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Week 3

Weekly
Grade
zzirGrizz
2-1 150.12
148.49
 
VS
proj
Next Man Up!
113.3 0-3
125.64

zzirGrizz come back to hand Next Man Up! third consecutive loss, 150.12-113.30

zzirGrizz rallied to earn a 150.12-113.30 victory to hand Next Man Up! their third straight loss to open the season. Despite trailing 113.30-112.52 heading into Monday night, zzirGrizz roared back behind JuJu Smith-Schuster (17.73 points) and James Conner (13.37). zzirGrizz (2-1) will look to maintain their winning ways against Al's Annihilators, while Next Man Up! (0-3) will try to get back on track against OLD DOG.

Matchup Timeline

  zzirGrizz   Next Man Up!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Squaring off against the Chargers in Week 3, Woods racked up 117 yards from scrimmage and caught 2 touchdown passes. In doing so, he put up 31.23 points and nearly tripled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on zzirGrizz this week. Woods will play the Vikings next week.
Robert Woods

Top Player Comparison

zzirGrizz
Points
% of total points 150.12
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
36.9
39.15
24.6%
2
Robert Woods
WR
31.23
10.64
20.8%
3
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
17.73
13.04
11.8%
4
James White
RB
13.63
12.16
9.1%
Next Man Up!
Points
% of total points 113.3
1
Alex Smith
QB
26.8
35.38
23.7%
2
Carlos Hyde
RB
24.13
10.87
21.3%
3
Marquise Goodwin
WR
10.8
9.24
9.5%
4
Larry Ogunjobi
DT
9
6.03
7.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel moments on both teams early Sunday, but after the results were tallied, Next Man Up! boasted a 113.30-98.89 lead. For zzirGrizz, Aaron Rodgers had a 64-yard touchdown pass. Alex Smith made the highlight reel for Next Man Up! with a 46-yard touchdown pass and a 50-yard pass.

Points By Position

  zzirGrizz   Next Man Up!

StatSmack

This wasn't even their best effort. zzirGrizz scored fewer points in this one (150.12) than their season average of 163.32.
Next Man Up! would be doing great, if the goal was to lose. They've dropped their last three matchups.
We heard scoring helps you win. zzirGrizz are doing a better job of that, averaging 163.32 versus Next Man Up!'s 108.23.
As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game!" zzirGrizz (2-1) have a better record than Next Man Up! (0-3).
Even the machines think zzirGrizz have a better lineup. Their projected average points is higher (153.52) than Next Man Up! (134.13).
zzirGrizz should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more weeks than Next Man Up! (2 vs 0).
zzirGrizz have had more fantasy starters beat their projection than Next Man Up! (16 vs 9).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of Next Man Up! - they’ve made more transactions (7) than zzirGrizz (4) this season. Too bad that itchy pickup finger didn't pay off this week.
By position, zzirGrizz have outscored Next Man Up! at QB, RB, WR, TE, K, and IDP this season.
zzirGrizz don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 24 points, second-highest in the league.
There's not much good to say about Next Man Up! this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Next Week Preview

Next Man Up!
In Week 4, last-place Next Man Up! (0-3) are due to square off against second-place OLD DOG (2-1). Next Man Up! are ranked last in scoring after three weeks (108.23 points per game), while OLD DOG have recorded the second-highest point total in KWFFantasy league.
zzirGrizz
In a matchup that features teams separated by just a game in the standings, zzirGrizz (2-1) are set to battle Al's Annihilators (1-2) in Week 4. After three weeks of action, zzirGrizz have put up the fourth-most points in the league while Al's Annihilators (and their 153.63 points per game) are ranked eighth.