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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
The dirty birds
1-0 109.12
123.24
 
VS
proj
ATL Steel Town
101.6 0-1
126.32

The dirty birds manage to knock off ATL Steel Town 109.12-101.60 despite coming up short of projections

Both teams were unable to bring their A game, falling short of projections, but The dirty birds did enough to beat ATL Steel Town, securing a 109.12-101.60 victory. ATL Steel Town jumped out to a 25.80-point lead on Thursday behind 31.8 points from Cooper Kupp, who caught 13 passes for 128 yards and a touchdown. But The dirty birds held the lead the rest of the way, powered by Kareem Hunt (46 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 24 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) and Joe Mixon (82 Rush Yds, 63 Rec Yds). The dirty birds (1-0) will look to keep it rolling against The Boss, while ATL Steel Town (0-1) attempt to generate some positive momentum against Booster shot.

Matchup Timeline

  The dirty birds   ATL Steel Town

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Against the Panthers in Week 1, Hunt racked up 70 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 23 points to more-than-double his 10.76-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on The dirty birds this week. Hunt will battle the Jets next week.
Kareem Hunt

Top Player Comparison

The dirty birds
Points
% of total points 109.12
1
Kareem Hunt
RB
23
10.76
21.1%
2
Joe Mixon
RB
21.5
17.42
19.7%
3
Lamar Jackson
QB
20.22
22.28
18.5%
4
Terry McLaurin
WR
13.8
15.28
12.6%
ATL Steel Town
Points
% of total points 101.6
1
Cooper Kupp
WR
31.8
20.49
31.3%
2
James Conner
RB
16.5
16.39
16.2%
3
Ryan Succop
K
15
8.37
14.8%
4
Darren Waller
TE
11.9
12.27
11.7%

Matchup Highlights

Thursday
Matt Gay had a 57-yard field goal for The dirty birds, who trailed 31.80-6.00 after the Thursday night game.
Sunday Early
Lamar Jackson had a 55-yard touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown pass for The dirty birds, while Kareem Hunt had a 24-yard touchdown run to contribute to a 92.32-51.20 lead for The dirty birds.

Points By Position

  The dirty birds   ATL Steel Town

Game Notes

The dirty birds got the W even though only three of their nine starters exceeded their scoring projections.
ATL Steel Town had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could've looked differently, as each team had a starter score zero points.
Neither team was able to achieve its projected point total.
The matchup's 7.52-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
A bright spot in the loss, Cooper Kupp put up 31.8 points, the fourth-highest score in the league this week.

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