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Week 2

Weekly
Grade
Cincinnati Bengals
1-1 22
29.16
 
VS
proj
New Orleans Saints
9 1-1
28.92

Offensively challenged Cincinnati Bengals knock off New Orleans Saints, 22-9

While they posted only the 11th-highest point total in the league for the week, Cincinnati Bengals secured a 22-9 win over New Orleans Saints. Cincinnati Bengals grabbed a 13-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind standout efforts from the Cincinnati Bengals defense (20 Pts Allowed, 206 Yds Allowed, 1 Turnovers) and Evan McPherson (1-1 FG, 53 long, 2-2 XP) and never looked back. Jameis Winston (4 points) and the New Orleans Saints defense (4) were the leading scorers for New Orleans Saints in the loss. Cincinnati Bengals (1-1) will look to maintain their winning ways against Los Angeles Rams, while New Orleans Saints (1-1) attempt to right the ship against Cleveland Browns.

Matchup Timeline

  Cincinnati Bengals   New Orleans Saints

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Chase (2 Rec, 54 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) scored 3 points in a 20-17 lost to the Bears in Week 2. His scoring output was 35.1% more than his 2.22-point projection. Chase ranks #47 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Steelers next week.
Ja'Marr Chase

Top Player Comparison

Cincinnati Bengals
Points
% of total points 22
1
The Cincinnati Bengals defense
DEF
5
4.56
22.7%
2
Evan McPherson
K
5
7.3
22.7%
3
Joe Burrow
QB
4
7.36
18.2%
4
Ja'Marr Chase
WR
3
2.22
13.6%
New Orleans Saints
Points
% of total points 9
1
Jameis Winston
QB
4
6.13
44.4%
2
The New Orleans Saints defense
DEF
4
5.34
44.4%
3
Aldrick Rosas
K
1
8.25
11.1%
4
%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Evan McPherson had a 53-yard field goal for Cincinnati Bengals, while Joe Burrow had a 42-yard touchdown pass, contributing to a 22-9 lead for Cincinnati Bengals.

Points By Position

  Cincinnati Bengals   New Orleans Saints

What If

Cincinnati Bengals would have beaten only two other teams besides New Orleans Saints this week.
New Orleans Saints would have lost to every other team in the league this week.
If Cincinnati Bengals played New Orleans Saints every week this season, they'd be 1-1.
Last week, New Orleans Saints would have defeated Cincinnati Bengals 42-35.
If Cincinnati Bengals had played every team in the league each week, they would be 10-16.
If they played every team every week, New Orleans Saints would be 12-13-1.

Coach Talk

Cincinnati Bengals
You know what, Cincinnati Bengals, we do certainly respect the confidence. Starting a player with zero points (Drew Sample), while still getting a W... that's borderline arrogant! All we ask is to please keep those flashy shenanigans to the early regular season. Try it when the playoffs roll around, and we'll be finished.
New Orleans Saints
Yo, New Orleans Saints, what did your receiving crew do to irk their quarterbacks this week? With only seven targets as a group this past week, our four starting pass-catchers (two WR, two TE) obviously got on their respective QBs' bad sides.