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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Guns N’ Rosen
1-0 122
116.32
 
VS
proj
Evry day Im Russelln
99 0-1
120

Evry day Im Russelln come up short of expectations, succumb to Guns N’ Rosen in 122.0-99.0 rout

There's no easy way to say it, Evry day Im Russelln dropped the ball, at least according to projections, as Guns N’ Rosen rolled to a 122.0-99.0 victory. Guns N’ Rosen never trailed in this one, coasting to victory behind Davante Adams, who caught 14 passes for 156 yards and 2 touchdowns for 34 points, and Kyler Murray, who passed for 230 yards , ran for 91 yards and scored 2 touchdowns (26 points). Cam Newton (25 points) and Alvin Kamara (20.5) were the leaders for Evry day Im Russelln in the loss. Guns N’ Rosen improve to 1-0 on the season, while Evry day Im Russelln fall to 0-1.

Matchup Timeline

  Guns N’ Rosen   Evry day Im Russelln

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Adams more-than-doubled his 15.78-point projection with 34 points against the Vikings in Week 1. He caught 14 passes for 156 yards and 2 touchdowns in the 43-34 win. Adams ranks #1 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Lions next week.
Davante Adams

Top Player Comparison

Guns N’ Rosen
Points
% of total points 122
1
Davante Adams
WR
34
15.78
27.9%
2
Kyler Murray
QB
26
16.84
21.3%
3
Chris Carson
RB
21
13.4
17.2%
4
Robert Woods
WR
14
11.88
11.5%
Evry day Im Russelln
Points
% of total points 99
1
Cam Newton
QB
25
17.25
25.3%
2
Alvin Kamara
RB
20.5
17.75
20.7%
3
Stefon Diggs
WR
12
11.24
12.1%
4
The New England Patriots defense
DEF
11
9.59
11.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Davante Adams had a 24-yard touchdown catch and a 40-yard catch for Guns N’ Rosen during the early action, after which the teams were tied, 59.0-59.0.
Sunday Late
Kyler Murray had a 22-yard touchdown run for Guns N’ Rosen, contributing to a 93.5-87.0 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Guns N’ Rosen   Evry day Im Russelln

Game Notes

Half of the starters on Guns N’ Rosen exceeded their projected point totals.
Evry day Im Russelln had only four of their 10 starters score higher than their projected points.
Guns N’ Rosen put up more points than their projected total, while Evry day Im Russelln failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 23-point margin was the third-largest in the league this week.
On the losing side, Cam Newton (25 points) posted the fifth-best score for a quarterback this week.

Coach Talk

Guns N’ Rosen
Listen, Guns N’ Rosen, we applaud you on the confidence. Rolling out a player with negative points (the Minnesota Vikings defense) while still getting the win... talk about arrogance. All we ask is to please limit those shenanigans to the early regular season. Try it in the postseason and we're toast.
Evry day Im Russelln
We just took it easy so our players could dominate in Week 2, right? The seven offensive position starters on Evry day Im Russelln (three WRs, three RBs, one TE) collectively put up 350 yards and just two touchdowns in Week 1. The skill players on Guns N’ Rosen showed us how it's supposed to be done by logging 568 yards and four scores.