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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Rollin's Maximums
1-0 105.86
124
 
VS
proj
MOTA
102.24 0-1
116.55

Rollin's Maximums come back to top MOTA in 105.86-102.24 battle

Both teams failed to meet projections, but Rollin's Maximums did enough to knock off MOTA, rallying for a 105.86-102.24 victory. Trailing 102.24-101.86 heading into Monday night, Rollin's Maximums made a run behind the Baltimore Ravens defense (4 points). T.J. Hockenson (8 Rec, 97 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Mac Jones (281 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD) carried the flag for MOTA in the loss. Rollin's Maximums (1-0) will look to keep it rolling against brayden's terrific team, while MOTA (0-1) attempt to generate some positive momentum against joe's Optimal Team.

Matchup Timeline

  Rollin's Maximums   MOTA

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While catching 7 passes for 108 yards and a touchdown against the Bears, Kupp tallied 20.3 points this week. He scored 51.3% more than his 13.41-point projection in the 34-14 win. Kupp ranks #38 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Colts next week.
Cooper Kupp

Top Player Comparison

Rollin's Maximums
Points
% of total points 105.86
1
Dak Prescott
QB
28.42
22.41
26.8%
2
Cooper Kupp
WR
20.3
13.41
19.2%
3
Austin Ekeler
RB
11.7
16.47
11.1%
4
Chris Carson
RB
11.2
14.97
10.6%
MOTA
Points
% of total points 102.24
1
T.J. Hockenson
TE
21.7
10.69
21.2%
2
Mac Jones
QB
15.24
17.08
14.9%
3
Keenan Allen
WR
14.5
14.83
14.2%
4
DK Metcalf
WR
14
15.74
13.7%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Dak Prescott had a 22-yard touchdown pass and a 21-yard touchdown pass for Rollin's Maximums to contribute to a 33.32-0.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Robbie Gould had a 52-yard field goal for MOTA to contribute to a 75.60-72.26 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Rollin's Maximums   MOTA

Game Notes

Just two of the nine starters on Rollin's Maximums exceeded their scoring projections.
MOTA had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
Rollin's Maximums ranked 7th in the league in points scored this week, while MOTA ranked 9th.
The matchup's 3.62-point margin was the tightest in the league this week.
Rollin's Maximums managed to get the win, but failed to cover the 7.45-point projected margin of victory.
In a losing effort, T.J. Hockenson scored 21.7 points, the second-best score for a tight end this week.

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