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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Old school Nelson
1-0 137.2
114
 
VS
proj
The Bandit 💪🏾
98.62 0-1
133.91

Old school Nelson top predictions, earn win against The Bandit 💪🏾 in 137.20-98.62 rout

Old school Nelson showed up, cruising to a 137.20-98.62 victory over The Bandit 💪🏾, who fell short of projections. The Bandit 💪🏾 took a 32.82-point lead on Thursday behind stellar showings from Deshaun Watson, who passed for 253 yards , ran for 27 yards and scored 2 touchdowns for 22.82 points, and Harrison Butker, who made both of his FG attempts (10 points). But it was all Old school Nelson after that. They were led by Christian McCaffrey (30.75 points) and Cam Newton (29.3). Old school Nelson (1-0) will look to notch another W against Yellawolff, while The Bandit 💪🏾 (0-1) will try to get their first W against Gridiron Gang.

Matchup Timeline

  Old school Nelson   The Bandit 💪🏾

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Thielen caught 6 passes for 110 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Vikings lost to the Packers 43-34. In doing so, he put up 26.5 points to more-than-double his 11.78-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Old school Nelson this week. Thielen will go up against the Colts next week.
Adam Thielen

Top Player Comparison

Old school Nelson
Points
% of total points 137.2
1
Christian McCaffrey
RB
30.75
24.57
22.4%
2
Cam Newton
QB
29.3
21.68
21.4%
3
Adam Thielen
WR
26.5
11.78
19.3%
4
DeAndre Hopkins
WR
19.6
12.44
14.3%
The Bandit 💪🏾
Points
% of total points 98.62
1
Deshaun Watson
QB
22.82
25.04
23.1%
2
Aaron Jones
RB
17.6
17.99
17.8%
3
The Buffalo Bills defense
DEF
17
18.33
17.2%
4
Tyler Lockett
WR
11.2
12.8
11.4%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Adam Thielen had a 37-yard touchdown catch for Old school Nelson, contributing to a 98.55-94.12 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Old school Nelson   The Bandit 💪🏾

Game Notes

Five of the nine starters on Old school Nelson exceeded their projected point totals.
All nine starters for The Bandit 💪🏾 fell below their projected points.
Christian McCaffrey, Cam Newton, and Adam Thielen all scored more points than Deshaun Watson, the leading scorer for The Bandit 💪🏾.
Old school Nelson recorded more points than their projected total, while The Bandit 💪🏾 fell short of their projection.
The matchup's 38.58-point margin was the largest in the league this week.

Coach Talk

Old school Nelson
Hey, finding mismatches is the key to football, right? We really took that to heart this week by doubling up The Bandit 💪🏾 at the wide receiver position (53.65 points to 24.25).
The Bandit 💪🏾
Hey, our guys were just resting up for Week 2, right? The six offensive skill starters on The Bandit 💪🏾 (three WRs, two RBs, one TE) combined to record 318 yards and just one touchdown in Week 1. The skill players on Old school Nelson stuffed the statsheet by logging 484 yards and four scores.