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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Tds and Beer
1-0 102.92
117.22
 
VS
proj
Eli Manning Sucks
87.66 0-1
113.75

Tds and Beer come up short of expectations, find way to knock off Eli Manning Sucks, 102.92-87.66

Both teams underperformed their projected point totals, but Tds and Beer did enough to beat Eli Manning Sucks, emerging victorious with a 102.92-87.66 victory. Tds and Beer never trailed in this one after taking a 4.50-point lead on Thursday behind Matt Gay (6 points). Justin Herbert (27.26 points) and Mike Evans (18.1) carried the flag for Eli Manning Sucks in the loss. Tds and Beer improve to 1-0 on the season, while Eli Manning Sucks fall to 0-1.

Matchup Timeline

  Tds and Beer   Eli Manning Sucks

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Kelce scored 75.2% more than his 17.75-point projection with 31.1 points against the Cardinals in Week 1. He caught 8 passes for 121 yards and a touchdown in the 44-21 win. Kelce ranks #19 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Chargers next week.
Travis Kelce

Top Player Comparison

Tds and Beer
Points
% of total points 102.92
1
Travis Kelce
TE
31.1
17.75
30.2%
2
Kyler Murray
QB
22.62
27.15
22%
3
Christian McCaffrey
RB
18.7
26.35
18.2%
4
Diontae Johnson
WR
11.5
15.2
11.2%
Eli Manning Sucks
Points
% of total points 87.66
1
Justin Herbert
QB
27.26
28.54
31.1%
2
Mike Evans
WR
18.1
16.08
20.6%
3
Austin Ekeler
RB
11.2
24.08
12.8%
4
Keenan Allen
WR
10.6
17.26
12.1%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Matt Gay had a 57-yard field goal for Tds and Beer, helping to give the team a 6.00-1.50 lead.
Sunday Late
Justin Herbert found Keenan Allen for a 42-yard pass for Eli Manning Sucks. Herbert also lit up the scoreboard with a 23-yard touchdown pass for Eli Manning Sucks, who trailed 97.92-69.56 after the late action.

Points By Position

  Tds and Beer   Eli Manning Sucks

Game Notes

Tds and Beer got the win even though only one of their seven starting players exceeded their scoring projections.
Eli Manning Sucks had only two of their seven starters score higher than their projected points.
Each team scored below its projected point total.
Eli Manning Sucks ranked 10th in the league in scoring this week, while Tds and Beer ranked 7th.
The matchup's 15.26-point margin was the closest in the league this week.
Not only did Tds and Beer get the win, but they also easily covered the 3.47-point projected margin of victory.
A bright spot in the loss, Justin Herbert put up 27.26 points, the fourth-best score for a quarterback this week.

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