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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
J P's Wonderful Team
1-0 121.8
122.56
 
VS
proj
Montys Dolphins
111.1 0-1
111.21

J P's Wonderful Team beat Montys Dolphins, 121.8-111.1

J P's Wonderful Team earned a hard-fought win over Montys Dolphins, coming out on top with a 121.8-111.1 victory. Montys Dolphins took a 10.0-point lead on Thursday, but J P's Wonderful Team held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Lamar Jackson, who passed for 275 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 45 yards for 27.5 points, and Ezekiel Elliott, who racked up 127 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns (26.2 points). Raheem Mostert (56 Rush Yds, 95 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and DeAndre Hopkins (14 Rec, 151 Rec Yds) did everything they could for Montys Dolphins in the loss. J P's Wonderful Team (1-0) will look to get another W against Zazzle Blammymatazz, while Montys Dolphins (0-1) will try to generate some positive momentum against michael's Cool Team.

Matchup Timeline

  J P's Wonderful Team   Montys Dolphins

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Elliott (96 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 31 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 26.2 points against the Rams in Week 1. His scoring output was 45.7% more than his 17.98-point projection. Elliott ranks #11 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Falcons next week.
Ezekiel Elliott

Top Player Comparison

J P's Wonderful Team
Points
% of total points 121.8
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
27.5
25.15
22.6%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
26.2
17.98
21.5%
3
Aaron Jones
RB
15.6
15.29
12.8%
4
Tyler Lockett
WR
13.2
12.99
10.8%
Montys Dolphins
Points
% of total points 111.1
1
Raheem Mostert
RB
23.1
12.85
20.8%
2
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
22.1
13.57
19.9%
3
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
21.9
13.16
19.7%
4
Drew Brees
QB
14.4
19.08
13%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Lamar Jackson had a 47-yard pass for J P's Wonderful Team to contribute to a 79.4-14.5 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Raheem Mostert had a 76-yard touchdown catch for Montys Dolphins, while Drew Brees had a 46-yard pass for the team, who trailed 89.2-78.1 after the late games.

Points By Position

  J P's Wonderful Team   Montys Dolphins

Game Notes

Most (6 of the 9) of the starters on J P's Wonderful Team exceeded their projected point totals.
Montys Dolphins had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup's 10.7-point margin was the third-largest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with J P's Wonderful Team. They got the W, but did not cover the 11.35-point projected margin of victory.
A bright spot in the loss, Raheem Mostert (23.1 points) posted the fourth-best score for a RB this week.

Coach Talk

J P's Wonderful Team
Assembling a lineup that won by 10.7 points this past week... we consider that to be a job done right. We should take this win in stride, tip our hat to the GM of Montys Dolphins, and continue the march towards a fantasy championship.
Montys Dolphins
Let's take this last week as a learning opportunity and regroup for next week, Montys Dolphins. Get familiar with what the Yahoo! Fantasy Experts are preaching and deploy the strongest possible lineup in Week 2.