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Week 2

Weekly
Grade
Abominable Tardigrades
1-1 132.08
92.07
 
VS
proj
The Fighting Sloth
93.18 1-1
97.48

Back-and-forth battle ends with Abominable Tardigrades defeating The Fighting Sloth in 132.08-93.18 landslide

What a battle! After a back-and-forth matchup featuring three lead changes, Abominable Tardigrades earned a dominant victory over The Fighting Sloth, rolling to a 132.08-93.18 win. The Fighting Sloth got out to an early 17.30-point lead on Thursday. Abominable Tardigrades came back to take the lead early Sunday, powered by standout performances from Christian Kirk (19.8 points) and Damien Harris (14.7). Not to be deterred, The Fighting Sloth pulled it together later that afternoon to take a 19.78-point lead behind Kyler Murray (26.88 points) and Brandon McManus (12). But Abominable Tardigrades came back again later that night, as Aaron Jones (29 points) put them back ahead once and for all. Abominable Tardigrades (1-1) will look to keep it rolling against The Phantom Limbs, while The Fighting Sloth (1-1) will try to right the ship against Randy Ableman.

Matchup Timeline

  Abominable Tardigrades   The Fighting Sloth

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Taking on the Colts in Week 2, Kirk caught 6 passes for 78 yards and 2 touchdowns. In doing so, he put up 19.8 points to more-than-double his 8.31-point projection, the highest percent increase of any player on Abominable Tardigrades this week. Kirk will battle the Chargers in Week 3.
Christian Kirk

Top Player Comparison

Abominable Tardigrades
Points
% of total points 132.08
1
Josh Allen
QB
29.68
25.33
22.5%
2
Aaron Jones
RB
29
12.84
22%
3
Christian Kirk
WR
19.8
8.31
15%
4
Tony Pollard
RB
15.8
7.46
12%
The Fighting Sloth
Points
% of total points 93.18
1
Kyler Murray
QB
26.88
22.95
28.8%
2
Mike Williams
WR
17.3
10.2
18.6%
3
D'Andre Swift
RB
14.7
11.27
15.8%
4
Brandon McManus
K
12
9.54
12.9%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Both teams had players with big-time moments early Sunday, but after the results were tallied, Abominable Tardigrades became the proud owner of a 52.20-48.70 lead. For Abominable Tardigrades, Logan Thomas had a 20-yard touchdown catch. D'Andre Swift made the highlight reel for The Fighting Sloth with a 22-yard touchdown catch and a 50-yard run.
Sunday Late
Both teams had players with highlight-reel plays on Sunday afternoon, after which The Fighting Sloth emerged with a 93.18-73.40 lead. For Abominable Tardigrades, Tony Pollard had a 46-yard catch. Brandon McManus made the highlight reel for The Fighting Sloth with a 50-yard field goal.
Monday
Josh Allen had a 46-yard touchdown pass for Abominable Tardigrades on Monday night, helping to increase the margin of victory for the team.

Points By Position

  Abominable Tardigrades   The Fighting Sloth

What If

Abominable Tardigrades would have beaten eight other teams besides The Fighting Sloth this week.
The Fighting Sloth would have lost to five other teams besides Abominable Tardigrades this week.
If Abominable Tardigrades played The Fighting Sloth every week this season, they'd be 1-1.
Had they played each other last week, The Fighting Sloth would have topped Abominable Tardigrades 105.72-68.28.
If Abominable Tardigrades had played every team in the league each week, they would be 10-12.
If they played every team every week, The Fighting Sloth would be 13-9.

Coach Talk

Abominable Tardigrades
Identifying mismatches is a huge component to winning in football. With some stellar yardage production from our running backs, our team really made that happen this week. Our three backfield starters recorded 141 more yards from scrimmage than the RBs on The Fighting Sloth (355 total yards to 214), as we ultimately doubled up them at the position, 59.5 points to 27.4.
The Fighting Sloth
The problem this week is pretty easy to diagnose, The Fighting Sloth. Starting Dalton Schultz in a tough fantasy matchup... let's try to play with a full deck of cards next time.