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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Nefarious Pilchers
1-0 131.24
189.14
 
VS
proj
Barter's Bulls
127.65 0-1
170.59

Nefarious Pilchers find way to beat Barter's Bulls in 131.24-127.65 battle

Both teams were unable to rise to the occasion, coming up short of their projected point totals, but Nefarious Pilchers did enough to beat Barter's Bulls. Predicted to prevail by a score of 189.14-170.59, Nefarious Pilchers narrowly earned a 131.24-127.65 victory over Barter's Bulls. Barter's Bulls made a run at it on Monday night, but it wasn't to be. Nefarious Pilchers led 131.24-111.07 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite a combined 16.58 points from Cameron Jordan and Jared Cook on Monday night for Barter's Bulls. Nefarious Pilchers were led by Saquon Barkley (30.08 points) and Kerryon Johnson (16.98). Nefarious Pilchers (1-0) will look to build on their success against Clobberin Chaos, while Barter's Bulls (0-1) try to get some positive momentum against Sepulcher of Doom.

Matchup Timeline

  Nefarious Pilchers   Barter's Bulls

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While making 3 of his 4 FG attempts against the Panthers, Zuerlein tallied 11.5 points this week. He scored 53.5% more than his 7.49-point projection in the 30-27 win. Zuerlein ranks #1 among fantasy Ks this season and will face the Saints next week.
Greg Zuerlein

Top Player Comparison

Nefarious Pilchers
Points
% of total points 131.24
1
Saquon Barkley
RB
30.08
32.53
22.9%
2
Kerryon Johnson
RB
16.98
22.79
12.9%
3
Tyler Lockett
WR
12.67
16.65
9.7%
4
Aaron Jones
RB
11.9
20.76
9.1%
Barter's Bulls
Points
% of total points 127.65
1
Tom Brady
QB
37.64
20.8
29.5%
2
Chris Carson
RB
25.02
23.05
19.6%
3
Cameron Jordan
DE
10.5
10.81
8.2%
4
Davante Adams
WR
9
18.8
7.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Greg Zuerlein had a 56-yard field goal for Nefarious Pilchers to contribute to a 42.84-39.91 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Saquon Barkley had a 59-yard run for Nefarious Pilchers, while Tyler Lockett had a 44-yard touchdown catch, contributing to a 125.74-73.43 lead for Nefarious Pilchers.
Sunday Night
Tom Brady had a 58-yard touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown pass for Barter's Bulls, who trailed 131.24-111.07 after Sunday night.

Points By Position

  Nefarious Pilchers   Barter's Bulls

Game Notes

Nefarious Pilchers got the W despite the fact that only one of their 13 starters exceeded their scoring projections.
Barter's Bulls had only two of their 13 starters score higher than their projected points.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
Nefarious Pilchers ranked 9th in the league in scoring this week, while Barter's Bulls ranked 10th.
The matchup's 3.59-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Nefarious Pilchers. They won, but failed to cover the 18.55-point projected margin of victory.
In a losing effort, Tom Brady (37.64 points) posted the third-best score for a quarterback this week.

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