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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
B Brave's Team
1-0 4,156
3,357.16
 
VS
proj
Team Kanada
2,677 0-1
3,469.33

B Brave's Team earn win against Team Kanada in 4,156-2,677 rout

B Brave's Team beat their projected point total, cruising to a 4,156-2,677 victory over Team Kanada, who fell short of projections. B Brave's Team grabbed a 362-point lead on Thursday behind Mitchell Trubisky (356 points) and Eddie Jackson (40) and never gave it back. Derek Carr (259 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD) and the Baltimore Ravens defense (10 Pts Allowed, 200 Yds Allowed, 3 Turnovers) carried the flag for Team Kanada in the loss. B Brave's Team (1-0) will look to keep it rolling against carl's Great Team, while Team Kanada (0-1) will take on Joey Buttafuoco Jr.* in an effort to earn their first W.

Matchup Timeline

  B Brave's Team   Team Kanada

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Facing the Jaguars in Week 1, Watkins caught 9 passes for 198 yards and 3 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 907 points and scored more than 7 times his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on B Brave's Team this week. Watkins will play the Raiders in Week 2.
Sammy Watkins

Top Player Comparison

B Brave's Team
Points
% of total points 4,156
1
Drew Brees
QB
961
721.27
23.1%
2
Sammy Watkins
WR
907
123.61
21.8%
3
Amari Cooper
WR
360
170.83
8.7%
4
Mitchell Trubisky
QB
356
606.44
8.6%
Team Kanada
Points
% of total points 2,677
1
Derek Carr
QB
551
575.13
20.6%
2
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
480
342.47
17.9%
3
Jared Goff
QB
425
696.63
15.9%
4
Alshon Jeffery
WR
180
131.57
6.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time moments early Sunday, but it was B Brave's Team who claimed the lead, 1,946-1,436. For B Brave's Team, Sammy Watkins had a 68-yard touchdown catch and a 49-yard touchdown catch. Willie Snead IV made the highlight reel for Team Kanada with a 33-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Late
Amari Cooper had a 21-yard touchdown catch and a 45-yard catch for B Brave's Team, helping the team to a 2,533-2,014 lead.
Monday
Both teams had players with highlight-reel moments on Monday night. For B Brave's Team, Drew Brees had multiple 41-yard passes. Derek Carr made the highlight reel for Team Kanada with a 43-yard pass.

Points By Position

  B Brave's Team   Team Kanada

Game Notes

Only nine of the 19 starting players on B Brave's Team scored higher than their point projections.
Team Kanada had only three of their 19 starters score higher than their projected points.
B Brave's Team scored more points than their projected total, while Team Kanada failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 1,479-point margin was the third-largest in the league this week.

Coach Talk

B Brave's Team
Identifying mismatches is a big key to success in football. We really took that to heart this week by almost quadrupling Team Kanada at the wide receiver position (1,452 points to 372).
Team Kanada
There's a chance that Team Kanada would be a better talent scout in real football than in fantasy. Accumulating only 19 targets as a group this past week, their five starting pass-catchers (four WR, one TE) apparently spent the majority of their games blocking downfield and running decoy routes.