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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Cleveland Steamers
1-0 91.44
119.76
 
VS
proj
Zombie Unicorns
77.72 0-1
97.91

Cleveland Steamers find way to beat Zombie Unicorns 91.44-77.72 despite coming up short of projections

Both teams fell short of their projected point totals, but Cleveland Steamers did enough to get the best of Zombie Unicorns. Predicted to prevail by a score of 119.76-97.91, Cleveland Steamers emerged victorious with a 91.44-77.72 victory over Zombie Unicorns. Cleveland Steamers took an early 4.90-point lead on Thursday. Zombie Unicorns came back to take the lead during the late round of games on Sunday, powered by Matthew Stafford (27.6 points) and Andy Dalton (20.72). Not to be deterred, Cleveland Steamers got it going later that night, as James Conner (6.5 points) put them back ahead once and for all. Cleveland Steamers (1-0) will look to build on their success against Mile High Manning, while Zombie Unicorns (0-1) face El Diablo in an effort to get some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Cleveland Steamers   Zombie Unicorns

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Gould scored 12 points in a 31-17 win over the Buccaneers to beat his 8.94-point projection. He made 3 of his 4 FG attempts to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Cleveland Steamers this week. Next week, Gould will battle the Bengals.
Robbie Gould

Top Player Comparison

Cleveland Steamers
Points
% of total points 91.44
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
27.32
23.55
29.9%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
14.32
18.97
15.7%
3
Michael Thomas
WR
12.3
12.22
13.5%
4
Robbie Gould
K
12
8.94
13.1%
Zombie Unicorns
Points
% of total points 77.72
1
Matthew Stafford
QB
27.6
16.43
35.5%
2
Andy Dalton
QB
20.72
16.07
26.7%
3
Justin Jackson
RB
6.1
8.48
7.8%
4
Marvin Jones Jr.
WR
6
7.58
7.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 68-yard touchdown pass and a 49-yard touchdown pass for Cleveland Steamers, while Kirk Cousins had a 23-yard touchdown pass to contribute to a 60.64-7.80 lead for Cleveland Steamers.
Sunday Late
Matthew Stafford had a 47-yard touchdown pass and a 23-yard touchdown pass for Zombie Unicorns, while Andy Dalton had a 55-yard touchdown pass and a 33-yard touchdown pass, contributing to a 77.72-72.64 lead for Zombie Unicorns.

Points By Position

  Cleveland Steamers   Zombie Unicorns

Game Notes

Just three of the 10 starters on Cleveland Steamers exceeded their projected scoring totals.
Zombie Unicorns had only two of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could have looked differently, as Cleveland Steamers had two starters score zero points, while Zombie Unicorns had one.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
Cleveland Steamers ranked 7th in the league in scoring this week, while Zombie Unicorns ranked 10th.
The matchup's 13.72-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
Cleveland Steamers managed to earn the win, but failed to cover the 21.85-point projected margin of victory.
In a losing effort, Matthew Stafford recorded 27.6 points, the fourth-best score for a signal-caller this week.

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