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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
If it Reids we can kill it
1-0 136.28
107.4
 
VS
proj
Lo-Ki Winners
88.22 0-1
118.76

If it Reids we can kill it knock off Lo-Ki Winners in 136.28-88.22 blowout

If it Reids we can kill it beat expectations, rolling to a 136.28-88.22 victory over Lo-Ki Winners, who fell short of projections. There wasn't much drama in this one, as If it Reids we can kill it grabbed a 35.38-point lead on Thursday behind a combined 51.28 points from Josh Allen (297 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs, 56 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD) and Gabe Davis (4 Rec, 88 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD). Stefon Diggs (8 Rec, 122 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Lamar Jackson (213 Pass Yds, 3 Pass TDs, 17 Rush Yds) carried the flag for Lo-Ki Winners in the loss. If it Reids we can kill it (1-0) will look to build on their success against Thanos' Super Snappers, while Lo-Ki Winners (0-1) will try to generate some positive momentum against We Are Groot.

Matchup Timeline

  If it Reids we can kill it   Lo-Ki Winners

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 74 yards from scrimmage and catching 2 touchdown passes against the Cardinals, Edwards-Helaire scored 20.9 points this week. He scored 81.3% more than his 11.53-point projection in the 44-21 win. Edwards-Helaire ranks #72 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Chargers next week.
Clyde Edwards-Helaire

Top Player Comparison

If it Reids we can kill it
Points
% of total points 136.28
1
Josh Allen
QB
34.48
25.54
25.3%
2
Jonathan Taylor
RB
29.5
19.52
21.6%
3
Clyde Edwards-Helaire
RB
20.9
11.53
15.3%
4
Gabe Davis
WR
16.8
10.85
12.3%
Lo-Ki Winners
Points
% of total points 88.22
1
Stefon Diggs
WR
24.2
14.58
27.4%
2
Lamar Jackson
QB
23.22
23.89
26.3%
3
Austin Ekeler
RB
9.2
18.95
10.4%
4
Daniel Carlson
K
9
8.98
10.2%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
There were players with big-time moments on both teams on Thursday, after which If it Reids we can kill it had a 61.28-25.90 lead. Josh Allen linked up with Gabe Davis on multiple big plays for If it Reids we can kill it: a 26-yard touchdown pass and a 47-yard pass. Allen also lit up the scoreboard with a 53-yard touchdown pass. Stefon Diggs made the highlight reel for Lo-Ki Winners with a 53-yard touchdown catch.
Sunday Early
Lamar Jackson had a 55-yard touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown pass for Lo-Ki Winners, who trailed 106.28-60.72 after the early games.
Sunday Late
Daniel Carlson had a 55-yard field goal for Lo-Ki Winners, who trailed 136.28-88.22 after the late round of games.

Points By Position

  If it Reids we can kill it   Lo-Ki Winners

Game Notes

Most (6 of the 9) of the starters on If it Reids we can kill it exceeded their projected point totals.
Lo-Ki Winners had only two of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
If it Reids we can kill it won despite starting George Kittle, who scored zero points.
If it Reids we can kill it scored more points than their projected total, while Lo-Ki Winners fell shy of their projection.
The matchup's 48.06-point margin was the largest in the league this week.

Coach Talk

If it Reids we can kill it
Football is all about creating mismatches. Fueled by some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team really made that happen this week. Our three backfield starters put up 139 more yards from scrimmage than the RBs of Lo-Ki Winners (325 total yards to 186), and we wound up nearly tripling them at the position, 59.5 points to 21.1.
Lo-Ki Winners
Whoa now, talk about old-school ground n' pound. As a group, the starting backfield for Lo-Ki Winners collectively recorded just five targets this past week. Instruct those quarterbacks to dump it down a little more often in Week 2!