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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Alcatraz Auctioners
1-0 146
101.62
 
VS
proj
EuroStepBack
60 0-1
91.22

Alcatraz Auctioners earn win over EuroStepBack in 146-60 rout

Alcatraz Auctioners brought their A game, rolling to a 146-60 victory over EuroStepBack, who fell short of projections. EuroStepBack grabbed a 14-point lead on Thursday behind Aaron Rodgers, who passed for 203 yards and a touchdown. But it was all Alcatraz Auctioners after that. They were led by Philip Rivers (29 points) and Derrick Henry (27). Alcatraz Auctioners improve to 1-0 on the season, while EuroStepBack fall to 0-1.

Matchup Timeline

  Alcatraz Auctioners   EuroStepBack

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Andrews (8 Rec, 108 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 16 points in a 59-10 win over the Dolphins in Week 1. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 5.67-point projection. Andrews ranks #93 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Cardinals next week.
Mark Andrews

Top Player Comparison

Alcatraz Auctioners
Points
% of total points 146
1
Philip Rivers
QB
29
21.56
19.9%
2
Derrick Henry
RB
27
10.62
18.5%
3
Marlon Mack
RB
25
9.87
17.1%
4
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
23
12.7
15.8%
EuroStepBack
Points
% of total points 60
1
Le'Veon Bell
RB
17
12.4
28.3%
2
Aaron Rodgers
QB
14
22.43
23.3%
3
Robbie Gould
K
12
8.94
20%
4
Nick Chubb
RB
8
14.46
13.3%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Aaron Rodgers had a 47-yard pass for EuroStepBack, helping give EuroStepBack a 14-0 lead.
Sunday Early
Derrick Henry had a 75-yard touchdown catch for Alcatraz Auctioners, contributing to a 47-42 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Philip Rivers had a 55-yard touchdown pass and a 28-yard touchdown pass for Alcatraz Auctioners, while Marlon Mack had a 63-yard touchdown run to contribute to a 101-54 lead for Alcatraz Auctioners.

Points By Position

  Alcatraz Auctioners   EuroStepBack

Game Notes

Most (6 of the 9) of the starters on Alcatraz Auctioners scored higher than their projected point totals.
EuroStepBack had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could have looked differently, as Alcatraz Auctioners had one starter score zero points, while EuroStepBack had three.
Alcatraz Auctioners had five players score more points than the leading scorer for EuroStepBack.
Alcatraz Auctioners put up more points than their projected total, while EuroStepBack failed to reach their projection.
This matchup featured both the league's highest (146) and league's lowest (60) scores of the week.
The matchup's 86-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did Alcatraz Auctioners earn the W, but they also easily covered the 10.4-point forecasted margin of victory.

Coach Talk

Alcatraz Auctioners
Football is all about creating mismatches. Fueled by some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team really made that happen this week. Our three backfield starters put up 203 more total yards than the RBs of EuroStepBack (446 yards from scrimmage to 243), as we ultimately doubled up them at the position (74 points to 31).
EuroStepBack
It's entirely possible that EuroStepBack may be a better talent scout in real football than in fantasy. Seeing only three targets combined in Week 1, their three starting pass-catchers (two WR, one TE) apparently helped their teams' causes by running decoy routes and blocking downfield.