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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
I'm back
1-0 95.26
125.14
 
VS
proj
LongLostChamp
95.16 0-1
122.37

I'm back still manage to beat LongLostChamp in 95.26-95.16 battle despite coming up short of projections

Both teams were unable to rise to the occasion, coming up short of their projected point totals, but I'm back did enough to take down LongLostChamp. Predicted to win 125.14-122.37, I'm back narrowly earned a 95.26-95.16 victory over LongLostChamp. It wasn't nearly as close as the final score indicates, as I'm back led 95.26-70.36 heading into Monday night. LongLostChamp closed the gap behind the Los Angeles Rams defense (17 points) and Matt Prater (5). I'm back (1-0) will look to keep it rolling against Ravi's Team, while LongLostChamp (0-1) take on EBDBBnB in an effort to get some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  I'm back   LongLostChamp

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Rivers passed for 424 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Chargers lost to the Chiefs 38-28. In doing so, he put up 29.96 points and scored 58.2% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on I'm back this week. Rivers will battle the Bills next week.
Philip Rivers

Top Player Comparison

I'm back
Points
% of total points 95.26
1
Philip Rivers
QB
29.96
18.94
31.5%
2
David Johnson
RB
17.7
24.58
18.6%
3
Michael Crabtree
WR
12.8
12.46
13.4%
4
Kenyan Drake
RB
9.6
16.11
10.1%
LongLostChamp
Points
% of total points 95.16
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
20.36
18.33
21.4%
2
Jay Ajayi
RB
20.2
15.46
21.2%
3
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
17
8.16
17.9%
4
Larry Fitzgerald
WR
14.6
16.2
15.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with standout moments early Sunday, but after all the points were tallied, I'm back became the proud owner of a 95.26-70.36 lead. For I'm back, Philip Rivers had a 20-yard touchdown pass. Kirk Cousins made the highlight reel for LongLostChamp with a 22-yard touchdown pass.

Points By Position

  I'm back   LongLostChamp

Game Notes

Only two of the nine starting players on I'm back exceeded their scoring projections.
LongLostChamp had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
LongLostChamp can partially blame the loss on Rishard Matthews, who didn't score any points.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
LongLostChamp ranked 11th in the league in points scored this week, while I'm back ranked 10th.
The matchup's 0.1-point margin was the closest in the league this week.
I'm back managed to earn the win, but did not cover the 2.77-point projected margin of victory.

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