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Week 3

Weekly
Grade
Keep Firing @ssholes!!
2-1 1110.3
866.51
 
VS
proj
Dark Helmet 0-2
769.3 0-3
794.18

Keep Firing @ssholes!! hand Dark Helmet 0-2 third consecutive loss in 1,110.3-769.3 romp

Keep Firing @ssholes!! rolled to a 1,110.3-769.3 victory to hand Dark Helmet 0-2 their third straight loss to open the season. The matchup was over almost as soon as it started, as Keep Firing @ssholes!! leapt out to a 394.6-point lead early Sunday afternoon behind standout showings from Mark Andrews and Patrick Mahomes. Andrews caught 5 passes for 109 yards for 168 points, while Mahomes passed for 260 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran for 45 yards (161.1 points). Justin Herbert (148.2 points) and the Denver Broncos defense (114) carried the flag for Dark Helmet 0-2 in the loss. Keep Firing @ssholes!! (2-1) will look to keep it rolling against LegendaryDropShot, while Dark Helmet 0-2 (0-3) will attempt to get back on track against Tennessee Titans.

Matchup Timeline

  Keep Firing @ssholes!!   Dark Helmet 0-2

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Andrews more-than-doubled his 63.53-point projection with 168 points against the Lions in Week 3. He caught 5 passes for 109 yards in the 19-17 win. Andrews ranks #7 among fantasy TEs this season and will face the Broncos next week.
Mark Andrews

Top Player Comparison

Keep Firing @ssholes!!
Points
% of total points 1110.3
1
Mark Andrews
TE
168
63.53
15.1%
2
Patrick Mahomes
QB
161.1
127.27
14.5%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
161
100.64
14.5%
4
Derek Carr
QB
152
97.7
13.7%
Dark Helmet 0-2
Points
% of total points 769.3
1
Justin Herbert
QB
148.2
116.6
19.3%
2
The Denver Broncos defense
DEF
114
52.6
14.8%
3
Chris Godwin
WR
103.1
86.89
13.4%
4
Dak Prescott
QB
101.6
120.91
13.2%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays early Sunday, but after the dust settled, Keep Firing @ssholes!! boasted a 727.2-332.6 lead. For Keep Firing @ssholes!!, Mark Andrews had a 41-yard catch. Justin Herbert made the highlight reel for Dark Helmet 0-2 with a 20-yard touchdown pass and a 43-yard pass.
Sunday Late
Chris Carson had a 30-yard touchdown run for Keep Firing @ssholes!!, helping the team to a 1,025.2-621.7 lead.
Monday
Dak Prescott had a 22-yard touchdown pass for Dark Helmet 0-2.

Points By Position

  Keep Firing @ssholes!!   Dark Helmet 0-2

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. Keep Firing @ssholes!! scored more points in this matchup (1,110.3) than their season average (1,046.97).
Dark Helmet 0-2 would be doing great, if the goal was to lose. They've dropped their last three matchups.
We heard scoring helps you win. Keep Firing @ssholes!! are doing a better job of that, averaging 1,046.97 versus Dark Helmet 0-2's 876.73.
"Winning isn't everything" was probably said by someone who lost. Keep Firing @ssholes!! (2-1) have a better record than Dark Helmet 0-2 (0-3).
Keep Firing @ssholes!! don't let their opponents come within striking distance. They've got more blowout wins this season than Dark Helmet 0-2 (1 vs 0).
Keep Firing @ssholes!! should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more weeks than Dark Helmet 0-2 (3 vs 2).
Keep Firing @ssholes!! have started more fantasy players who beat their projected score than Dark Helmet 0-2 (20 vs 16).
By position, Keep Firing @ssholes!! have outscored Dark Helmet 0-2 at QB, RB, TE, and K this season.
Keep Firing @ssholes!! don’t just win, they win BIG, with an average margin of victory of 198 points, second-highest in the league.
Don't worry Dark Helmet 0-2, just because you lost doesn't mean it's all over. But you really should have won. Give that a whirl next week!

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