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Week 1

Weekly
Grade
Covid Kingdom
1-0 138.52
121.93
 
VS
proj
Eat it!
114.28 0-1
118.47

Covid Kingdom outperform projections, earn win against Eat it! in 138.52-114.28 romp

Covid Kingdom brought their A game and outperformed expectations, rolling to a 138.52-114.28 victory over Eat it!, who fell short of projections. Covid Kingdom earned a 25.30-point lead on Thursday behind Cooper Kupp and never let it go. Kirk Cousins (23.08 points) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense (17) led the way for Eat it! in the loss. Covid Kingdom (1-0) will look to sustain their momentum against Az Redemption, while Eat it! (0-1) try to earn their first W against Nightmare LI.

Matchup Timeline

  Covid Kingdom   Eat it!

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 91 yards from scrimmage and running for a touchdown against the Vikings, Dillon registered 17.6 points this week. He scored 62.4% more than his 10.84-point projection in the 23-7 loss. Dillon ranks #43 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Bears next week.
AJ Dillon

Top Player Comparison

Covid Kingdom
Points
% of total points 138.52
1
Cooper Kupp
WR
25.3
16.97
18.3%
2
Lamar Jackson
QB
25.22
24.72
18.2%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
22.1
14.71
16%
4
AJ Dillon
RB
17.6
10.84
12.7%
Eat it!
Points
% of total points 114.28
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
23.08
22.58
20.2%
2
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense
DEF
17
7.74
14.9%
3
Antonio Gibson
RB
16.5
11.89
14.4%
4
Tyreek Hill
WR
14
13.58
12.3%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Lamar Jackson teamed up with Rashod Bateman for a 55-yard touchdown pass for Covid Kingdom. Jackson also lit up the scoreboard with a 25-yard touchdown pass to contribute to an 83.22-45.20 lead for Covid Kingdom.
Sunday Late
Kirk Cousins had a 36-yard touchdown pass and a 64-yard pass for Eat it!, who trailed 122.92-92.18 after the late afternoon games.

Points By Position

  Covid Kingdom   Eat it!

Game Notes

Six of the nine starting players on Covid Kingdom exceeded their projected point totals.
Eat it! had only four of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Covid Kingdom scored more points than their projected total, while Eat it! fell shy of their projection.
The matchup's 24.24-point margin was the third-largest in the league this week.
Not only did Covid Kingdom get the win, but they also easily covered the 3.46-point predicted margin of victory.

Coach Talk

Covid Kingdom
Bravo, Covid Kingdom. Good work fielding a lineup that earned 138.52 points in Week 1. Let's maintain this momentum as we move on to what ought to be a favorable matchup in Week 2.
Eat it!
We should use this last matchup as a learning opportunity and try to re-focus for next week, Eat it!. Take a gander at what the Yahoo! Fantasy Experts are advising and deploy the most-potent lineup possible in Week 2.