Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football

Matchup Recap Summary

Matchup Recap Moderation

Are you sure you want to report this recap? If reported, this recap will not be visible until reviewed by Yahoo Customer Care.

For more information, see Yahoo Help.

Cancel

Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Kansas City Chiefs
1-0 208.9
215.05
 
VS
proj
New York Giants
166.84 0-1
151.52

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.

Matchup Timeline

  Kansas City Chiefs   New York Giants

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

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.
Takkarist McKinley

Top Player Comparison

Kansas City Chiefs
Points
% of total points 208.9
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
34.5
29.17
16.5%
2
Robby Anderson
WR
25.5
11.5
12.2%
3
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
RB
19.8
19.17
9.5%
4
Derrick Henry
RB
16.1
18.84
7.7%
New York Giants
Points
% of total points 166.84
1
Darius Slayton
WR
28.2
11.96
16.9%
2
Patrick Mahomes
QB
26.44
29.78
15.8%
3
Malcolm Brown
RB
26
8.65
15.6%
4
Kevin Byard
S
15.5
7.22
9.3%

Matchup Highlights

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.

Points By Position

  Kansas City Chiefs   New York Giants

Game Notes

Kansas City Chiefs got the W even though only nine of their 23 starters exceeded their scoring projections.
New York Giants had only eight of their 23 starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could've looked differently, as Kansas City Chiefs had three starters score zero points, while New York Giants had five.
Kansas City Chiefs got the win despite scoring fewer points than projected, while New York Giants exceeded their projection.
The matchup's 42.06-point margin was the sixth-largest in the league this week.
Kansas City Chiefs managed to earn the win, but failed to cover the 63.53-point projected margin of victory.
On the losing side, Darius Slayton recorded 28.2 points, the fifth-highest score for a wideout this week.

Coach Talk

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.