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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
A Mingo Ate My Baby
1-0 92.45
121.79
 
VS
proj
CornHub
84.53 0-1
110.67

A Mingo Ate My Baby come up short of predictions, still manage to top CornHub, 92.45-84.53

Both teams failed to rise to the occasion, but A Mingo Ate My Baby did enough to beat CornHub, earning a 92.45-84.53 victory. CornHub earned a 5.28-point lead early Sunday afternoon, but A Mingo Ate My Baby held the lead the rest of the way. They were led by Christian McCaffrey, who racked up 187 yards from scrimmage for 23.2 points, and DeVonta Smith, who caught 6 passes for 71 yards and a touchdown (16.1 points). Miles Sanders (15.3 points) and Matt Gay (12) led the charge for CornHub in the loss. A Mingo Ate My Baby (1-0) will look to add to their success against Bald Z-gles, while CornHub (0-1) face off against FIELDS OF GRIDIRON DREAMS in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  A Mingo Ate My Baby   CornHub

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Smith caught 6 passes for 71 yards and a touchdown as the Eagles beat the Falcons 32-6. In doing so, he put up 16.1 points to scored 42.5% higher than his 11.3-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on A Mingo Ate My Baby this week. In Week 2, Smith and the Eagles will square off against the 49ers.
DeVonta Smith

Top Player Comparison

A Mingo Ate My Baby
Points
% of total points 92.45
1
Christian McCaffrey
RB
23.2
23.39
25.1%
2
DeVonta Smith
WR
16.1
11.3
17.4%
3
Josh Allen
QB
11.15
19.59
12.1%
4
Jerry Jeudy
WR
10.2
12.59
11%
CornHub
Points
% of total points 84.53
1
Miles Sanders
RB
15.3
13.08
18.1%
2
Matt Gay
K
12
9.02
14.2%
3
Joe Burrow
QB
11.73
14.27
13.9%
4
Stefon Diggs
WR
11.4
16.2
13.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Joe Burrow had a 50-yard touchdown pass for CornHub to contribute to a 65.53-60.25 lead for the team.
Sunday Night
Matt Gay had a 53-yard field goal for CornHub, who trailed 85.45-84.53 after Sunday Night Football.

Points By Position

  A Mingo Ate My Baby   CornHub

Game Notes

A Mingo Ate My Baby got the win even though only one of their nine starting players exceeded their scoring projections.
CornHub had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
CornHub ranked 13th in the league in points scored this week, while A Mingo Ate My Baby ranked 10th.
The matchup's 7.92-point margin was the fourth-largest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with A Mingo Ate My Baby. They won, but failed to cover the 11.12-point projected margin of victory.

Coach Talk

A Mingo Ate My Baby
Well done, A Mingo Ate My Baby. Nice work assembling a lineup that netted more than 92 points in Week 1. Let's take this victory in stride, tip our cap to the GM of CornHub, and continue the march towards a fantasy title.
CornHub
Hey, at least there were no celebration penalties: The six offensive skill starters on CornHub (three WRs, two RBs, one TE) collectively gained a whopping 373 total yards. Unfortunately, no one from that group could find his way to the end zone in Week 1.