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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Sleeping Beauty
1-0 75.34
90.14
 
VS
proj
YO MOMMA
71.11 0-1
104.35

Offensively challenged Sleeping Beauty come back to knock off YO MOMMA in 75.34-71.11 battle

With the 11th-ranked point total in the league for the week, Sleeping Beauty were fortunate to earn a victory against a foe that performed even worse, coming back for a 75.34-71.11 victory over YO MOMMA. Sleeping Beauty trailed 71.11-44.44 heading into Monday night, but the team came storming back behind Jared Cook (20 points) and Marshawn Lynch (10.9). Sleeping Beauty (1-0) will look to keep it rolling against show me your TD's, while YO MOMMA (0-1) will face off against Dak to the Future not ! in an effort to develop some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Sleeping Beauty   YO MOMMA

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Cook more-than-tripled his 5.38-point projection with 20 points against the Rams in Week 1. He caught 9 passes for 180 yards in the 33-13 loss. Cook will face the Broncos next week.
Jared Cook

Top Player Comparison

Sleeping Beauty
Points
% of total points 75.34
1
Jared Cook
TE
20
5.38
26.5%
2
Cam Newton
QB
18.24
23.55
24.2%
3
Robbie Gould
K
11
8.54
14.6%
4
Marshawn Lynch
RB
10.9
11.05
14.5%
YO MOMMA
Points
% of total points 71.11
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
22.36
20.16
31.4%
2
The Jacksonville Jaguars defense
DEF
18
10.47
25.3%
3
Mason Crosby
K
7
8.81
9.8%
4
Tyrell Williams
WR
6.8
8.26
9.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kirk Cousins had a 22-yard touchdown pass for YO MOMMA, helping the team to a 60.81-12.8 lead.
Monday
Jared Cook had a 45-yard catch for Sleeping Beauty on Monday night, helping push the team to the win.

Points By Position

  Sleeping Beauty   YO MOMMA

Game Notes

Sleeping Beauty got the win even though only three of their nine starting players exceeded their projected point totals.
YO MOMMA had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup featured the week's two lowest scores.
The matchup's 4.23-point margin was the closest in the league this week.

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