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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
NoDirtyLandry
1-0 108
118.42
 
VS
proj
Texas Cubbie
92 0-1
119.41

Texas Cubbie fall short of projections, lose to NoDirtyLandry, 108-92

There's no way around it, Texas Cubbie underperformed, at least based on projections, as NoDirtyLandry secured a 108-92 victory. NoDirtyLandry never trailed in this one after jumping out to a 6-point lead on Thursday behind the Philadelphia Eagles defense (10 points). Aaron Rodgers (28 points) and Greg Zuerlein (14) were the leaders for Texas Cubbie in the loss. NoDirtyLandry (1-0) will look to keep it rolling against Adam's Team, while Texas Cubbie (0-1) attempt to get some positive momentum against BringThePain.

Matchup Timeline

  NoDirtyLandry   Texas Cubbie

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Conner racked up 192 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns as the Steelers tied the Browns 21-21. In doing so, he put up 33 points to more-than-double his 11.64-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on NoDirtyLandry this week. Next week, Conner will face the Chiefs.
James Conner

Top Player Comparison

NoDirtyLandry
Points
% of total points 108
1
James Conner
RB
33
11.64
30.6%
2
Ted Ginn Jr.
WR
14
5.73
13%
3
Justin Tucker
K
12
10.16
11.1%
4
Deshaun Watson
QB
11
20.97
10.2%
Texas Cubbie
Points
% of total points 92
1
Aaron Rodgers
QB
28
23.8
30.4%
2
Greg Zuerlein
K
14
11.13
15.2%
3
The Jacksonville Jaguars defense
DEF
13
8.65
14.1%
4
Jordan Howard
RB
10
12.78
10.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
James Conner had a 22-yard touchdown run for NoDirtyLandry, while Ted Ginn Jr. had a 28-yard touchdown catch to contribute to a 85.00-36.00 lead for NoDirtyLandry.
Sunday Night
Aaron Rodgers had a 75-yard touchdown pass and a 39-yard touchdown pass for Texas Cubbie, who trailed 102.00-78.00 after the Sunday night game.
Monday
Greg Zuerlein had a 55-yard field goal for Texas Cubbie.

Points By Position

  NoDirtyLandry   Texas Cubbie

Game Notes

Just five of the 11 starters on NoDirtyLandry scored more than their point projections.
Texas Cubbie had only three of their 11 starters score higher than their projected points.
NoDirtyLandry won despite having two starters (Doug Baldwin and Jimmy Graham) score zero points.
Both teams scored below their projected point total.
NoDirtyLandry ranked 7th in the league in scoring this week, while Texas Cubbie ranked 10th.
The matchup's 16-point margin was the third-largest in the league this week.
A bright spot in the loss, Aaron Rodgers recorded 28 points, the third-best score for a QB this week.

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