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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Anthropomorphic Milk
1-0 121.66
107.8
 
VS
proj
Nancy's Nana
84.84 0-1
93.74

Anthropomorphic Milk outperform predictions, earn win against Nancy's Nana in 121.66-84.84 rout

Anthropomorphic Milk brought their A game and beat projections, cruising to a 121.66-84.84 victory over Nancy's Nana. Nancy's Nana pulled out to a 9-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Anthropomorphic Milk after that. They were led by Philip Rivers, who passed for 424 yards and 3 touchdowns for 29.96 points, and Joe Mixon, who racked up 149 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown (20.9 points). Aaron Rodgers (24.94 points) and Golden Tate (13.9) did their part for Nancy's Nana in defeat. Anthropomorphic Milk improve to 1-0 on the season, while Nancy's Nana fall to 0-1.

Matchup Timeline

  Anthropomorphic Milk   Nancy's Nana

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While passing for 424 yards and 3 touchdowns against the Chiefs, Rivers put up 29.96 points this week. He scored 58.2% more than his 18.94-point projection in the 38-28 loss. Rivers ranks #7 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Bills next week.
Philip Rivers

Top Player Comparison

Anthropomorphic Milk
Points
% of total points 121.66
1
Philip Rivers
QB
29.96
18.94
24.6%
2
Joe Mixon
RB
20.9
13.62
17.2%
3
Rob Gronkowski
TE
16.3
11.01
13.4%
4
Lamar Miller
RB
10.9
13.15
9%
Nancy's Nana
Points
% of total points 84.84
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
24.94
21.86
29.4%
2
Golden Tate
WR
13.9
8.84
16.4%
3
T.Y. Hilton
WR
10.6
9.71
12.5%
4
Adam Thielen
WR
10.2
9.55
12%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Philip Rivers had a 20-yard touchdown pass for Anthropomorphic Milk, while Rob Gronkowski had a 21-yard touchdown catch, helping Anthropomorphic Milk to a 88.66-46.00 lead.
Sunday Night
Aaron Rodgers had a 75-yard touchdown pass and a 39-yard touchdown pass for Nancy's Nana, who trailed 99.36-70.94 after Sunday night.
Monday
Golden Tate had a 24-yard touchdown catch for Nancy's Nana.

Points By Position

  Anthropomorphic Milk   Nancy's Nana

Game Notes

Anthropomorphic Milk won even though only four of their nine starting players scored higher than their point projections.
Despite five of their nine starters exceeding their points projection, Nancy's Nana lost.
Anthropomorphic Milk recorded more points than their projected total, while Nancy's Nana fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 36.82-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did Anthropomorphic Milk earn the W, but they also easily covered the 14.06-point projected margin of victory.
In a losing effort, Aaron Rodgers (24.94 points) recorded the third-best score for a signal-caller this week.

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