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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Long Island Steelers
1-0 106.06
123.08
 
VS
proj
Fail of the Draft
87.58 0-1
123.34

Long Island Steelers find way to defeat Fail of the Draft 106.06-87.58 despite falling short of projections

Both teams were unable to rise to the occasion, but Long Island Steelers did enough to beat Fail of the Draft. Predicted to lose 123.34-123.08, Long Island Steelers came out on top with a 106.06-87.58 victory over Fail of the Draft. Fail of the Draft grabbed a 10.90-point lead on Thursday, but Long Island Steelers held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Kyler Murray (289 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs, 20 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and D'Andre Swift (39 Rush Yds, 65 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). Miles Sanders (15.3 points) and Ryan Tannehill (15.18) led the way for Fail of the Draft in the loss. Long Island Steelers (1-0) will look to rack up another W against Tachov Titans, while Fail of the Draft (0-1) will attempt to get some positive momentum against Brno Bottoms.

Matchup Timeline

  Long Island Steelers   Fail of the Draft

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Swift racked up 104 yards from scrimmage and caught a touchdown pass as the Lions lost to the 49ers 41-33. In doing so, he put up 20.4 points and nearly doubled his scoring projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Long Island Steelers this week. Swift will go up against the Packers in Week 2.
D'Andre Swift

Top Player Comparison

Long Island Steelers
Points
% of total points 106.06
1
Kyler Murray
QB
34.56
25.38
32.6%
2
D'Andre Swift
RB
20.4
10.62
19.2%
3
Keenan Allen
WR
14.5
14.83
13.7%
4
Chris Boswell
K
12
7.83
11.3%
Fail of the Draft
Points
% of total points 87.58
1
Miles Sanders
RB
15.3
13.09
17.5%
2
Ryan Tannehill
QB
15.18
21.7
17.3%
3
Tee Higgins
WR
13.8
12.53
15.8%
4
George Kittle
TE
9.8
14.18
11.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kyler Murray had a 26-yard touchdown pass for Long Island Steelers, while D'Andre Swift had a 43-yard touchdown catch, helping Long Island Steelers to an 86.06-74.18 lead.

Points By Position

  Long Island Steelers   Fail of the Draft

Game Notes

Only three of the nine starters on Long Island Steelers scored higher than their projected point totals.
Fail of the Draft had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Both teams failed to achieve their projected point total.
The matchup's 18.48-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.

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