
In dire times, at least The Lovely Lads keep it close. They've been blown out less times than Breeced Lightning (3 vs 5).
The Lovely Lads should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more weeks than Breeced Lightning (3 vs 2).
The Lovely Lads have started more fantasy players who beat their projected score than Breeced Lightning (29 vs 24).
By position, The Lovely Lads have outscored Breeced Lightning at QB, TE, K, and DEF this season.
The Lovely Lads came out victorious even though they had more players on a bye this week (2) than Breeced Lightning (0).
Don't worry Breeced Lightning, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

Next Week Preview

The Lovely Lads
The Lovely Lads (3-5) will go up against And Totally Redeem Yourself (6-2) in Week 9. Each of these teams will have multiple players on bye next week, as Tony Pollard, the Dallas Cowboys defense, Najee Harris, and Deebo Samuel are off for The Lovely Lads, while And Totally Redeem Yourself will be without Jerry Jeudy, George Kittle, Brandon McManus, and Elijah Mitchell. Over the last three weeks, The Lovely Lads have scored 90.56 points per game, while And Totally Redeem Yourself have averaged only 72.09 per contest.
Breeced Lightning
The outlook doesn't exactly get any more appealing for last-place Breeced Lightning, because they now get to face off against first-place Lavender Chill in Week 9. Breeced Lightning might have to shuffle their lineup a bit with Amari Cooper, Melvin Gordon III, and Graham Gano out on bye in Week 9. Lavender Chill will be without Nick Chubb.