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Week 3

Weekly
Grade
Llama llama
3-0 146.27
159.66
 
VS
proj
robin's Crazy Team
126.2 1-2
164.88

Llama llama beat robin's Crazy Team to remain perfect, 146.27-126.20

Llama llama won their third matchup in a row to open the season with a hard-fought win over robin's Crazy Team, coming out on top with a 146.27-126.20 victory. Llama llama never trailed in this one after leaping out to a 20.07-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Philip Rivers (39.04 points) and Michael Thomas (22.9). Aaron Rodgers (50.9 points) and Christian McCaffrey (21.4) led the way for robin's Crazy Team in the loss. Llama llama (3-0) will look to build on their success against Luke 2334, while robin's Crazy Team (1-2) match up against Maybe next week in an effort to get back in the win column.

Matchup Timeline

  Llama llama   robin's Crazy Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Squaring off against the Dolphins in Week 3, Lynch racked up 86 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 17.6 points to scored 38.4% higher than his 12.72-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on Llama llama this week. In Week 4, Lynch and the Raiders will square off against the Browns.
Marshawn Lynch

Top Player Comparison

Llama llama
Points
% of total points 146.27
1
Philip Rivers
QB
39.04
45.17
26.7%
2
Michael Thomas
WR
22.9
20.66
15.7%
3
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
18.3
13.63
12.5%
4
Marshawn Lynch
RB
17.6
12.72
12%
robin's Crazy Team
Points
% of total points 126.2
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
50.9
49.83
40.3%
2
Christian McCaffrey
RB
21.4
22.24
17%
3
Kyle Rudolph
TE
15.8
10.65
12.5%
4
Tarik Cohen
RB
11.4
14.46
9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had several players with big-time moments early Sunday, but after the smoke cleared, Llama llama owned a 146.27-126.20 lead. Philip Rivers had a 42-yard touchdown pass and a 20-yard touchdown pass for Llama llama, while Justin Tucker had a 52-yard field goal and a 52-yard field goal. Meanwhile, Aaron Rodgers had a 64-yard touchdown pass for robin's Crazy Team, while Christian McCaffrey had a 45-yard run.

Points By Position

  Llama llama   robin's Crazy Team

StatSmack

This wasn't even their best effort. Llama llama scored fewer points in this one (146.27) than their season average of 165.82.
Llama llama are on fire, winning three in a row.
We heard scoring helps you win. robin's Crazy Team need some help then, averaging just 138.36 versus Llama llama's 165.82.
As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game!" Llama llama (3-0) have a better record than robin's Crazy Team (1-2).
You won't win many matchups if you leave points on the bench. robin's Crazy Team has left more points on the bench this season (283.62) than Llama llama (244.91).
Once Llama llama put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than robin's Crazy Team (1 vs 0).
Llama llama have the clutch gene, with more close wins than robin's Crazy Team (1 vs 0).
Llama llama should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than robin's Crazy Team (2 vs 1).
Llama llama have had more fantasy starters beat their projected score than robin's Crazy Team (13 vs 10).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of robin's Crazy Team - they’ve made more transactions (2) than Llama llama (0) this season. Too bad that itchy pickup finger didn't pay off this week.
By position, Llama llama have outscored robin's Crazy Team at QB, WR, K, and DEF this season.
Llama llama don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 17 points, third-highest in the league.
The starters for Llama llama had more big plays in their NFL games this week (5) than the starters for robin's Crazy Team (2).
Hey robin's Crazy Team, want to see stats that favor your team? Well, try winning for a change, and see what the numbers have to say next week!

Next Week Preview

robin's Crazy Team
On the docket for Week 4, robin's Crazy Team (1-2, 10th-place) will look to get back in the win column against Maybe next week (0-3, 11th-place). With three weeks in the books, robin's Crazy Team are ranked second-to-last in points scored (138.36 points per game), while Maybe next week have recorded the ninth-highest point total in Saginaw First 3 league.
Llama llama
A pair of 3-0 squads will match up as Llama llama battle Luke 2334 next in Week 4. Unfortunately, one undefeated season will inevitably reach its conclusion. Over the last three weeks, Llama llama has scored 165.82 points per game, while Luke 2334 has averaged 188.61 per contest.