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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Negligent Discharges
1-0 147.65
151.06
 
VS
proj
Redlegs
93.75 0-1
156.24

Redlegs fall short of predictions, lose to Negligent Discharges in 147.65-93.75 rout

There's no sugarcoating it, Redlegs dropped the ball, at least according to projections, as Negligent Discharges cruised to a 147.65-93.75 victory. It didn't take long to learn who would be the frontrunner in this one, as Negligent Discharges jumped out to a 37.10-point lead on Thursday behind impressive efforts from Sammy Watkins and Tyreek Hill. Watkins caught 7 passes for 82 yards and a touchdown for 21.5 points, while Hill caught 5 passes for 46 yards and a touchdown (15.6 points). Jared Goff (13.25 points) and Julian Edelman (13) were the top performers for Redlegs in the loss. Negligent Discharges (1-0) will look to notch another W against Doughboys, while Redlegs (0-1) try to get back on track against Warm Bodies.

Matchup Timeline

  Negligent Discharges   Redlegs

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Squaring off against the Texans in Week 1, Watkins caught 7 passes for 82 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 21.5 points to scored 72.0% higher than his 12.5-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on Negligent Discharges this week. In Week 2, Watkins and the Chiefs will battle the Chargers.
Sammy Watkins

Top Player Comparison

Negligent Discharges
Points
% of total points 147.65
1
Tom Brady
QB
26.85
25.8
18.2%
2
Sammy Watkins
WR
21.5
12.5
14.6%
3
Robert Woods
WR
17.9
15.9
12.1%
4
Aaron Jones
RB
17.6
16.91
11.9%
Redlegs
Points
% of total points 93.75
1
Jared Goff
QB
13.25
23.53
14.1%
2
Julian Edelman
WR
13
15.08
13.9%
3
Jared Cook
TE
13
10.24
13.9%
4
Mason Crosby
K
12
7.37
12.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Late
Jared Cook had a 46-yard catch for Redlegs, who trailed 111.95-77.50 after the late slate.

Points By Position

  Negligent Discharges   Redlegs

Game Notes

More than half (7 of the 11) of the starters on Negligent Discharges exceeded their projected point totals.
Redlegs had only two of their 11 starters score higher than their projected points.
Negligent Discharges won despite starting the Las Vegas Raiders defense, who scored zero points.
Negligent Discharges had six players score more points than the leading scorer for Redlegs.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup's 53.9-point margin was the third-largest in the league this week.

Coach Talk

Negligent Discharges
Creating mismatches is a big component to winning in football. Thanks to some stellar yardage production from our ball-carriers, our team created a big disparity this week. Our three backfield starters put up 115 more yards from scrimmage than the RBs on Redlegs (243 total yards to 128), and we wound up royally dominating them at the position, 45.3 points to 17.8.
Redlegs
Well, we can't really complain about a lack of opportunities this week, can we? As a group, our pass-catching corps (four WR and one TE) were targeted a whopping 36 times in Week 1. With only 21 total receptions, that group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.