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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
bobtoo999's Optimal Team
4-4 129.08
116.17
 
VS
proj
stop breaking the beers
103.6 4-4
107.97

bobtoo999's Optimal Team defeat stop breaking the beers in 129.08-103.60 romp

bobtoo999's Optimal Team rose to the occasion, rolling to a 129.08-103.60 win over stop breaking the beers, who fell short of projections. bobtoo999's Optimal Team nabbed an early 4.00-point lead on Thursday. stop breaking the beers came back to take the lead during the early games on Sunday, powered by Dak Prescott (26.4 points) and Justin Jefferson (12.8). Unphased, bobtoo999's Optimal Team made a run later that afternoon, as Cooper Kupp (18.9 points) and Matthew Stafford (17.38) put them back ahead once and for all. bobtoo999's Optimal Team (4-4) will look to get another W against Pat Elliott's Legit Team, while stop breaking the beers (4-4) will try to get back in the win column against Kevin's Standout Team.

Matchup Timeline

  bobtoo999's Optimal Team   stop breaking the beers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Vikings in Week 8, Hopkins scored 27.9 points to beat his 17.34-point projection. He caught 12 passes for 159 yards and a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on bobtoo999's Optimal Team this week. In Week 9, Hopkins and the Cardinals will square off against the Seahawks.
DeAndre Hopkins

Top Player Comparison

bobtoo999's Optimal Team
Points
% of total points 129.08
1
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
27.9
17.34
21.6%
2
Cooper Kupp
WR
18.9
18.05
14.6%
3
Aaron Jones
RB
17.7
11.96
13.7%
4
Matthew Stafford
QB
17.38
17.53
13.5%
stop breaking the beers
Points
% of total points 103.6
1
Dak Prescott
QB
26.4
19.32
25.5%
2
Justin Jefferson
WR
12.8
17.79
12.4%
3
Tee Higgins
WR
12.4
13.51
12%
4
Kenneth Walker III
RB
11.7
12.73
11.3%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Chris Godwin had a 44-yard catch for bobtoo999's Optimal Team, helping to give the team a 10.50-6.50 lead.
Sunday Early
Dak Prescott had a 21-yard touchdown pass for stop breaking the beers, contributing to a 67.50-45.40 lead for the team.
Monday
Tee Higgins had a 41-yard touchdown catch for stop breaking the beers.

Points By Position

  bobtoo999's Optimal Team   stop breaking the beers
Standings Update
Time flies when you're having fun. We’re already at the midpoint of the season, which means it's about time to catch up on the Standings.
bobtoo999's Optimal Team
bobtoo999's Optimal Team may not win the league scoring title, but they're certainly putting up points when it counts. Through eight weeks, the team is averaging the 3rd-most points per game in the league (119.61 ppg), propelling bobtoo999's Optimal Team to the No. 4 spot in the Standings, putting them in playoff position.
Important Players
Patrick Mahomes
MVP
2159 Pass Yds, 20 Pass TDs, 113 Rush Yds
Saquon Barkley
Best Drafted
779 Rush Yds, 5 Rush TDs, 189 Rec Yds
Brandon Aiyuk
Best Acquisition
38 Rec, 483 Rec Yds, 4 Rec TDs
stop breaking the beers
There's plenty of time left to make a move, but it's hard to imagine stop breaking the beers making a run up the Standings if they don't start scoring more. The squad has some work to do in order to get into playoff position after averaging only 102.71 points per game through eight weeks, 7th-best in the league.
Important Players
Justin Jefferson
MVP
52 Rec, 752 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
Zach Ertz
Best Drafted
41 Rec, 354 Rec Yds, 3 Rec TDs
Kirk Cousins
Best Acquisition
1734 Pass Yds, 11 Pass TDs

Game Notes

More than half (5 of the 9) of the starters on bobtoo999's Optimal Team scored higher than their projected point totals.
stop breaking the beers had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams put up more points than their season scoring average.
bobtoo999's Optimal Team recorded more points than their projected total, while stop breaking the beers failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 25.48-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
This defeat puts an end to a two-game unbeaten streak for stop breaking the beers.
Not only did bobtoo999's Optimal Team win, but they also easily covered the 8.2-point forecasted margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, bobtoo999's Optimal Team moves to (2-1), while stop breaking the beers falls to (1-2).
On the losing side, Dak Prescott (26.4 points) posted the third-highest score for a QB this week.