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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
hanmufang
1-0 93.84
101.58
 
VS
proj
Who Dat
67.82 0-1
96.87

Who Dat come up short of projections, fall to hanmufang, 93.84-67.82

Who Dat failed to bring their A game, coming up short of their projected point total, as hanmufang came out on top with a 93.84-67.82 victory. Who Dat jumped out to a 28.12-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind outstanding performances from Melvin Gordon III, who racked up 166 yards from scrimmage for 18.6 points, and Demaryius Thomas, who caught 6 passes for 63 yards and a touchdown (12.3 points). But hanmufang held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Aaron Rodgers (286 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs, 15 Rush Yds) and Ezekiel Elliott (69 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 17 Rec Yds). hanmufang (1-0) will look to keep it rolling against Jaymin, while Who Dat (0-1) will face off against hunterqiji in an effort to generate some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  hanmufang   Who Dat

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Smith-Schuster scored 28.1% more than his 9.29-point projection with 11.9 points against the Browns in Week 1. He caught 5 passes for 119 yards in the 21-21 tie. Smith-Schuster ranks #52 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Chiefs next week.
JuJu Smith-Schuster

Top Player Comparison

hanmufang
Points
% of total points 93.84
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
24.94
21.86
26.6%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
14.6
16.62
15.6%
3
Justin Tucker
K
12
10.79
12.8%
4
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
11.9
9.29
12.7%
Who Dat
Points
% of total points 67.82
1
Melvin Gordon III
RB
18.6
16.26
27.4%
2
Demaryius Thomas
WR
12.3
9
18.1%
3
Jordan Reed
TE
10.8
7.28
15.9%
4
Josh Gordon
WR
7.7
7.6
11.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
JuJu Smith-Schuster had a 67-yard catch for hanmufang, who trailed 63.52-35.4 after the early slate.
Sunday Night
Aaron Rodgers had a 75-yard touchdown pass and a 39-yard touchdown pass for hanmufang, helping the team to a 74.94-63.52 lead.

Points By Position

  hanmufang   Who Dat

Game Notes

Just three of the nine starters on hanmufang exceeded their scoring projections.
Who Dat had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
hanmufang won despite starting Marquise Goodwin, who scored zero points.
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
The matchup's 26.02-point margin was the fifth-largest in the league this week.
Not only did hanmufang get the W, but they also easily covered the 4.71-point forecasted margin of victory.

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