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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
General Monkey
1-0 103.8
123.2
 
VS
proj
What can Brown do 4U
91.9 0-1
76.43

What can Brown do 4U lose to General Monkey 103.8-91.9 despite beating expectations

General Monkey fell short of projections while What can Brown do 4U outperformed their projected point total, but it wasn't enough to swing the result as General Monkey earned a 103.8-91.9 win. What can Brown do 4U grabbed a 1.4-point lead on Thursday, but General Monkey held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Christian McCaffrey (96 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs, 38 Rec Yds) and Ezekiel Elliott (96 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 31 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). Davante Adams (34.6 points) and Dallas Goedert (20.1) were the leading performers for What can Brown do 4U in the loss. General Monkey (1-0) will look to notch another win against North Stars, while What can Brown do 4U (0-1) try to get back on track against Baby got dak.

Matchup Timeline

  General Monkey   What can Brown do 4U

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Squaring off against the Rams in Week 1, Elliott racked up 127 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 26.2 points and scored 45.7% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on General Monkey this week. In Week 2, Elliott and the Cowboys will battle the Falcons.
Ezekiel Elliott

Top Player Comparison

General Monkey
Points
% of total points 103.8
1
Christian McCaffrey
RB
26.9
22.01
25.9%
2
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
26.2
17.98
25.2%
3
Carson Wentz
QB
15
18.06
14.5%
4
Chris Godwin
WR
10.9
14.73
10.5%
What can Brown do 4U
Points
% of total points 91.9
1
Davante Adams
WR
34.6
16.12
37.6%
2
Dallas Goedert
TE
20.1
8.05
21.9%
3
Willie Snead IV
WR
14.4
6.04
15.7%
4
T.Y. Hilton
WR
7.3
12.37
7.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with highlight-reel moments for both teams early Sunday, after which What can Brown do 4U emerged with an 85.9-57.5 lead. For General Monkey, Carson Wentz had a 34-yard touchdown pass and a 55-yard pass. Davante Adams had a 24-yard touchdown catch and a 40-yard catch for What can Brown do 4U, while Dallas Goedert had a 34-yard touchdown catch.

Points By Position

  General Monkey   What can Brown do 4U

Game Notes

Only two of the nine starting players on General Monkey exceeded their scoring projections.
What can Brown do 4U had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
What can Brown do 4U can partially blame the loss on Tua Tagovailoa, who didn't score any points.
General Monkey got the W despite scoring fewer points than projected, while What can Brown do 4U exceeded their projection.
The matchup's 11.9-point margin was the fourth-largest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with General Monkey. They got the win, but failed to cover the 46.77-point projected margin of victory.
On the losing side, Davante Adams scored 34.6 points, the best overall score in the league this week.

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