Left, Down, Wide to the Right, Up · Week 8 report
Week 8: the verdict.
Powell set the pace with 153.62 points. The weekly review: who delivered, who left points behind, and what decided the matchups.
Final whistle
Week 8 scoreboard
Dewi95.35
Connor88.16
Danny81.48
Cup103.00
Brad125.43
Powell153.62
Tee111.56
YS83.26
Rhys124.67
Tucker66.05
Weave117.95
Griff142.43The film room
Numbers that mattered
Upset of the week
Powell flipped the forecast
153.62–125.43Beat Brad despite trailing the player-only Sleeper projection by 4.33.Low score
Tucker
66.05A week to delete from the group chat.Lineup call
Dewi
100%Best share of available roster points reached the lineup.Top starters
Form table
Power rankings
A season-long performance index blending total points, record, cumulative winning margin, lineup efficiency, and all-play record across every week played. It rewards how well a team has played all year, not just whether it escaped 1–0.
Powell beat Brad 153.62 to 125.43. Tee Higgins led the lineup with 32.50. In hindsight, starting Kenny Gainwell (14.00) instead of Javonte Williams (5.20) adds 8.80; points left unused despite the result.
Next up: Dewi. Review the Kenny Gainwell decision, but check availability and the matchup before chasing last week's points.Dewi beat Connor 95.35 to 88.16. Jaylen Warren led the lineup with 19.80. That score beat 4 of the other 11 teams this week.
Next up: Powell. No higher-scoring direct bench swap was found in the available lineup data; check injuries and byes before setting the next lineup.Griff beat Weave 142.43 to 117.95. Joe Burrow led the lineup with 39.48. That score beat 10 of the other 11 teams this week.
Next up: Rhys. No higher-scoring direct bench swap was found in the available lineup data; check injuries and byes before setting the next lineup.Tee beat YS 111.56 to 83.26. D'Andre Swift led the lineup with 26.90. In hindsight, starting Jaylen Waddle (13.40) instead of Xavier Worthy (2.80) adds 10.60; points left unused despite the result.
Next up: Danny. Review the Jaylen Waddle decision, but check availability and the matchup before chasing last week's points.Brad lost to Powell 125.43 to 153.62. Bhayshul Tuten led the lineup with 28.90. In hindsight, starting Jeremiyah Love (2.30) instead of Zay Flowers (0.00) adds 2.30, but still leaves a defeat.
Next up: Tucker. Review the Jeremiyah Love decision, but check availability and the matchup before chasing last week's points.YS lost to Tee 83.26 to 111.56. Matthew Golden led the lineup with 17.40. In hindsight, starting Tyler Allgeier (33.60) instead of Amon-Ra St. Brown (9.10) adds 24.50, but still leaves a defeat.
Next up: Weave. Review the Tyler Allgeier decision, but check availability and the matchup before chasing last week's points.Weave lost to Griff 117.95 to 142.43. Bucky Irving led the lineup with 20.00. In hindsight, starting Mike Washington Jr. (8.30) instead of Zach Charbonnet (4.40) adds 3.90, but still leaves a defeat.
Next up: YS. Review the Mike Washington Jr. decision, but check availability and the matchup before chasing last week's points.Rhys beat Tucker 124.67 to 66.05. Michael Wilson led the lineup with 22.80. In hindsight, starting Ja'Kobi Lane (1.80) instead of DK Metcalf (0.90) adds 0.90; points left unused despite the result.
Next up: Griff. Review the Ja'Kobi Lane decision, but check availability and the matchup before chasing last week's points.Cup beat Danny 103.00 to 81.48. Kyler Murray led the lineup with 19.90. In hindsight, starting Kirk Cousins (28.18) instead of Kyler Murray (19.90) adds 8.28; points left unused despite the result.
Next up: Connor. Review the Kirk Cousins decision, but check availability and the matchup before chasing last week's points.Tucker lost to Rhys 66.05 to 124.67. DJ Moore led the lineup with 13.60. In hindsight, starting Ryan Flournoy (11.60) instead of Drake London (1.30) adds 10.30, but still leaves a defeat.
Next up: Brad. Review the Ryan Flournoy decision, but check availability and the matchup before chasing last week's points.Connor lost to Dewi 88.16 to 95.35. Drake Maye led the lineup with 21.46. In hindsight, starting Caleb Douglas (6.30) instead of Tre Tucker (0.00) adds 6.30, but still leaves a defeat.
Next up: Cup. Review the Caleb Douglas decision, but check availability and the matchup before chasing last week's points.Danny lost to Cup 81.48 to 103.00. Harold Fannin Jr. led the lineup with 17.40. That score beat 1 of the other 11 teams this week.
Next up: Tee. No higher-scoring direct bench swap was found in the available lineup data; check injuries and byes before setting the next lineup.Power Index (0–100), season to date: 35% total points for · 20% season record · 15% cumulative margin · 15% season lineup efficiency · 15% all-play record. Arrows show movement from last week's season rankings.
Survival pool
Last Man Standing
One manager falls each week. The lowest scorer still alive is eliminated; previous casualties cannot be eliminated twice. The final survivor wins the LMS pot.
YS is out.
83.26 points. Lowest eligible scorer, first name in the graveyard.
Still alive
Graveyard
Around the league
Side quests
Cup
Cup · Kirk Cousins · 28.18 points · Benched
Cup
Dropped Kyler Murray (QB) · 19.90 points this week
Dewi
Retained by defeating Connor
Highest Scoring Defense
Powell · Jacksonville Jaguars scored 20.00 pts at D/ST
Cup · Tee
6/6 correct · joint winners of the weekly prediction card.
Weave
Season ranking: 1. Weave (34) · 2. Tee (28) · 3. Tucker (27) · 4. YS (16) · 5. Rhys (14)
The table
Standings through Week 8
Powell5–31010.64 PFGriff5–3967.39 PFTee5–3925.39 PFDewi5–3861.10 PFBrad5–3854.51 PFYS4–4854.48 PFCup4–4838.20 PFWeave4–4825.74 PFRhys4–4824.07 PFTucker4–4791.09 PFConnor2–6722.45 PFDanny1–7697.26 PFThe race
Playoff chances
Six teams make the playoffs. Seeds 1–5 go to the best records; the final spot goes to the highest points-for among everyone else. Odds come from 10,000 simulations of the remaining Week 9–14 schedule.
How it works: each remaining game is played out using every team's scoring average so far, pulled toward the league average so early hot and cold streaks don't count for too much.
The market
FAAB breakdown
Every paid winning waiver bid through Week 8, and what those players have actually delivered. Points only count while the player was in the buyer's starting lineup.
BradRhysTuckerCupDannyGriffConnorWeaveDewiTeeYSPowellHow the math works
- Spent adds up every winning waiver bid from Week 1 to Week 8. Failed bids, free-agent pickups and $0 claims are left out of the table entirely. Remaining budget is $100 minus spent.
- Started pts counts a player's points only in weeks he was in the buyer's starting lineup, from the week he was claimed onward. Bench weeks, and anything he scores after being dropped, don't count.
- Pts per $1 is started points ÷ FAAB spent. Example: $10 spent and 45 started points = 4.50 per $1. Managers who haven't spent anything show “—”.
- Best value buy is the single paid claim with the highest started points ÷ bid. Biggest splash is the largest single bid.