Grabowskis Ekes Out Win over The King
Grabowskis picked up the second-highest point total by a player this week (39.60 points) from Matt Forte and slipped by The King 138.30 to 133.34. Even though both teams hit their projections, Grabowskis scored 1.9% more than their projected 135.75 points to secure the win. The King had two players rank highly this week. Keenan Allen scored 31.60 points while Travis Kelce put up 28.60. Grabowskis (1-0) kicks off the season in fourth place while The King (0-1) begins in fifth place.
Smooth Moves by Grabowskis
With 39.60 points, Matt Forte ranked second in the league in scoring.
What do Apache helicopters, F-117 Nighthawks and Antonio Brown have in common? They are all dangerous aerial weapons. He ranked fourth in the league in scoring among WRs this week with 28.30 points.
Do you put a LB or DB on him? You might have to put both on him if this continues. Jimmy Graham scored 17.10 points to rank fifth among TEs in the league this week.
5 of 8 players in the starting lineup for Grabowskis topped their projected points.
With 14.00 points, the St. Louis Rams Defense beat their 6.60 projected point total by a team-leading 112.1%.
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Did not start Carlos Hyde, who led the league in scoring with 45.20 points.
Calvin Johnson had the lowest point total in the matchup with 5.90 points.
5 of the starters on The King scored less than their projected points.
Adrian Peterson had the highest projected points in the matchup with 27.10, but fell short by scoring 13.20 points.
What If
Grabowskis would have beaten three other teams besides The King this week.
Hypothetically speaking, if Grabowskis had scored 19.95 more points, they would have beaten every team in the league this week.
The King would have lost to three other teams besides Grabowskis this week.
If The King had scored 33.91 fewer points, they would have lost to all teams in the league this week.
Game Notes
The margin of victory for the matchup ended up being the smallest in the league this week at 4.96 points.
Grabowskis had the lowest winning score in the league this week with 138.30 points.
With 133.34 points, The King had the highest losing score in the league this week.
Keenan Allen played admirably in the loss, ranking ninth in the league in scoring and beating his scoring projection by 112.4%, the eighth-highest percentage in the league.
Travis Kelce put up the third-best TE score in the league with 28.60 points this week.
The second-greatest total score by WRs on a single team this week came from Grabowskis. Their WRs combined to score 41.10 points.
The Denver Broncos Defense exceeded their projected point total by 175.4% in the loss, scoring 16.00 points against a projected 5.81.
No, it's okay, you don't have to get up and help us out. Despite being on the winning team, Peyton Manning scored only 6.40 points against his projected 25.03.