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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Injury Prone
1-0 156.04
174.19
 
VS
proj
Ballers
128.75 0-1
142.72

Injury Prone fall short of projections, find way to knock off Ballers in 156.04-128.75 rout

There's no easy way to put it, Injury Prone dropped the ball, at least according to projections. Still, they cruised to a 156.04-128.75 victory over Ballers. Injury Prone got out to a 26.71-point lead on Thursday behind Patrick Mahomes (44.44 points) and Tyreek Hill (15.6) and never relinquished it. Joe Burrow (43.32 points) and Derrick Henry (31.6) carried the flag for Ballers in the loss. Injury Prone (1-0) will look to earn another W against wasp, while Ballers (0-1) try to develop some positive momentum against Mean Machine.

Matchup Timeline

  Injury Prone   Ballers

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 6 passes for 69 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Giants, Smith-Schuster recorded 24.9 points this week. He scored 55.4% more than his 16.02-point projection in the 26-16 win. Smith-Schuster ranks #24 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Broncos next week.
JuJu Smith-Schuster

Top Player Comparison

Injury Prone
Points
% of total points 156.04
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
44.44
52.98
28.5%
2
Alvin Kamara
RB
29.7
27.96
19%
3
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
24.9
16.02
16%
4
Austin Ekeler
RB
19.2
24.56
12.3%
Ballers
Points
% of total points 128.75
1
Joe Burrow
QB
43.32
39.62
33.6%
2
Derrick Henry
RB
31.6
28.39
24.5%
3
David Johnson
RB
25.4
23.67
19.7%
4
DJ Chark Jr.
WR
11.5
15.28
8.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Joe Burrow had a 23-yard touchdown run for Ballers, who trailed 127.14-88.15 after the late action.

Points By Position

  Injury Prone   Ballers

Game Notes

Injury Prone got the W even though only two of their eight starters exceeded their projected scores.
Ballers had only three of their eight starters score higher than their projected points.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup's 27.29-point margin was the third-largest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Injury Prone. They got the W, but did not cover the 31.47-point projected margin of victory.

Coach Talk

Injury Prone
Hey, creating mismatches is the key to football, right? We really took that to heart this week by nearly tripling Ballers at the wide receiver position (57.7 points to 19.43).
Ballers
It's entirely possible that Ballers might be a better GM in real football than in fantasy. With just 10 total targets in Week 1, their three starting pass-catchers (three WR, zero TE) apparently helped their teams' causes by running decoy routes and blocking downfield.