Recap

The Only Bull Vs Hawks

Week 1, 2017

Week 1

 

• Hawks
• 115.7 pts, 1-0
• Weekly Grade

 

 

• The ONLY Bull
• 80 pts, 0-1
• Weekly Grade

Hawks got 23.30 points from Derek Carr and 21.40 from Golden Tate, demolishing The ONLY Bull 115.70 to 80.00. The ONLY Bull failed to live up to expectations and scored only 72.6% of a projected 110.13, while Hawks scored 3.6% more points than projected (111.66). Marcus Mariota led The ONLY Bull with 20.40 points while Melvin Gordon brought in 18.90. Hawks (1-0) starts off the season in fifth place while The ONLY Bull (0-1) debuts in 12th place.

Top Players

• • Derek Carr
  • 23.30
 
• • Golden Tate
  • 21.40
 
• • Todd Gurley II
  • 20.60
 
• • Marcus Mariota
  • 20.40

Smooth Moves by Hawks

• Hawks is a winning name, which might be why you just won. Next step is figuring out if Hawks is a Toyota Hall of Fame name.
• Hawks is either a fortune teller or really knows their stuff. The Green Bay Packers Defense, which was picked up by Hawks, scored 13.00 points against a projected 7.70, topping their projection by 68.8%.
• Derek Carr provided 23.30 points to lead the matchup in scoring.
• Look, there in the sky. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's just Golden Tate posterizing opponents. He had the fifth-highest score of any WR in the league this week with 21.40 points.
• With 20.60 points, Todd Gurley II ranked fifth in scoring among all RBs in the league this week.

Toyota Roster Tune-up

• Loss is a four-letter word to Toyota Hall of Famers. And win is a three-letter word. Hall of Famers are great at Fantasy Football AND counting.
• Did not start Marvin Jones Jr., who underachieved but still scored more than any WR on the team with 11.70 points against a projected 12.20.
• Who needs offense when the defense is so dominant!? The ONLY Bull got outscored 13.00 - 4.00 by Hawks at the DEF position.
• 6 of the 8 starters scored less than their projected points.
• With 3.40 points versus a projected 14.34, Martavis Bryant scored only 23.7% of his projected point total.

What If

• Hawks would have beaten 10 other teams besides The ONLY Bull this week.
• Hypothetically speaking, if Hawks had scored 34.19 more points, they would have beaten every team in the league this week.
• The ONLY Bull would have lost to nine other teams besides Hawks this week.
• If The ONLY Bull had scored 47.21 fewer points, they would have lost to all teams in the league this week.

Game Notes

• Hawks had three starters who scored more points than the highest-scoring starter for The ONLY Bull.
• Hawks covered the 1.53-point spread, winning by 35.70 points.
• Even in the loss, the 18.90 points scored by Melvin Gordon was the eighth-highest score of any RB in the league this week.
• Hawks got the third-highest combined scoring output from the RB position for any team this week with 32.50 points.
• No, it's okay, you don't have to get up and help us out. Despite being on the winning team, Eric Ebron scored only 2.90 points against his projected 11.55.
• Hawks beat their projected points, while The ONLY Bull fell below their projection.