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Week 2

Weekly
Grade
Quonderful
2-0 220.58
190.59
 
VS
proj
Cooking with Defense
182.82 1-1
210.73

Quonderful top expectations, defeat Cooking with Defense, 220.58-182.82

Quonderful beat their projected point total, emerging victorious with a 220.58-182.82 win over Cooking with Defense, who fell short of projections. Cooking with Defense took a 5.16-point lead early Sunday afternoon, but Quonderful held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Russell Wilson (288 Pass Yds, 5 Pass TDs, 39 Rush Yds) and Philip Rivers (214 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD). Kyler Murray (47.14 points) and Aaron Jones (41.6) were the leaders for Cooking with Defense in the loss. Quonderful (2-0) will look to maintain their momentum against Thats Weird, while Cooking with Defense (1-1) meet BeastMode Training in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Quonderful   Cooking with Defense

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Facing the Eagles in Week 2, Higbee caught 5 passes for 54 yards and 3 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 23.4 points and more-than-tripled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Quonderful this week. Higbee will play the Bills in Week 3.
Tyler Higbee

Top Player Comparison

Quonderful
Points
% of total points 220.58
1
Russell Wilson
QB
56.42
38.24
25.6%
2
Philip Rivers
QB
23.86
32.55
10.8%
3
Tyler Higbee
TE
23.4
6.66
10.6%
4
Calvin Ridley
WR
22.9
11.39
10.4%
Cooking with Defense
Points
% of total points 182.82
1
Kyler Murray
QB
47.14
39.41
25.8%
2
Aaron Jones
RB
41.6
14.3
22.8%
3
Christian McCaffrey
RB
22.3
17.4
12.2%
4
Fred Warner
LB
10.5
6.58
5.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with big-time plays for both teams early Sunday, after which Cooking with Defense had a 120.22-115.06 lead. Tyler Higbee had a 28-yard touchdown catch for Quonderful, while Calvin Ridley had a 22-yard touchdown catch. Aaron Jones made the highlight reel for Cooking with Defense with a 75-yard touchdown run.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 21-yard touchdown run and a 54-yard pass for Cooking with Defense, contributing to a 173.26-161.16 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Russell Wilson had a 54-yard touchdown pass and a 38-yard touchdown pass for Quonderful, contributing to a 220.58-173.26 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Quonderful   Cooking with Defense

What If

Quonderful would have beaten every other team in the league this week.
Cooking with Defense would have lost to just one other team besides Quonderful this week.
Quonderful would be 2-0 if they played Cooking with Defense every week.
Had they played each other last week, Quonderful would have gotten the win over Cooking with Defense 219.5-203.1.
If Quonderful had played every team in the league each week, they would be 18-0.
If they played every team every week, Cooking with Defense would be 15-3.

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