DFS: Numbers Game - A Look at the Key Stats from Week 8

Here's a look at some of the numbers that stood out Week 8:

2 by Air, 1 by Land - Kansas City embarrassed the Detroit in England, crushing them 45-10 in front of a crowd of international NFL fans surely questioning the choices that brought them to Wembley. The most embarrassing part? The Lions made Alex Smith look like Russell Wilson. Smith threw for two TDs and added a rushing TD; that's only the second time in his career Smith has had that distinction - and the first time in 3,245 days.

9-1 - Tom Brady has had a lot of success in his career, - so it's not surprising to see that, after Thursday's drubbing of Miami, Brady's Pats teams are 9-1 all-time in 10 Thursday games. Bill Belichick and Co. don't have any more Thursday games on the schedule this season, but they do have a Monday game in late November against the Bills (Brady is 13-6 in Monday games.)

63 Career Fumbles - Josh McCown boosted his fumble total by three TDs to move into a tie for 12th place on the active fumbles leaderboard. The player who McCown tied? Cardinals QB and Sunday's opponent, Carson Palmer. McCown probably won't be on many leaderboards by the time his career wraps up, but another slap-stick performance like Sunday's would allow him to leap-frog Matt Hasselbeck and Tony Romo.

261.1 Yards Allowed Per Game - The 2015 Denver Broncos boast the best defense the NFL has seen since Ray Lewis' 2000 Ravens. They lead the league by holding opponents to just 261.1 yards and 16 points per game. DFS players have enough intel to know that it's probably best to fade all players against the Broncos; just ask Aaron Rodgers.

77 Yards Passing - Speaking of Rodgers ... yikes. The only time Rodgers has thrown for fewer than 100 yards in a game he started were a pair of games in which he left early due to injury. That stout Denver defense forced the best QB in the league to endure one of the worst games of his stellar career.

892 Yards Receiving - For many teams, the end of Week 8 also marks the midway point of the regular season. It's no shock that Falcons' star Julio Jones leads the NFL in receiving yards - but he still has some competition for the receiving title; Texans' WR DeAndre Hopkins is just a catch or two behind Jones with 870 yards.

Countless Tears - Le'Veon Bell was not long for this season, active for only six games in between a two-game suspension and a season-ending knee injury. Bell joins Jamaal Charles and Arian Foster as premier running backs to go down for the year. Throw in Matt Forte and Calvin Johnson leaving their games and Ravens' WR Steve Smith Sr. and his career-ending Achilles tear, and it's a bad time to be a great player.

10th All-Time - One more word on Smith Sr. The diminutive wideout has been a fantasy star for well over a decade and his injury hurts even more knowing his intentions to retire at the season's end. His toughness and leadership on his teams - and there were some lean years in Carolina post-Super Bowl appearance - was as immeasurable as it was unquestionable.