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Week 3

Weekly
Grade
Steel Reign
2-1 149.05
136.74
 
VS
proj
Mutinous Apes
116.65 1-2
147.84

Mutinous Apes come up short of predictions, succumb to Steel Reign in 149.05-116.65 rout

Mutinous Apes failed to rise to the occasion, as Steel Reign cruised to a 149.05-116.65 victory. Steel Reign got out to a 21.40-point lead on Thursday behind Diontae Johnson (16.4 points) and Chris Boswell (5) and never looked back. Derrick Henry (25.3 points) and Tyler Conklin (16.4) carried the flag for Mutinous Apes in the loss. Steel Reign (2-1) will look to keep it rolling against WarEagle, while Mutinous Apes (1-2) will face War Pony in an effort to right the ship.

Matchup Timeline

  Steel Reign   Mutinous Apes

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Olave (9 Rec, 147 Rec Yds) scored 23.7 points against the Panthers in Week 3. He more-than-doubled his 10.58-point projection and overachieved for the second time this season. Olave ranks #72 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Vikings next week.
Chris Olave

Top Player Comparison

Steel Reign
Points
% of total points 149.05
1
Lamar Jackson
QB
49.6
28.28
33.3%
2
Chris Olave
WR
23.7
10.58
15.9%
3
A.J. Brown
WR
19.5
16.43
13.1%
4
Diontae Johnson
WR
16.4
13.77
11%
Mutinous Apes
Points
% of total points 116.65
1
Derrick Henry
RB
25.3
16.69
21.7%
2
Tyler Conklin
TE
16.4
9.09
14.1%
3
Curtis Samuel
WR
13.1
11.47
11.2%
4
Matthew Stafford
QB
12.65
25.36
10.8%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Chris Olave had a 49-yard catch for Steel Reign, helping the team to a 143.45-75.80 lead.

Points By Position

  Steel Reign   Mutinous Apes

StatSmack

We heard scoring helps you win. Mutinous Apes need some help then, averaging just 123.65 versus Steel Reign's 144.52.
As Herm Edwards once said, "You play to win the game!" Steel Reign (2-1) have a better record than Mutinous Apes (1-2).
You can't win if you leave points on the bench. Steel Reign has left fewer points on the bench this season (157.2) than Mutinous Apes (175.8).
Once Steel Reign put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Mutinous Apes (1 vs 0).
Mutinous Apes have worked hard with little to show for it, making more transactions (3) than Steel Reign (0) this week and still losing the matchup.
By position, Steel Reign have outscored Mutinous Apes at QB and RB this season.
Steel Reign has a higher average scoring margin (6) than Mutinous Apes this season (-25).
The starters for Steel Reign had more big plays in their NFL games this week (1) than the starters for Mutinous Apes (0).
There's not much good to say about Mutinous Apes this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Next Week Preview

Mutinous Apes
In Week 4, Mutinous Apes (1-2, 11th-place) will try to get back on track against War Pony (0-3, 14th-place). Mutinous Apes are ranked 12th in scoring through three weeks (123.65 points per game), while War Pony own the league's second-lowest point total.
Steel Reign
Week 4 will feature a pair of teams heading in opposite directions, as Steel Reign (2-1) enter the matchup on a two-game winning streak, while their Week 4 opponent (WarEagle, 0-3), have now lost three in a row. After three weeks of action, Steel Reign have scored the fourth-most points in the league while WarEagle (and their 128.23 points per game) are ranked 11th.