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Lizama League · est. 2011 · season sixteen · week 8 of 14

Week 8 Results

Oriol scored 160.4, the high of the week, and left 35.7 more on the bench. Three Bengals scored 108.3 between them for three different teams, and all three won. The commissioner won his sixth straight with the seventh-best score in the league, which is printed here first so nobody has to bring it up.

The scoreboard

JoePhotofreak 89.5
UrielBalrogs 113.5
Uriel 113.5, Joe 89.5. Bijan Robinson scored 7.6 on a 20.1 projection and Chuba Hubbard covered with 24.9. Joe's kicker scored 1 and Tre Tucker 0. See the Luckiest Win.
MisaObsidians 131.6
SamMean Machine 61.6
Misa 131.6, Sam 61.6, the widest margin of the week at 70. Joe Burrow scored 39.5, the best performance in the league. Aaron Rodgers scored 4.9 on a 15.1 projection.
Dan RobotDan Robot 98.6
MarioStairway to Seven 133.1
Mario 133.1, Dan Robot 98.6. Michael Wilson scored 26.8 on a 12.7 projection, and Mario set one of the week's two perfect lineups. Rashee Rice scored 18.3 on the bot's bench.
TaylerTerrible Towel, Mediocre Picks 117.7
ToñoSeitseman 133.8
Toño 133.8, Tayler 117.7, the closest game of the week at 16.1. Lamar Jackson and Zay Flowers both scored 0, and Tee Higgins scored 37.5 to cover both. See the Unluckiest Loss.
OriolFirebreathing Platypuses 160.4
BenjiSuzaku 108.1
The shootout, 268.5 combined. Oriol 160.4, Benji 108.1. Ja'Marr Chase 31.3, Brock Bowers 28.2, D'Andre Swift 27.9 on three rushing touchdowns. Benji's best available lineup was 120.7, which would not have mattered.
YaelPotatoe 120.7
JordiWindwaker 81.3
Yael 120.7, Jordi 81.3. Puka Nacua scored 25 and Jahmyr Gibbs 24.8. Yael was projected for 143, the highest in the league for the second straight week, and this time it held.

The awards

Award 01

Luckiest Win

Uriel
113.5 points, 5-6 against the field

The seventh-best score of the week won, because Joe scored the tenth. Parker Washington started and scored 3.6 while DeMario Douglas scored 16.6 on the bench, a 13-point gap, and Bijan Robinson missed his projection by 12.5. Six straight wins, a losing record against the field, and the man who wrote the report is not allowed to call that skill.

Award 02

Unluckiest Loss

Tayler
117.7 points, 6-5 against the field

Better than half the league, and the closest game of the week, by 16.1. Tony Pollard scored 28.7 and the Jaguars D/ST 20 on an 8.4 projection. The opponent had two starters on zero and still found 37.5 from one receiver. The rookie is 1-7 and scored more than the team in second place.

Award 03

Player of the Week

Misa
Joe Burrow, 39.5

Five passing touchdowns and a rushing one, 39.5 on a 22.9 projection, in a 70-point win, the widest of the week. Patrick Mahomes scored 25.4 on the bench and it did not matter, because it was the right call. A second straight perfect lineup: last week 100% lost by 47.4, this week 100% won by 70. Up a seed to fourth.

Award 04

Two Zeros, Won

Toño
133.8 points, 10-1 against the field

Lamar Jackson scored 0 on a 22.2 projection, the biggest bust of the week, and Zay Flowers 0 on 20.1. Tee Higgins scored 37.5 on 15.5, the biggest overperformance in the league, and Bhayshul Tuten 29.9. The lowest manager rating of the week, 80.9%, with Harold Fannin Jr.'s 23.4 on the bench, and the second-best score anyway. Up a seed to seventh, on the right side of the line.

Award 05

Perfect Lineup

Mario
100% of the best lineup, 133.1

Last week Jordan Love scored 17 on the bench. This week he started and scored 21.5, Michael Wilson added 26.8 on a 12.7 projection, and nothing on the bench would have done better. The opponent was the autodraft bot, which started DeVonta Smith, questionable and projected 0, for the second week running, and got 0 for the second week running. It is consistent. Up a seed to ninth.

Award 06

Lowest Score

Sam
61.6 points, 0-11 against the field

Projected for 106.5. Aaron Rodgers scored 4.9, DK Metcalf 1.6, Emanuel Wilson 0 and the Jets D/ST 1. The best lineup available was 68.5, so this one was not the bench. The defending champion has lost three straight and is 2-6, eleventh, with six weeks to find the 2011 version.

Award 07

Running Back Regret

Joe
89.5 points, 2-9 against the field

Jonah Coleman scored 20.4 on the bench while Jonathan Taylor started and scored 6.7, a 13.7-point gap. Spencer Shrader scored 1 on a 10.4 projection and Tre Tucker 0. Six wins to open the season, two losses since, and down two seeds from first to third on points.

Award 08

Paper Held Up

Yael
projected 143, scored 120.7

The highest projection in the league for the second straight week. Last week it came in at 114.9 and lost. This week Puka Nacua scored 25, Jahmyr Gibbs 24.8 and Braelon Allen 23.3, a 95.8% lineup, and the only real miss was Will Reichard's 1. 4-4, sixth. Four finals, no rings, and for one week the paper and the scoreboard agreed.

Award 09

Tight End Regret

Benji
108.1 points, best available 120.7

Dalton Kincaid scored 18.6 on the bench while Hunter Henry started and scored 6, a 12.6-point gap. Bam Knight started, questionable and projected 0, and scored 0.8. Josh Allen scored 26.6 and the Steelers D/ST 19. None of it would have caught 160.4. Two straight losses, down a seed to fifth.

Award 10

Saquon Sat

Jordi
81.3 points, 1-10 against the field

Saquon Barkley scored 12.4 on the bench while Ty Johnson started and scored 5.3. CeeDee Lamb scored 12.8 on a 20.1 projection. Dak Prescott's 19.8 was the best on the roster, and the best lineup available was 88.4, against Yael's 120.7. Down a seed to tenth at 3-5.

Highest score

160.4, WITH 35.7 ON THE BENCH

Oriol scored the most points of the week, beat all eleven other lineups, and still rated 81.8%, because the best lineup he owned would have scored 196.1.

160.4the high score of the week, 11-0 against the field
36.1Tyler Allgeier, on the bench, behind Blake Corum's 13.3
25.5Emmett Johnson, also on the bench, on a 4.8 projection
196.1the best lineup available

Ja'Marr Chase scored 31.3, Brock Bowers 28.2 on two touchdowns, and D'Andre Swift 27.9 on three. Up two seeds to first, ahead of Uriel and Joe at 6-2 on points, and first in the power rankings. One ring, 2018, and the best roster in the league to go after a second.

Standings after week 8

Top 7 make the playoffs. Ties broken by total points scored.

SeedTeamRecordPFPAStreak
1 ▲2 Firebreathing Platypuses
Oriol
6-2 1002.4 958.5 W2
2 – Balrogs
Uriel
6-2 978.4 853.8 W6
3 ▼2 Photofreak
Joe
6-2 973.5 838.9 L2
4 ▲1 Obsidians
Misa
5-3 985.9 956.2 W1
5 ▼1 Suzaku
Benji
5-3 903.1 794.0 L2
6 – Potatoe
Yael
4-4 1000.1 1024.0 W1
7 ▲1 Seitseman
Toño
4-4 920.2 917.5 W2
8 ▼1 Dan Robot
Dan Robot (bot)
3-5 961.0 948.8 L1
9 ▲1 Stairway to Seven
Mario
3-5 920.4 946.7 W1
10 ▼1 Windwaker
Jordi
3-5 783.4 903.7 L1
11 – Mean Machine
Sam
2-6 795.0 947.5 L3
12 – Terrible Towel, Mediocre Picks
Tayler
1-7 777.4 911.2 L1

Manager ratings

What you scored against the best lineup available from the players you already owned. 100 percent means nothing was left on the bench.

TeamScoredBest possibleLeft behindRatingBiggest miss
Obsidians
Misa
131.6 131.6 0.0 100% —
Stairway to Seven
Mario
133.1 133.1 0.0 100% —
Potatoe
Yael
120.7 126.0 5.3 96% Makai Lemon (11.7) over Germie Bernard (8.0)
Terrible Towel, Mediocre Picks
Tayler
117.7 124.4 6.7 95% Corey Kiner (3.8) over Omar Cooper Jr. (0.0)
Windwaker
Jordi
81.3 88.4 7.1 92% Saquon Barkley (12.4) over Ty Johnson (5.3)
Mean Machine
Sam
61.6 68.5 6.9 90% T.J. Hockenson (15.8) over Colston Loveland (11.5)
Suzaku
Benji
108.1 120.7 12.6 90% Dalton Kincaid (18.6) over Hunter Henry (6.0)
Photofreak
Joe
89.5 103.2 13.7 87% Jonah Coleman (20.4) over Jonathan Taylor (6.7)
Balrogs
Uriel
113.5 134.1 20.6 85% DeMario Douglas (16.6) over Parker Washington (3.6)
Firebreathing Platypuses
Oriol
160.4 196.1 35.7 82% Tyler Allgeier (36.1) over Blake Corum (13.3)
Seitseman
Toño
133.8 165.4 31.6 81% Harold Fannin Jr. (23.4) over Tyler Warren (5.8)

What the bench cost

  • Misa and Mario both set perfect lineups, 100%, and both won.
  • Oriol left 35.7 on the bench and Toño 31.6. Both still scored more than ten other teams.
  • Uriel left 20.6 on the bench and won anyway. Joe left 13.7 and lost by 24.
  • Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins scored 108.3 for Misa, Oriol and Toño. All three won.

Standing notes

  • Three teams at 6-2: Oriol, Uriel and Joe, in that order on points. Misa and Benji are next at 5-3.
  • Yael and Toño hold the last two seeds at 4-4. Dan Robot, Mario and Jordi are a game back at 3-5.
  • Up two seeds: Oriol. Up one: Misa, Toño, Mario. Down two: Joe. Down one: Benji, Dan Robot, Jordi.
  • Uriel has won six straight. Sam has lost three straight.