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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Chicken Dinner
1-0 139.3
116.91
 
VS
proj
Texas Blitz
107.9 0-1
114.15

Chicken Dinner defy projections, defeat Texas Blitz in 139.30-107.90 romp

Chicken Dinner brought their A game and exceeded expectations, cruising to a 139.30-107.90 victory over Texas Blitz, who fell short of projections. Texas Blitz pulled out to a 1.20-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Chicken Dinner after that. They were led by Saquon Barkley (30.4 points) and Jalen Hurts (27.15). Justin Jefferson (9 Rec, 184 Rec Yds, 2 Rec TDs) and Kirk Cousins (277 Pass Yds, 2 Pass TDs) were the leaders for Texas Blitz in the loss. Chicken Dinner (1-0) will look to notch another W against Out for Blood, while Texas Blitz (0-1) meet Gardettos in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Chicken Dinner   Texas Blitz

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Barkley (164 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 30 Rec Yds) scored 30.4 points in a 21-20 win over the Titans in Week 1. His scoring output more-than-doubled his 13.52-point projection. Barkley ranks #14 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Panthers next week.
Saquon Barkley

Top Player Comparison

Chicken Dinner
Points
% of total points 139.3
1
Saquon Barkley
RB
30.4
13.52
21.8%
2
Jalen Hurts
QB
27.15
27.99
19.5%
3
Jonathan Taylor
RB
26.5
18.15
19%
4
The Baltimore Ravens defense
DEF
13.85
13.74
9.9%
Texas Blitz
Points
% of total points 107.9
1
Justin Jefferson
WR
33.4
13.04
31%
2
Kirk Cousins
QB
25.85
26.17
24%
3
Nick Chubb
RB
14.3
13.34
13.3%
4
The Tennessee Titans defense
DEF
13.75
13.87
12.7%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Jalen Hurts had a 54-yard pass for Chicken Dinner, contributing to a 79.90-23.00 lead for the team.
Sunday Late
Both teams had several players with standout moments on Sunday afternoon, but it was Chicken Dinner who took the lead, 123.30-103.00. Saquon Barkley had a 68-yard run for Chicken Dinner, while Greg Joseph had a 56-yard field goal. Meanwhile, Kirk Cousins hit Justin Jefferson on multiple big plays for Texas Blitz: a 36-yard touchdown pass and a 64-yard pass.

Points By Position

  Chicken Dinner   Texas Blitz

Game Notes

Chicken Dinner had five of their nine starters exceed their projected point totals.
Texas Blitz had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
The final outcome could have looked differently, as each team had a starter score zero points.
Chicken Dinner put up more points than their projected total, while Texas Blitz failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 31.4-point margin was the second-largest in the league this week.
Not only did Chicken Dinner win, but they also covered the 2.76-point predicted margin of victory.
Despite the loss, Justin Jefferson put up 33.4 points, the top overall score for a WR this week.

Coach Talk

Chicken Dinner
Hey, football is all about creating mismatches, right? Fueled by some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team really made that happen this week. Our backfield put up 285 more total yards than the RBs of Texas Blitz (477 yards from scrimmage to 192), and we wound up tripling them at the position (65.7 points to 19.2).
Texas Blitz
Posting two catches on only three measly targets this past week, it seems like the starting running backs for Texas Blitz obviously should smooth things over with their quarterbacks... and remind them to start checking down more often.