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Week 3

Weekly
Grade
Dirty 54
1-2 218
212.24
 
VS
proj
Doc's Devils
150.9 1-2
217.16

Doc's Devils come up short of expectations, succumb to Dirty 54 in 218.00-150.90 romp

There's no sugarcoating it, Doc's Devils didn't do their job, at least based on projections, as Dirty 54 rolled to a 218.00-150.90 victory. Doc's Devils pulled out to a 2.70-point lead on Thursday, but it was all Dirty 54 after that. They were led by Trevor Lawrence, who passed for 262 yards and 3 touchdowns for 33.8 points, and Khalil Herbert, who racked up 169 yards from scrimmage and ran for 2 touchdowns (30.9 points). Kirk Cousins (24.9 points) and A.J. Brown (19.5) carried the flag for Doc's Devils in defeat. Dirty 54 (1-2) will look to build on their success against Night Hawk, while Doc's Devils (1-2) will try to right the ship against LIONPWR.

Matchup Timeline

  Dirty 54   Doc's Devils

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While racking up 169 yards from scrimmage and running for 2 touchdowns against the Texans, Herbert registered 30.9 points this week. He nearly tripled his 10.84-point projection and overachieved for the second time this season. Herbert ranks #34 among all fantasy players this season and will face the Giants next week.
Khalil Herbert

Top Player Comparison

Dirty 54
Points
% of total points 218
1
Trevor Lawrence
QB
33.8
20.27
15.5%
2
Khalil Herbert
RB
30.9
10.84
14.2%
3
CeeDee Lamb
WR
22.7
16.06
10.4%
4
DeVante Parker
WR
20.6
7.93
9.4%
Doc's Devils
Points
% of total points 150.9
1
Kirk Cousins
QB
24.9
28.44
16.5%
2
A.J. Brown
WR
19.5
16.44
12.9%
3
Amon-Ra St. Brown
WR
13.3
16.3
8.8%
4
The Cleveland Browns defense
DEF
13
13.59
8.6%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
There were several players with standout moments on both teams early Sunday, but it was Dirty 54 who emerged with the lead, 135.20-128.75. Khalil Herbert had a 52-yard run for Dirty 54, while DeVante Parker had a 40-yard catch. Meanwhile, Kirk Cousins had a 28-yard touchdown pass for Doc's Devils, while Nick Folk had a 50-yard field goal.

Points By Position

  Dirty 54   Doc's Devils

StatSmack

That pregame pep talk must have worked. Dirty 54 scored more in this matchup (218) than their season average (200.52).
You can't win if you don't play. Doc's Devils has left more points on the bench this season (214.6) than Dirty 54 (161.6).
Once Dirty 54 put their foot on the gas, they don't let up. They've got more blowout wins this season than Doc's Devils (1 vs 0).
Dirty 54 should change their team name to "The Overachievers" since they have beat their projection in more matchups than Doc's Devils (2 vs 1).
By position, Dirty 54 have outscored Doc's Devils at TE, K, and DEF this season.
The starters for Dirty 54 had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for Doc's Devils (2).
There's not much good to say about Doc's Devils this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

Coach Talk

Dirty 54
Spotting mismatches is a big key to success in football. Thanks to some monster yardage production from our running backs, our team certainly made that happen this week. Our three starting backs put up 138 more yards from scrimmage than the RBs on Doc's Devils (314 total yards to 176), and we ended up thoroughly dominating them at the position, 59.4 points to 23.6.
Doc's Devils
"Not seeing enough looks" won't fly as an excuse this week for Doc's Devils. Our six pass-catchers (five WR, one TE) were targeted a grand total of 42 times in Week 3. With just 21 total catches, this group may need to work on chemistry with their QBs.