2016 Fantasy Football Match-Up Report: NFL Week 8

Published: Oct 26, 2016

In fantasy football, knowledge is power. The more research you do, the more you learn about the teams and players, the better equipped you are to win your game and championship. The single most important piece of information that you can have is game flow. How will any particular NFL matchup play out. If you can properly identify and predict game flow, you will be a constant champion in fantasy football.

But predicting game flow is not easy. In fact, its much harder than trying to predict just the outcome. Anybody can throw out a final score or identify a spread and pick a direction to go. But game flow means you understand what each team is trying to do and how they will go about trying to achieve those goals.

In order to help predict game flow it is imperative to know what the strengths and weaknesses are of each team. Once you understand this you can begin to understand just how each team is going to attack.

The following is a breakdown of each teams current NFL ranking in 31 basic and advanced statistics. When put against each other like this you can start to see just what each team’s strengths and weaknesses are. Once we see this we can derive what the likely game plan of each squad will be and then finally which players will benefit from that plan.

Here is the Key for what all the stats are:

KEY

OFFENSIVE TEAM RANKINGS

PACE – The speed or tempo in which a team plays

PPG – Points scored per game

T.O.P. – Time of Possession

Total Yards – Total Yards Gained by Offense

RZ% - Red Zone TD Scoring Percentage

OFF PLAYS – Total Number of Offensive Plays

RUN ATTS – Total Number of Rushing Attempts

RUN % - Percentage of Offensive Plays That Are Runs

RUN YDS – Rushing Yards

RUN YPA – Rushing Yards Per Attempt

PASS ATTS – Total Number of Pass Attempts

PASS % - Percentage of Offensive Plays That Are Pass

PASS YDS – Passing Yards

PASS YPA – Passing Yards Per Attempt

PFF RUN BK – ProFootballFocus Run Blocking Rating

PFF PASS BK – ProFootballFocus Pass Blocking Rating

DEFENSIVE TEAM RANKINGS

DVOA – Football Outsiders Defensive Value Over Average

PFF Overall – ProFootballFocus Overall Defensive Rating

YPGA – Yards Per Game Against

YPPA – Yards Per Play Against

PFF Run – ProFootballFocus Defense Against Run Rating

RUN YPG – Rushing Yards Per Game Against

RUN YPA – Rushing Yards Per Attempt Against

PFF P Rush – ProFootballFocus Pass Rush Rating

PFF P COV – ProFootballFocus Pass Coverage Rating

PASS YPG – Passing Yards Per Game Against

PASS YPA – Passing Yards Per Attempt Against

DEF VS QB – Fantasy Points Allowed Vs QB

DEF VS RB - Fantasy Points Allowed Vs RB

DEF VS WR - Fantasy Points Allowed Vs WR

DEF VS TE - Fantasy Points Allowed Vs TE

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JAGUARS	AT	TITANS	REDSKINS	AT	BENGALS	PATRIOTS	AT	BILLS
4	PACE	31	23	PACE	16	20	PACE	15
24	PPG	20	16	PPG	23	10	PPG	6
30	T.O.P.	9	12	T.O.P.	13	14	T.O.P.	28
27	TOTAL YDS	14	6	TOTAL YDS	4	7	TOTAL YDS	25
19	RED ZONE%	2	28	RED ZONE%	29	7	RED ZONE%	5
25	OFF PLAYS	17	20	OFF PLAYS	10	15	OFF PLAYS	31
32	RUN ATTS	4	24	RUN ATTS	14	3	RUN ATTS	7
31	RUN %	5	25	RUN %	15	3	RUN %	4
30	RUSH YARDS	3	15	RUSH YARDS	10	6	RUSH YARDS	2
26	RUSH YPA	4	6	RUSH YPA	10	22	RUSH YPA	1
7	PASS ATTS	26	12	PASS ATTS	20	27	PASS ATTS	32
2	PASS %	28	8	PASS %	18	30	PASS %	29
17	PASS YARDS	27	3	PASS YARDS	4	11	PASS YARDS	31
27	PASS YPA	19	9	PASS YPA	3	2	PASS YPA	28
22	PFF RUN BLK	3	5	PFF RUN BLK	8	6	PFF RUN BLK	14
15	PFF PASS BLK	2	6	PFF PASS BLK	10	20	PFF PASS BLK	23
13	DVOA	9	18	DVOA	25	21	DVOA	10
15	PFF OVERALL	21	22	PFF OVERALL	26	3	PFF OVERALL	6
9	YPGA	10	20	YPGA	15	14	YPGA	18
4	YPPA	18	26	YPPA	25	13	YPPA	16
12	PFF RUN	11	26	PFF RUN	27	2	PFF RUN	9
18	RUSH YPG	6	26	RUSH YPG	24	11	RUSH YPG	27
11	RUSH YPA	12	31	RUSH YPA	25	8	RUSH YPA	18
23	PFF P RUSH	9	17	PFF P RUSH	10	24	PFF P RUSH	8
9	PFF P COVER	31	15	PFF P COVER	27	1	PFF P COVER	14
6	PASS YPG	18	17	PASS YPG	13	20	PASS YPG	11
4	PASS YPA	20	19	PASS YPA	24	11	PASS YPA	21
19	DEF VS QB	11	9	DEF VS QB	28	16	DEF VS QB	6
12	DEF VS RB	10	24	DEF VS RB	20	7	DEF VS RB	21
23	DEF VS WR	17	16	DEF VS WR	6	10	DEF VS WR	12
4	DEF VS TE	21	11	DEF VS TE	25	15	DEF VS TE	2

JETS	AT	BROWNS	LIONS	AT	TEXANS	CHIEFS	AT	COLTS
24	PACE	8	28	PACE	6	19	PACE	13
30	PPG	27	12	PPG	31	17	PPG	4
7	T.O.P.	26	20	T.O.P.	21	22	T.O.P.	8
22	TOTAL YDS	16	15	TOTAL YDS	29	19	TOTAL YDS	9
31	RED ZONE%	12	11	RED ZONE%	32	16	RED ZONE%	8
18	OFF PLAYS	24	30	OFF PLAYS	7	19	OFF PLAYS	6
17	RUN ATTS	25	27	RUN ATTS	12	18	RUN ATTS	23
17	RUN %	22	23	RUN %	18	20	RUN %	27
21	RUSH YARDS	8	24	RUSH YARDS	12	18	RUSH YARDS	22
21	RUSH YPA	2	24	RUSH YPA	13	12	RUSH YPA	17
16	PASS ATTS	18	22	PASS ATTS	11	17	PASS ATTS	6
16	PASS %	11	10	PASS %	15	13	PASS %	6
22	PASS YARDS	24	10	PASS YARDS	30	21	PASS YARDS	7
22	PASS YPA	23	6	PASS YPA	31	21	PASS YPA	14
29	PFF RUN BLK	15	19	PFF RUN BLK	23	25	PFF RUN BLK	13
17	PFF PASS BLK	14	21	PFF PASS BLK	22	16	PFF PASS BLK	27
30	DVOA	27	32	DVOA	11	8	DVOA	31
27	PFF OVERALL	30	31	PFF OVERALL	13(t)	13(t)	PFF OVERALL	32
16	YPGA	31	26	YPGA	8	23	YPGA	28
24	YPPA	31	30	YPPA	9	20	YPPA	29
6	PFF RUN	24	31	PFF RUN	28	16	PFF RUN	32
2	RUSH YPG	31	19	RUSH YPG	29	21	RUSH YPG	25
2	RUSH YPA	29	26	RUSH YPA	22	23	RUSH YPA	28
29	PFF P RUSH	21	32	PFF P RUSH	7	26	PFF P RUSH	27
28	PFF P COVER	26	25	PFF P COVER	8	6	PFF P COVER	32
28	PASS YPG	30	23	PASS YPG	2	19	PASS YPG	25
28	PASS YPA	32	29	PASS YPA	9	15	PASS YPA	26
23	DEF VS QB	31	32	DEF VS QB	7	12	DEF VS QB	25
15	DEF VS RB	28	11	DEF VS RB	22	19	DEF VS RB	29
29	DEF VS WR	28	26	DEF VS WR	3	30	DEF VS WR	5
24	DEF VS TE	31	30	DEF VS TE	6	7	DEF VS TE	26

SEAHAWKS	AT	SAINTS	RAIDERS	AT	BUCS	CARDINALS	AT	PANTHERS
26	PACE	3	21	PACE	5	12	PACE	7
28	PPG	3	8	PPG	19	15	PPG	5
17	T.O.P.	16	18	T.O.P.	6	2	T.O.P.	11
23	TOTAL YDS	2	11	TOTAL YDS	12	8	TOTAL YDS	5
18	RED ZONE%	1	4	RED ZONE%	15	13	RED ZONE%	3
11	OFF PLAYS	3	22	OFF PLAYS	2	1	OFF PLAYS	5
13	RUN ATTS	29	21	RUN ATTS	6	5	RUN ATTS	10
10	RUN %	32	21	RUN %	12	14	RUN %	19
27	RUSH YARDS	28	13	RUSH YARDS	11	5	RUSH YARDS	7
31	RUSH YPA	27	7	RUSH YPA	23	14	RUSH YPA	9
15	PASS ATTS	1	13	PASS ATTS	4	3	PASS ATTS	9
23	PASS %	1	12	PASS %	21	19	PASS %	14
14	PASS YARDS	1	13	PASS YARDS	16	15	PASS YARDS	8
12	PASS YPA	8	18	PASS YPA	26	25	PASS YPA	11
32	PFF RUN BLK	21	2	PFF RUN BLK	24	9	PFF RUN BLK	16
32	PFF PASS BLK	5	4	PFF PASS BLK	26	24	PFF PASS BLK	8
1	DVOA	28	29	DVOA	23	3	DVOA	22
2	PFF OVERALL	25	20	PFF OVERALL	29	1	PFF OVERALL	17
6	YPGA	29	32	YPGA	13	2	YPGA	24
5	YPPA	27	32	YPPA	17	3	YPPA	23
3	PFF RUN	17	22	PFF RUN	29	5	PFF RUN	15
5	RUSH YPG	23	28	RUSH YPG	20	13	RUSH YPG	7
4	RUSH YPA	19	30	RUSH YPA	15	10	RUSH YPA	3
15	PFF P RUSH	14	18	PFF P RUSH	22	1	PFF P RUSH	13
2	PFF P COVER	30	18	PFF P COVER	22	11	PFF P COVER	24
9	PASS YPG	29	32	PASS YPG	12	3	PASS YPG	26
7	PASS YPA	27	31	PASS YPA	25	3	PASS YPA	30
5	DEF VS QB	27	26	DEF VS QB	17	4	DEF VS QB	30
5	DEF VS RB	32	23	DEF VS RB	25	2	DEF VS RB	8
7	DEF VS WR	19	25	DEF VS WR	15	9	DEF VS WR	21
8	DEF VS TE	18	27	DEF VS TE	14	1	DEF VS TE	32

CHARGERS	AT	BRONCOS	PACKERS	AT	FALCONS	EAGLES	AT	COWBOYS
25	PACE	10	18	PACE	14	32	PACE	29
2	PPG	13	14	PPG	1	9	PPG	7
15	T.O.P.	25	5	T.O.P.	24	3	T.O.P.	1
13	TOTAL YDS	26	21	TOTAL YDS	1	28	TOTAL YDS	3
24	RED ZONE%	14	17	RED ZONE%	22	21	RED ZONE%	9
21	OFF PLAYS	23	8	OFF PLAYS	16	28	OFF PLAYS	9
16	RUN ATTS	11	19	RUN ATTS	15	9	RUN ATTS	1
16	RUN %	8	24	RUN %	11	6	RUN %	1
23	RUSH YARDS	16	19	RUSH YARDS	14	17	RUSH YARDS	1
28	RUSH YPA	18	16	RUSH YPA	11	20	RUSH YPA	5
19	PASS ATTS	24	5	PASS ATTS	21	28	PASS ATTS	31
17	PASS %	25	9	PASS %	22	27	PASS %	32
5	PASS YARDS	28	20	PASS YARDS	2	29	PASS YARDS	19
5	PASS YPA	24	29	PASS YPA	1	16	PASS YPA	4
30	PFF RUN BLK	1	12	PFF RUN BLK	7	11	PFF RUN BLK	4
25	PFF PASS BLK	29	1	PFF PASS BLK	19	9	PFF PASS BLK	13
12	DVOA	4	7	DVOA	26	5	DVOA	19
11	PFF OVERALL	4	9	PFF OVERALL	18	10	PFF OVERALL	19
21	YPGA	3	7	YPGA	25	5	YPGA	17
15	YPPA	2	12	YPPA	19	8	YPPA	22
20	PFF RUN	8	4	PFF RUN	21	19	PFF RUN	25
8	RUSH YPG	22	1	RUSH YPG	9	14	RUSH YPG	10
16	RUSH YPA	17	1	RUSH YPA	9	24	RUSH YPA	21
11	PFF P RUSH	5	4	PFF P RUSH	12	3	PFF P RUSH	31
13	PFF P COVER	3	28	PFF P COVER	19	20	PFF P COVER	4
24	PASS YPG	1	15	PASS YPG	31	5	PASS YPG	21
10	PASS YPA	1	23	PASS YPA	17	6	PASS YPA	18
21	DEF VS QB	3	10	DEF VS QB	29	1	DEF VS QB	20
26	DEF VS RB	18	1	DEF VS RB	27	17	DEF VS RB	3
11	DEF VS WR	1	24	DEF VS WR	13	8	DEF VS WR	14
17	DEF VS TE	16	23	DEF VS TE	29	5	DEF VS TE	28

VIKINGS	AT	BEARS
30	PACE	11
18	PPG	32
4	T.O.P.	29
31	TOTAL YDS	18
27	RED ZONE%	26
14	OFF PLAYS	29
8	RUN ATTS	31
7	RUN %	28
31	RUSH YARDS	25
32	RUSH YPA	15
25	PASS ATTS	14
26	PASS %	5
26	PASS YARDS	12
17	PASS YPA	13
26	PFF RUN BLK	10
31	PFF PASS BLK	12
2	DVOA	15
8	PFF OVERALL	23
1	YPGA	12
1	YPPA	11
10	PFF RUN	13
3	RUSH YPG	17
7	RUSH YPA	14
16	PFF P RUSH	30
7	PFF P COVER	17
4	PASS YPG	16
2	PASS YPA	13
2	DEF VS QB	18
9	DEF VS RB	6
2	DEF VS WR	32
10	DEF VS TE	9

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