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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
DJfromSG🦅
4-4 135.8
109.38
 
VS
proj
Jacksonville Bulls
58.32 0-8
84.34

DJfromSG🦅 hand Jacksonville Bulls eighth straight loss in 135.80-58.32 blowout

DJfromSG🦅 cruised to a 135.80-58.32 win to hand Jacksonville Bulls their eighth consecutive loss to open the season. There wasn't much drama in the matchup, as DJfromSG🦅 jumped out to a 27.60-point lead on Thursday behind outstanding showings from Tom Brady and Chris Godwin. Brady passed for 325 yards and a touchdown for 17.1 points, while Godwin caught 6 passes for 75 yards (10.5 points). Dameon Pierce (12.6 points) and D'Andre Swift (11.8) were the leading performers for Jacksonville Bulls in defeat. DJfromSG🦅 (4-4) will look to keep it rolling against Eagles, while Jacksonville Bulls (0-8) take on James's Quality Team in an effort to get some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  DJfromSG🦅   Jacksonville Bulls

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Brown overachieved for the fourth time this season, scoring 36.6 points against his 13.02-point projection. In a 35-13 win over the Steelers, he caught 6 passes for 156 yards and 3 touchdowns. Brown ranks #33 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Texans next week.
A.J. Brown

Top Player Comparison

DJfromSG🦅
Points
% of total points 135.8
1
A.J. Brown
WR
36.6
13.02
27%
2
Travis Etienne Jr.
RB
23.7
12.58
17.5%
3
Aaron Jones
RB
17.7
11.96
13%
4
Tom Brady
QB
17.1
19.65
12.6%
Jacksonville Bulls
Points
% of total points 58.32
1
Dameon Pierce
RB
12.6
12.79
21.6%
2
D'Andre Swift
RB
11.8
12.78
20.2%
3
Trevor Lawrence
QB
8.82
15.99
15.1%
4
Michael Pittman Jr.
WR
8.8
11.72
15.1%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Tom Brady found Chris Godwin for a 44-yard pass for DJfromSG🦅. Brady also lit up the scoreboard with a 51-yard pass, helping to stake DJfromSG🦅 to a 27.60-0.00 lead.
Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel moments for both teams early Sunday, but it was DJfromSG🦅 who emerged with the lead, 112.10-21.72. A.J. Brown had a 39-yard touchdown catch and a 27-yard touchdown catch for DJfromSG🦅, while Travis Etienne Jr. had a 49-yard run. Trevor Lawrence made the highlight reel for Jacksonville Bulls with a 22-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  DJfromSG🦅   Jacksonville Bulls
Standings Update
Time flies when you're having fun. That's how we feel about the fantasy football season, which is already at the halfway point. Let's take a closer look at the Standings.
DJfromSG🦅
DJfromSG🦅 rank in the top half of the league in scoring, but they'll have to do better moving forward if they want to make the playoffs. Through eight weeks, the team is averaging the 5th-most points per game in the league (110.85 ppg), leaving DJfromSG🦅 outside of playoff position at No. 6 in the Standings.
Important Players
Justin Jefferson
MVP
52 Rec, 752 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs
A.J. Brown
Best Drafted
39 Rec, 659 Rec Yds, 5 Rec TDs
Travis Etienne Jr.
Best Acquisition
571 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 157 Rec Yds
Jacksonville Bulls
Sometimes the Standings really do reflect a team's capabilities. After averaging the fewest points per game in the league at 79.18, Jacksonville Bulls is No. 10 in the Standings, leaving the team with some work to do in order to make the playoffs.
Important Players
Ja'Marr Chase
MVP
47 Rec, 605 Rec Yds, 6 Rec TDs
Michael Pittman Jr.
Best Drafted
51 Rec, 528 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD
Trevor Lawrence
Best Acquisition
1840 Pass Yds, 10 Pass TDs

Game Notes

Five of the nine starting players on DJfromSG🦅 scored higher than their projected point totals.
Jacksonville Bulls had only one of their eight starters score higher than their projected points.
DJfromSG🦅 won despite starting Daniel Carlson, who scored zero points.
DJfromSG🦅 had five players score more points than the leading scorer for Jacksonville Bulls.
DJfromSG🦅 put up more points than their season scoring average (110.85) while Jacksonville Bulls fell short of theirs (79.18).
DJfromSG🦅 recorded more points than their projected total, while Jacksonville Bulls fell shy of their projection.
The matchup's 77.48-point margin is the largest in the league this season.
Not only did DJfromSG🦅 get the win, but they also easily covered the 25.04-point projected margin of victory.
In blowout games this season, DJfromSG🦅 moves to (3-0), while Jacksonville Bulls falls to (0-3).