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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Vienna Bears
1-0 123.42
134.87
 
VS
proj
Project Sasquatch
121.6 0-1
128.68

Vienna Bears knock off Project Sasquatch in 123.42-121.60 nailbiter

Vienna Bears scored a close win over Project Sasquatch, narrowly earning a 123.42-121.60 victory. Project Sasquatch made a run at it on Monday night, but it wasn't to be. Vienna Bears led 123.42-102.80 after Sunday's action and held on for the win despite 18.8 points from Russell Wilson on Monday night for Project Sasquatch. Jonathan Taylor (161 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 14 Rec Yds) and Clyde Edwards-Helaire (42 Rush Yds, 32 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) led the way for Vienna Bears in the win. Vienna Bears (1-0) will look to build on their success against 2 Gurleys 1 Kupp, while Project Sasquatch (0-1) will face Unia Football Tarnów in an effort to develop some positive momentum.

Matchup Timeline

  Vienna Bears   Project Sasquatch

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Edwards-Helaire (42 Rush Yds, 32 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) scored 20.9 points against the Cardinals in Week 1. His scoring output was 82.1% more than his 11.48-point projection. Edwards-Helaire ranks #72 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Chargers next week.
Clyde Edwards-Helaire

Top Player Comparison

Vienna Bears
Points
% of total points 123.42
1
Jonathan Taylor
RB
33.5
19.4
27.1%
2
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
RB
20.9
11.48
16.9%
3
Lamar Jackson
QB
20.22
21.9
16.4%
4
James Conner
RB
13
14.77
10.5%
Project Sasquatch
Points
% of total points 121.6
1
Russell Wilson
QB
18.8
18.57
15.5%
2
AJ Dillon
RB
17.6
10.8
14.5%
3
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR
16.4
11.35
13.5%
4
Tyreek Hill
WR
13
13.58
10.7%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Matt Gay had a 57-yard field goal for Vienna Bears, contributing to a 7.00-6.50 lead for the team.
Sunday Early
Lamar Jackson had a 55-yard touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown pass for Vienna Bears to contribute to a 69.52-64.50 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Daniel Carlson had a 55-yard field goal for Project Sasquatch, who trailed 118.02-99.30 after the late afternoon action.
Monday
Russell Wilson had a 67-yard touchdown pass for Project Sasquatch.

Points By Position

  Vienna Bears   Project Sasquatch

Game Notes

Vienna Bears got the W despite the fact that only four of their 12 starters exceeded their projected point totals.
Project Sasquatch had only five of their 12 starters score higher than their projected points.
Vienna Bears had three players score more points than the leading scorer for Project Sasquatch.
Both teams failed to achieve their projected point total.
Project Sasquatch ranked 9th in the league in scoring this week, while Vienna Bears ranked 8th.
The matchup's 1.82-point margin was the closest in the league this week.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Vienna Bears. They got the win, but did not cover the 6.19-point projected margin of victory.

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