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Week 3

Weekly
Grade
Midnight Riders
2-1 94.74
105.06
 
VS
proj
duckman's Quality Team
80.86 2-1
107.71

duckman's Quality Team fall short of predictions, succumb to Midnight Riders, 94.74-80.86

There's no sugarcoating it, duckman's Quality Team underperformed, at least according to projections, as Midnight Riders rallied to earn a 94.74-80.86 victory. Midnight Riders trailed 80.86-74.14 heading into Monday night, but the team came storming back behind Saquon Barkley (81 Rush Yds, 1 Rush TD, 45 Rec Yds). Mark Andrews (24.9 points) and Josh Jacobs (12.2) carried the flag for duckman's Quality Team in defeat. Midnight Riders (2-1) will look to maintain their momentum against Richard's Reasonable Team, while duckman's Quality Team (2-1) attempt to get back in the win column against Dexter.

Matchup Timeline

  Midnight Riders   duckman's Quality Team

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Going up against the Chargers in Week 3, Kirk caught 6 passes for 72 yards and a touchdown. In doing so, he put up 16.2 points to scored 56.1% higher than his 10.38-point projection, the highest percentage of any player on Midnight Riders this week. Kirk will square off against the Eagles next week.
Christian Kirk

Top Player Comparison

Midnight Riders
Points
% of total points 94.74
1
Saquon Barkley
RB
20.6
16.87
21.7%
2
Christian Kirk
WR
16.2
10.38
17.1%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
15.9
13.85
16.8%
4
Tua Tagovailoa
QB
11.44
19.59
12.1%
duckman's Quality Team
Points
% of total points 80.86
1
Mark Andrews
TE
24.9
12.26
30.8%
2
Josh Jacobs
RB
12.2
10.2
15.1%
3
Matthew Stafford
QB
10.16
19.19
12.6%
4
Matt Gay
K
9
9.32
11.1%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Tua Tagovailoa had a 45-yard pass for Midnight Riders, while Justin Tucker had a 56-yard field goal for the team, who trailed 54.00-53.14 after the early games.
Monday
Saquon Barkley had a 36-yard touchdown run for Midnight Riders on Monday night, helping propel the team to the win.

Points By Position

  Midnight Riders   duckman's Quality Team

StatSmack

This wasn't even their best effort. Midnight Riders scored less in this one (94.74) than their season average of 106.1.
Even the machines think Midnight Riders have better players. They have a higher projected points average (110.99) than duckman's Quality Team (103.36).
Midnight Riders have the clutch gene, with more close wins than duckman's Quality Team (1 vs 0).
By position, Midnight Riders have outscored duckman's Quality Team at RB and K this season.
The starters for Midnight Riders had more big plays in their NFL games this week (3) than the starters for duckman's Quality Team (0).
There's not much good to say about duckman's Quality Team this week. Maybe they'll get their act together, and we'll see something different next week!

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