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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Brown Stains
1-0 207.12
148.3
 
VS
proj
Cracklings
92.4 0-1
111.95

Brown Stains brush off predictions, knock off Cracklings in 207.12-92.40 romp

Brown Stains stepped up, rolling to a 207.12-92.40 victory over Cracklings, who fell short of projections. Brown Stains grabbed a 4.00-point lead on Thursday behind Aaron Donald and never let it go. Baker Mayfield (235 Pass Yds, 1 Pass TD) and Mike Evans (5 Rec, 71 Rec Yds, 1 Rec TD) carried the flag for Cracklings in the loss. Brown Stains (1-0) will look to maintain their momentum against Turkey Jones, while Cracklings (0-1) try to get back on track against Bills Get Paid.

Matchup Timeline

  Brown Stains   Cracklings

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Watt made 6 tackles , recorded a sack , and intercepted a pass as the Steelers beat the Bengals 23-20. In doing so, he put up 11 points to score more than 10 times his 0.46-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Brown Stains this week. In Week 2, Watt and the Steelers will battle the Patriots.
T.J. Watt

Top Player Comparison

Brown Stains
Points
% of total points 207.12
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
46.9
29.53
22.6%
2
Justin Jefferson
WR
32.4
13.03
15.6%
3
Jonathan Taylor
RB
25.5
18.15
12.3%
4
Joe Burrow
QB
22.22
25.88
10.7%
Cracklings
Points
% of total points 92.4
1
Baker Mayfield
QB
21
19.61
22.7%
2
Mike Evans
WR
14.1
10.98
15.3%
3
Leonard Fournette
RB
13.7
13.78
14.8%
4
Tyler Boyd
WR
9.3
7.26
10.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were players with standout moments on both teams early Sunday, but it was Brown Stains who emerged with the lead, 102.62-53.40. For Brown Stains, Chris Boswell had a 53-yard field goal. Baker Mayfield made the highlight reel for Cracklings with a 75-yard touchdown pass and a 50-yard pass.
Sunday Late
Justin Jefferson had a 36-yard touchdown catch and a 64-yard catch for Brown Stains to contribute to a 200.92-63.00 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Brown Stains   Cracklings

Game Notes

Half of the starters on Brown Stains exceeded their projected point totals.
Cracklings had only five of their 14 starters score higher than their projected points.
Cracklings can partially blame the loss on Cole Kmet, who didn't score any points.
Brown Stains had four players score more points than the leading scorer for Cracklings.
Brown Stains recorded more points than their projected total, while Cracklings failed to reach their projection.
The matchup's 114.72-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Not only did Brown Stains get the W, but they also easily covered the 36.35-point predicted margin of victory.

Coach Talk

Brown Stains
Putting together a lineup that won by a whopping 114.72 points this past week... we consider that to be a job done right. Let's keep this momentum going as we step into our Week 2 matchup.
Cracklings
We were just taking it easy so our guys could dominate in Week 2, right? The eight starting offensive skill players (three WRs, three RBs, two TEs) on Cracklings collectively put up 364 yards and just two touchdowns in Week 1. The skill players on Brown Stains showed off how it's supposed to be done by logging 560 yards and four scores.