New York Giants lose to Kansas City Chiefs 208.90-166.84 despite outperforming predictions
Kansas City Chiefs fell short of projections while New York Giants brought their A game and outperformed their projected point total, but it wasn't enough to change the result as Kansas City Chiefs earned a 208.90-166.84 win. New York Giants grabbed a 9.54-point lead on Thursday, but Kansas City Chiefs held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Lamar Jackson (275 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs, 45 Rush Yds) and Robby Anderson (6 Rec, 115 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). Darius Slayton (6 Rec, 102 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) and Patrick Mahomes (211 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs) did their part for New York Giants in the loss. Kansas City Chiefs (1-0) will look to get another win against LA Rams, while New York Giants (0-1) try to get back on track against Rain☔ tampa bay ☔man.
With 10.5 points, McKinley more-than-doubled his 4.03-point projection as the Falcons lost to the Seahawks 38-25. He made 5 tackles and recorded a sack to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Kansas City Chiefs this week. Next week, McKinley will face the Cowboys.
Thursday
Clyde Edwards-Helaire had a 27-yard touchdown run for Kansas City Chiefs, who trailed 37.34-27.80 after the first game of the week.
Sunday Early
Lamar Jackson had a 47-yard pass for Kansas City Chiefs, while Robby Anderson had a 75-yard touchdown catch to contribute to a 146.70-67.14 lead for Kansas City Chiefs.
Monday
Darius Slayton had a 41-yard touchdown catch for New York Giants.
Kansas City Chiefs
Listen, Kansas City Chiefs, we do admire the confidence. Deploying not one, not two, but THREE starters with zero points (the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense, Shawn Williams, and Vernon Butler), while still getting the win... that's a bit too risky for us traditionalists. All we ask is to please keep that flashy, show-off type of stuff to the early regular season. Can you imagine how silly we'd look if we let it happen in the playoffs?
New York Giants
Hey, it's possible that New York Giants would be a better talent scout in the NFL than in fantasy football. With just 26 total targets in Week 1, their eight starting pass-catchers (six WR, two TE) apparently made most of their contributions by blocking downfield and running decoy routes.