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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
New York Jets
7-1 214.36
216.39
 
VS
proj
Indianapolis Colts
127.26 2-6
150.15

New York Jets top Indianapolis Colts for third straight win in 214.36-127.26 drubbing

New York Jets extended their win streak to three games with a dominant victory over Indianapolis Colts, rolling to a 214.36-127.26 win. New York Jets pulled out to a 26.80-point lead on Thursday behind Mike Evans (18.3 points) and Jamel Dean (7.5) and never let it go. Andy Dalton (21.16 points) and Tyler Allgeier (17.5) led the charge for Indianapolis Colts in defeat. New York Jets (7-1) will look to notch another W against Denver Broncos, while Indianapolis Colts (2-6) try to get some positive momentum against New York Giants.

Matchup Timeline

  New York Jets   Indianapolis Colts

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Squaring off against the Vikings in Week 8, Hopkins caught 12 passes for 159 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 34.9 points to scored 65.8% higher than his 21.05-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on New York Jets this week. Hopkins will face the Seahawks next week.
DeAndre Hopkins

Top Player Comparison

New York Jets
Points
% of total points 214.36
1
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
34.9
21.05
16.3%
2
Jaylen Waddle
WR
30.6
16.64
14.3%
3
Kirk Cousins
QB
27.48
22.33
12.8%
4
Stefon Diggs
WR
22.8
20.57
10.6%
Indianapolis Colts
Points
% of total points 127.26
1
Andy Dalton
QB
21.16
17.25
16.6%
2
Tyler Allgeier
RB
17.5
9.11
13.8%
3
T.J. Hockenson
TE
11
10.38
8.6%
4
Shaq Thompson
LB
10.5
8.36
8.3%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Mike Evans had a 51-yard catch for New York Jets, helping to give the team a 26.80-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel plays for both teams early Sunday, but after the results were tallied, New York Jets had a 160.76-100.66 lead. For New York Jets, Jaylen Waddle had a 29-yard touchdown catch. Andy Dalton had a 36-yard touchdown pass for Indianapolis Colts, while Tyler Allgeier had a 25-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Night
Stefon Diggs had a 26-yard touchdown catch and a 53-yard catch for New York Jets, helping the team to a 196.96-111.16 lead.
Monday
Tee Higgins had a 41-yard touchdown catch for New York Jets during Monday Night Football, helping to add to the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  New York Jets   Indianapolis Colts

What If

New York Jets would have beaten 13 other teams besides Indianapolis Colts this week.
Indianapolis Colts would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
New York Jets would be 7-1 if they played Indianapolis Colts every week.
Indianapolis Colts would have topped New York Jets 191.24-168.52 had they played each other last week.
New York Jets would be 5-2 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Indianapolis Colts.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts would be 4-3.
If New York Jets had played every team in the league each week, they would be 120-32.
If they played every team every week, Indianapolis Colts would be 43-109.

Coach Talk

New York Jets
Well New York Jets, the good news is that we won this matchup by more than 87 points. The *even better* news is that we've proven we're better than this, as our scoring average through Week 7 stood at 226.86. So while we're happy to have earned this victory, let's "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Indianapolis Colts
It's entirely possible that Indianapolis Colts would be a better GM in the NFL than in fantasy football. Seeing just eight targets as a group this past week, their five wide receivers apparently spent most of their games running decoy routes and blocking downfield.