Recap

Cow Vs Pulled Pork Mafia

Week 1, 2017

Week 1

 

• Pulled Pork Mafia
• 91.82 pts, 1-0
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• Cow
• 72.7 pts, 0-1
• Weekly Grade

Jordy Nelson and Dak Prescott are going to have sore backs tomorrow after carrying Pulled Pork Mafia to a victory over Cow 91.82 to 72.70. They scored 20.90 and 20.80 points, respectively. While each team fell short of their projections by quite a bit, Pulled Pork Mafia got the win with just 78.5% of a projected 116.91 points. For Cow, Philip Rivers and Isaiah Crowell played the roles of Maverick and Goose, scoring 23.60 and 10.60 points, respectively. Pulled Pork Mafia (1-0) starts the season in sixth place while Cow (0-1) opens in 14th place.

Top Players

• • Philip Rivers
  • 23.60
 
• • Jordy Nelson
  • 20.90
 
• • Dak Prescott
  • 20.80
 
• • Zach Ertz
  • 17.30

Smooth Moves by Pulled Pork Mafia

• That's one small victory for Pulled Pork Mafia. And one small step toward legendary status—in the Toyota Hall of Fame.
• Pulled Pork Mafia won despite having only 2 of their 8 starters exceed their projected points.
• Look, there in the sky. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's just Jordy Nelson posterizing opponents. He had the sixth-highest score of any WR in the league this week with 20.90 points.
• With 17.30 points, Zach Ertz had the third-highest score of any TE in the league this week.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• Dear, Cow: Sorry to hear you lost. Toyota Hall of Famers don't really know how that feels, but surely it can't feel great. Next week, just win.
• Left Alex Smith on the bench, where he scored the second-most points in the league and beat his projected point total by 170.4%, the sixth-highest percentage in the league.
• Whoever gave you this advice, you might want to lose their number. Picked up and started Phil Dawson, who then scored below his 8.00-point projection with 5.00 points.
• Cow had 7 of their 8 starters score less than their projected points.
• It was not a good week for Cow at TE, where they were beaten 17.30 - 5.30.

What If

• Besides Cow, Pulled Pork Mafia would have defeated nine other teams this week.
• If Pulled Pork Mafia had scored 58.07 more points, they would have beaten all teams in the league this week.
• Besides Pulled Pork Mafia, Cow would have been defeated by 11 other teams this week.
• If Cow had scored 39.91 fewer points, they would have lost to all teams in the league this week.

Game Notes

• The 19.12-point margin of victory was the slimmest in the league this week.
• Cow scored 72.70 points, ranking them 13th in the league in scoring.
• In the defeat, Philip Rivers had the fifth-highest QB score in the league this week with 23.60 points.
• The third-greatest total score by WRs on a single team this week came from Pulled Pork Mafia. Their WRs combined to score 36.72 points.
• No, it's okay, you don't have to get up and help us out. Despite being on the winning team, Jamison Crowder scored only 1.52 points against his projected 14.93.
• Pulled Pork Mafia won the matchup even though Adam Thielen was left on the bench where he scored 24.70 points, the most of any WR on the team.
• Each side failed to match their weekly score projections.