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Week 2

Weekly
Grade
Mile High Manning
1-1 96.3
114.63
 
VS
proj
Cleveland Steamers
90.72 1-1
119.66

Mile High Manning fall short of expectations, find way to top Cleveland Steamers, 96.30-90.72

Both teams were unable to rise to the occasion, coming up short of projections, but Mile High Manning did enough to take down Cleveland Steamers, coming out on top with a 96.30-90.72 win. Mile High Manning never trailed in this one after nabbing an 8.90-point lead on Thursday behind DJ Moore. Patrick Mahomes (443 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs) and Robbie Gould (2-3 FG, 38 long, 5-5 XP) were the leading scorers for Cleveland Steamers in the loss. Mile High Manning (1-1) will look to keep it rolling against The Playbook of Eli, while Cleveland Steamers (1-1) attempt to get back on track against Cabs wet dream team.

Matchup Timeline

  Mile High Manning   Cleveland Steamers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Ekeler scored 17.3 points against the Lions in Week 2 to beat his 13.04-point projection. He racked up 133 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Mile High Manning this week. In Week 3, Ekeler and the Chargers will go up against the Texans.
Austin Ekeler

Top Player Comparison

Mile High Manning
Points
% of total points 96.3
1
Tom Brady
QB
24.66
22.08
25.6%
2
Jacoby Brissett
QB
17.34
16.46
18%
3
Austin Ekeler
RB
17.3
13.04
18%
4
Matt Breida
RB
13.2
11.96
13.7%
Cleveland Steamers
Points
% of total points 90.72
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
31.62
25.39
34.9%
2
Robbie Gould
K
11
8.16
12.1%
3
Kirk Cousins
QB
10.9
17.68
12%
4
James Conner
RB
10.5
13.84
11.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tom Brady had a 20-yard touchdown pass for Mile High Manning, helping the team to a 91.20-42.80 lead.
Sunday Late
Patrick Mahomes had a 44-yard touchdown pass and a 42-yard touchdown pass for Cleveland Steamers, who trailed 96.30-90.72 after the late afternoon action.

Points By Position

  Mile High Manning   Cleveland Steamers

What If

Mile High Manning would have beaten three other teams besides Cleveland Steamers this week.
Cleveland Steamers would have lost to five other teams besides Mile High Manning this week.
Mile High Manning would be 2-0 if they played Cleveland Steamers every week.
Last week, Mile High Manning would have beaten Cleveland Steamers 120.94-91.44.
If Mile High Manning had played every team in the league each week, they would be 8-10.
If they played every team every week, Cleveland Steamers would be 6-12.

Coach Talk

Mile High Manning
Hey, this sport is all about exploiting the mismatches. With great performances by Austin Ekeler and Matt Breida, our squad certainly took that to heart this past week. We doubled Cleveland Steamers up at running back (30.5 points to 13). Ekeler had 133 total yards and a TD, while Breida chipped in with 132 yards.
Cleveland Steamers
We'd suggest that you use this last week as a learning experience and try to re-focus for next week, Cleveland Steamers. Read up on what the Yahoo! Fantasy Experts are preaching and deploy the best lineup possible in Week 3.