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Week 3

Weekly
Grade
Demolition men
2-1 119.74
111.59
 
VS
proj
LeveonBell Biv Devoe
80.62 0-3
112.45

Demolition men hand LeveonBell Biv Devoe third consecutive loss in 119.74-80.62 rout

Demolition men rolled to a 119.74-80.62 victory to hand LeveonBell Biv Devoe their third straight loss to open the season. LeveonBell Biv Devoe grabbed a 10.26-point lead early Sunday afternoon, but it was all Demolition men after that. They were led by Alvin Kamara, who racked up 161 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns for 28.1 points, and Deshaun Watson, who passed for 351 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 18 yards (26.84 points). Julio Jones (18.8 points) and Andy Dalton (16.06) carried the flag for LeveonBell Biv Devoe in the loss. Demolition men (2-1) will look to add to their success against Vampires Rule, while LeveonBell Biv Devoe (0-3) will meet What's this for? in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Demolition men   LeveonBell Biv Devoe

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Kamara nearly doubled his 14.55-point projection with 28.1 points against the Seahawks in Week 3. He racked up 161 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns in the 33-27 win. Kamara ranks #16 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Cowboys next week.
Alvin Kamara

Top Player Comparison

Demolition men
Points
% of total points 119.74
1
Alvin Kamara
RB
28.1
14.55
23.5%
2
Deshaun Watson
QB
26.84
21.49
22.4%
3
Joe Mixon
RB
15.5
11.04
12.9%
4
T.Y. Hilton
WR
12.5
10.75
10.4%
LeveonBell Biv Devoe
Points
% of total points 80.62
1
Julio Jones
WR
18.8
13.73
23.3%
2
Andy Dalton
QB
16.06
16.54
19.9%
3
Adam Vinatieri
K
10
7.82
12.4%
4
Josh Gordon
WR
8.4
10.06
10.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Alvin Kamara had a 29-yard touchdown catch for Demolition men, while Deshaun Watson had a 53-yard touchdown pass, helping Demolition men to a 110.74-76.32 lead.

Points By Position

  Demolition men   LeveonBell Biv Devoe

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. Demolition men scored more points in this matchup (119.74) than their season average (101.69).
LeveonBell Biv Devoe are making their mark - in the loss column that is. They've dropped their last three matchups.
We heard scoring helps you win. Demolition men are doing a better job of that, averaging 101.69 versus LeveonBell Biv Devoe's 83.87.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. Demolition men (2-1) have a better record than LeveonBell Biv Devoe (0-3).
Once Demolition men put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than LeveonBell Biv Devoe (1 vs 0).
Demolition men should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more weeks than LeveonBell Biv Devoe (2 vs 0).
Demolition men have started more fantasy players who beat their projection than LeveonBell Biv Devoe (11 vs 8).
Well, there’s one stat in favor of LeveonBell Biv Devoe - they’ve made more transactions (3) than Demolition men (0) this week. That didn't seem to help them this time, though.
By position, Demolition men have outscored LeveonBell Biv Devoe at QB, RB, K, and DEF this season.
Demolition men has a higher average scoring margin (5) than LeveonBell Biv Devoe this season (-35).
The starters for Demolition men had more big plays in their NFL games this week (2) than the starters for LeveonBell Biv Devoe (0).
There's not much good to say about LeveonBell Biv Devoe this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

Demolition men
The key to success in football is creating mismatches. Thanks to some monster yardage production from our ball-carriers, our team certainly made that happen this week. Our three backfield starters logged 166 more yards from scrimmage than the RBs on LeveonBell Biv Devoe (299 total yards to 133), and we wound up tripling them at the position, 53.9 points to 17.3.
LeveonBell Biv Devoe
Talk about under-utilized: The starting backfield for LeveonBell Biv Devoe collectively logged just zero catches on three targets this past week. Instruct those quarterbacks to check down a little more often in Week 4!