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Week 3

Weekly
Grade
Chill Pill
2-1 221.58
214.78
 
VS
proj
OPALNUTZ
205.88 0-3
181.09

Chill Pill come back to hand OPALNUTZ third straight loss, 221.58-205.88

Chill Pill rallied to earn a 221.58-205.88 victory to hand OPALNUTZ their third consecutive loss to open the season. Despite trailing 205.88-181.46 heading into Monday night, Chill Pill charged back behind Dak Prescott, who passed for 238 yards and 3 touchdowns for 27.62 points, and Miles Sanders, who racked up 55 yards from scrimmage (8.5 points). Tom Brady (432 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD, 14 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Emmanuel Sanders (5 Rec, 94 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) led the way for OPALNUTZ in defeat. Chill Pill improve to 2-1 on the season, while OPALNUTZ fall to 0-3.

Matchup Timeline

  Chill Pill   OPALNUTZ

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Playing the Cardinals in Week 3, Robinson racked up 134 yards from scrimmage and ran for a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 25.4 points and scored 82.1% higher than his scoring projection, the highest percentage of any player on Chill Pill this week. Robinson will square off against the Bengals next week.
James Robinson

Top Player Comparison

Chill Pill
Points
% of total points 221.58
1
Sam Darnold
QB
38.76
28.55
17.5%
2
Dak Prescott
QB
27.62
33.73
12.5%
3
James Robinson
RB
25.4
13.95
11.5%
4
Cole Beasley
WR
20.8
15.55
9.4%
OPALNUTZ
Points
% of total points 205.88
1
Tom Brady
QB
58.18
31.85
28.3%
2
Emmanuel Sanders
WR
28.4
12.99
13.8%
3
Kareem Hunt
RB
27.5
11.71
13.4%
4
Logan Thomas
TE
12.2
11.97
5.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Emmanuel Sanders had a 28-yard touchdown catch and a 41-yard catch for OPALNUTZ, while Kareem Hunt had a 29-yard touchdown run for the team, who trailed 132.96-102.10 after the early round of games.
Sunday Late
Jason Sanders had a 50-yard field goal for OPALNUTZ, helping the team to a 205.88-181.46 lead.
Monday
Dak Prescott had a 22-yard touchdown pass for Chill Pill on Monday night, helping push the team to the win.

Points By Position

  Chill Pill   OPALNUTZ

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. Chill Pill scored more points in this matchup (221.58) than their season average (197.58).
OPALNUTZ are making their mark - in the loss column that is. They've dropped their last three matchups.
We heard scoring helps you win. Chill Pill are doing a better job of that, averaging 197.58 versus OPALNUTZ's 181.53.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. Chill Pill (2-1) have a better record than OPALNUTZ (0-3).
Even the machines think Chill Pill have better players. Their projected average points is higher (210.27) than OPALNUTZ (182.26).
Chill Pill should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have scored higher than projected in more weeks than OPALNUTZ (2 vs 1).
By position, Chill Pill have outscored OPALNUTZ at QB, K, and IDP this season.
There's not much good to say about OPALNUTZ this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

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