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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Keeper Reapers
4-4 122
88.68
 
VS
proj
Desert Eagles
116 4-4
94.92

Keeper Reapers earn win against Desert Eagles, 122-116

Both teams outperformed expectations, but Keeper Reapers got the best of Desert Eagles. Predicted to lose 95-89, Keeper Reapers came out on top with a 122-116 victory over Desert Eagles. Keeper Reapers jumped out to a 30-point lead on Thursday behind stellar showings from Tom Brady (19 points) and Leonard Fournette (11) and never looked back. Nick Chubb (101 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) and DeAndre Hopkins (12 Rec, 159 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) led the way for Desert Eagles in the loss. Keeper Reapers (4-4) will look to add to their success against V for ..., while Desert Eagles (4-4) take on Planet united in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Keeper Reapers   Desert Eagles

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Facing the Falcons in Week 8, Foreman ran for 118 yards and 3 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 31 points to more-than-triple his 8.52-point projection, the fifth-highest percent increase of any player in the league this season. In Week 9, Foreman and the Panthers will go up against the Bengals.
D'Onta Foreman

Top Player Comparison

Keeper Reapers
Points
% of total points 122
1
Alvin Kamara
RB
33
12.23
27%
2
D'Onta Foreman
RB
31
8.52
25.4%
3
Tom Brady
QB
19
21.21
15.6%
4
Leonard Fournette
RB
11
10.25
9%
Desert Eagles
Points
% of total points 116
1
Nick Chubb
RB
24
13.21
20.7%
2
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
21
12.82
18.1%
3
Russell Wilson
QB
15
15.87
12.9%
4
Cooper Kupp
WR
14
13.27
12.1%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Tom Brady had a 51-yard pass and a 44-yard pass for Keeper Reapers, helping to give the team a 30-0 lead.
Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel moments on both teams early Sunday, after which Keeper Reapers emerged with a 110-71 lead. For Keeper Reapers, Alvin Kamara had a 36-yard touchdown catch. Russell Wilson had a 47-yard pass for Desert Eagles, while CeeDee Lamb had a 21-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  Keeper Reapers   Desert Eagles

What If

Keeper Reapers would have beaten nine other teams besides Desert Eagles this week.
Desert Eagles would have lost to just two other teams besides Keeper Reapers this week.
If Keeper Reapers played Desert Eagles every week this season, they'd be 4-4.
Had they played each other last week, Keeper Reapers would have beaten Desert Eagles 70-67.
Keeper Reapers would be 3-4 if they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Desert Eagles.
If they played the same schedule (excluding head-to-head matchups) as Keeper Reapers, Desert Eagles would be 3-4.
If Keeper Reapers had played every team in the league each week, they would be 41-46-1.
If they played every team every week, Desert Eagles would be 47-41.

Next Week Preview

Keeper Reapers
A couple of teams with identical 4-4 records, Keeper Reapers and V for ... will go head-to-head next in Week 9. Each of these teams will have multiple bye weeks to worry about in Week 9, as Brett Maher, Michael Gallup, and Courtland Sutton are off for Keeper Reapers and Saquon Barkley, Wan'Dale Robinson, and Elijah Mitchell are out for V for .... Over the last two weeks, Keeper Reapers have scored 96 points per game, while V for ... have averaged 81 per contest.
Desert Eagles
A pair of squads sporting matching 4-4 records, fifth-place Desert Eagles are set to battle eighth-place Planet united in Week 9. Each side has multiple bye weeks to consider in Week 9, as Nick Chubb, Russell Wilson, Brandon Aiyuk, CeeDee Lamb, the Denver Broncos defense, Dalton Schultz, Kenny Pickett, George Pickens, and Trey Lance are off for Desert Eagles and Christian McCaffrey, Daniel Jones, the San Francisco 49ers defense, Pat Freiermuth, Diontae Johnson, and Tevin Coleman are out for Planet united.