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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
drizz
5-3 188.58
191.62
 
VS
proj
Apollo
167.3 3-5
184.63

drizz come back to defeat Apollo, 188.58-167.30

drizz earned a come-from-behind victory over Apollo, staging a comeback to earn a 188.58-167.30 win. Trailing 167.30-104.20 heading into Monday night, drizz charged back behind Nick Chubb, who ran for 101 yards and 2 touchdowns for 25.4 points, and Amari Cooper, who caught 5 passes for 131 yards and a touchdown (22.1 points). Dalvin Cook (111 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 30 Rec Yds) and CeeDee Lamb (5 Rec, 77 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) carried the flag for Apollo in the loss. This marks the first time this season drizz have beaten Apollo, after falling 225.56-201.4 in their last matchup. drizz (5-3) will look to add to their success against Mack North, while Apollo (3-5) match up against MangoKid in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  drizz   Apollo

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 5.69 points, Bell scored 67% more than that amount by scoring 9.5 points as the Bengals lost to the Browns 32-13. He made 4 tackles and intercepted a pass to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on drizz this week. Next week, Bell will play the Panthers.
Vonn Bell

Top Player Comparison

drizz
Points
% of total points 188.58
1
Nick Chubb
RB
25.4
16.14
13.5%
2
Amari Cooper
WR
22.1
13.72
11.7%
3
Aaron Jones
RB
19.7
13.86
10.4%
4
Tee Higgins
WR
13.9
16.49
7.4%
Apollo
Points
% of total points 167.3
1
Dalvin Cook
RB
25.1
16.81
15%
2
CeeDee Lamb
WR
18.8
16.3
11.2%
3
Eddie Jackson
S
15.1
8.77
9%
4
D'Andre Swift
RB
14.3
14.96
8.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
CeeDee Lamb had a 21-yard touchdown catch for Apollo, contributing to a 112.40-72.50 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Jason Myers had a 51-yard field goal for Apollo to contribute to a 167.30-82.00 lead for the team.
Monday
Amari Cooper had a 53-yard catch for drizz, while Tee Higgins had a 41-yard touchdown catch on Monday night, helping push drizz to the win.

Points By Position

  drizz   Apollo

Game Notes

drizz got the victory despite the fact that only eight of their 18 starting players exceeded their projected point totals.
Apollo had only seven of their 18 starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
The matchup's 21.28-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
Not only did drizz win, but they also easily covered the 6.99-point projected margin of victory.
All five of the wins for drizz have been upset wins.

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