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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Chicago Bears
1-0 28
32.03
 
VS
proj
Cleveland Browns
0 0-1
0

Cleveland Browns beat projections but fall to Chicago Bears, 28-0

Chicago Bears fell short of projections while Cleveland Browns outperformed expectations, but it wasn't enough to swing the result as Chicago Bears earned a 28-0 win. Chicago Bears nabbed a 20-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind 20 points from Kyler Murray (289 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs, 20 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Christian McCaffrey (98 Rush Yds, 89 Rec Yds) and never looked back. Chicago Bears (1-0) will look to add to their success against New Orleans Saints, while Cleveland Browns (0-1) will try to get back on track against Seattle Seahawks.

Matchup Timeline

  Chicago Bears   Cleveland Browns

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Murray (289 Pass Yds, 4 Pass TDs, 20 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) scored 18 points against the Titans in Week 1. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 8.75-point projection. Murray ranks #52 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Vikings next week.
Kyler Murray

Top Player Comparison

Chicago Bears
Points
% of total points 28
1
Kyler Murray
QB
18
8.75
64.3%
2
Jason Sanders
K
5
7.28
17.9%
3
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
3
5.1
10.7%
4
Christian McCaffrey
RB
2
6.44
7.1%
Cleveland Browns
Points
% of total points 0
1
%
2
%
3
%
4
%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Kyler Murray had a 26-yard touchdown pass for Chicago Bears, contributing to a 20-0 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Chicago Bears   Cleveland Browns

Game Notes

Chicago Bears got the victory despite the fact that only one of their eight starters scored higher than their point projections.
Despite zero of their zero starters exceeding their projected points, Cleveland Browns lost.
With four starters recording zero points for Chicago Bears, the margin of victory could have been much higher.
The matchup's 28-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Chicago Bears. They won, but failed to cover the 32.03-point projected margin of victory.

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