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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
sbmurks
1-0 93.16
89.83
 
VS
proj
Naked Canadians
81.88 0-1
91.14

Naked Canadians come up short of predictions, fall to sbmurks, 93.16-81.88

There's no sugarcoating it, Naked Canadians underperformed, at least according to projections, as sbmurks secured a 93.16-81.88 victory. sbmurks never trailed in this one after nabbing a 18.44-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind Michael Thomas (25 points) and Melvin Gordon III (21.6). Andrew Luck (319 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) and the Pittsburgh Steelers defense (21 Pts Allowed, 327 Yds Allowed, 1 Turnovers) were the top performers for Naked Canadians in the loss. sbmurks (1-0) will look to keep it rolling against Blacula's Bums, while Naked Canadians (0-1) attempt to earn their first win against Now were COOKin.

Matchup Timeline

  sbmurks   Naked Canadians

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Thomas more-than-doubled his 12.47-point projection with 25 points against the Buccaneers in Week 1. He caught 16 passes for 180 yards and a touchdown in the 48-40 loss. Thomas ranks #6 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Browns next week.
Michael Thomas

Top Player Comparison

sbmurks
Points
% of total points 93.16
1
Michael Thomas
WR
25
12.47
26.8%
2
Melvin Gordon III
RB
21.6
16.26
23.2%
3
The Carolina Panthers defense
DEF
12.24
7.3
13.1%
4
Lamar Miller
RB
10.9
13.15
11.7%
Naked Canadians
Points
% of total points 81.88
1
Andrew Luck
QB
17.08
12.98
20.9%
2
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense
DEF
13.5
8.57
16.5%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
13.2
9.55
16.1%
4
David Johnson
RB
12.7
19.3
15.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Andrew Luck had a 26-yard touchdown pass for Naked Canadians, who trailed 80.92-62.48 after the early round of games.

Points By Position

  sbmurks   Naked Canadians

Game Notes

Half of the starters on sbmurks exceeded their projected point totals.
Naked Canadians had only three of their eight starters score higher than their projected points.
sbmurks scored more points than their projected total, while Naked Canadians fell shy of their projection.
The matchup's 11.28-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
On the losing side, Andrew Luck registered 17.08 points, the fourth-highest score for a quarterback this week.

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