Matchup of the Week – Week 8

One team is a model of consistency, while the other is hot and cold (although their cold is well above average). Shittysauruses and TGIF will face off this week in a battle of our top two teams.

These teams are both seasoned veterans, and have played each other a total of 13 times. TGIF has taken 7 of those games, and Shitty now has a chance to even it up. This season TGIF holds the top 3 scores of the season, and although they finished a three week stretch where they were averaging only 135 points, they bounced right back to their 190+ point ways last week. Shitty has been on the opposite end, always scoring around 140-150 points, although that total has been dropping since week 3. Let’s look at this season so far:

Shitty is playing TGIF at an opportune time. The line-up is looking extra Questionable, and they’ll be without stud RBs James Robinson and Chris Carson. On top of these setbacks, the Thursday night game was also a bit of a let down for both teams, though TGIF is probably feeling the sting a little more with only 5.7 points from #1 WR Calvin Ridley. TGIF still has a lot to look forward to – they’ll have Russell Wilson back in the line up  and may have access to Jamaal Williams if Aaron Jones sits again. Shittysauruses will hope for big performances out of their core position players this week. While they’ve all been decent with nice floors, they have yet to provide a high ceiling. With a lot of question marks on both sides the flex plays should interesting, and TGIF will look to leverage their slight IDP edge to push them over the top.

ESPN and PWR both favor Shittysauruses after the Thursday night game with a TGIF score that looks a lot like their weeks 4-6 scores. With the way TGIF has performed historically, it’s their game to lose. Shittysauruses will have the bulk of their line-up playing at 10AM on Sunday, but the games will carry all the way through to MNF where we’ll see an IDP showdown between Blake Martinez (#2) and Devin White (#1), (and maybe Leonard Fournette). 

Final Prediction:

Shittysauruses: 142

TGIF: 137  

Who do you think will win? Make sure to leave a comment and vote on the game.