Fantasy Football Tuesday Week 1

I did this a few years ago and figured why not do it again this year (partly because a lot of this done for me).  :)

The NFL season kicked off with Week 1 this past weekend and with that comes fantasy football.  I'm in 8 leagues this year (I know a lot of friends who asked me to be in their leagues).  The one league that I will focus on here is the JustUs Geeks Fantasy League.  This league features the hosts of the JustUs Geeks podcast, of which I'm a regular contributor of questions and have been a guest on an episode.  I'm also apparently one of the resident "experts" in fantasy football.  So I figure this would be the best league to highlight on this blog how I do in that league.  And thanks to Yahoo, which has added a great recap, I can do that.  So here's the result of Week 1 (my team is the Hub City All Stars):

Hub City All Stars Waxes Starfleet, Makes Early-Season Statement

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  Hub City All Stars (1-0) 150.04
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  Starfleet (0-1) 103.22

Hub City All Stars got 21.54 points from Tom Brady to stomp Starfleet, 150.04 - 103.22. Hub City All Stars beat expectations and scored 10.1% more points than projected (136.29). Starfleet got 92.0% of a projected 112.24 points. Starfleet was led by Jay Cutler with 28.92 points and Miles Austin who scored 13.30. To make matters worse, Starfleet had a starter score zero points (Jonathan Stewart). Hub City All Stars kicks off the campaign with a 1-0 record, good enough for third place. Starfleet debuts at 0-1 and in sixth place.
Hub City All Stars Smooth Moves

• The 17.90 points scored by Brandon Marshall was the eighth-highest score by a WR in the league this week.
• Frank Gore had 17.30 points, the ninth-highest score among RBs in the league this week.
• Aaron Hernandez had the second-highest TE score in the league this week with 12.40 points.
• Hub City All Stars saw the majority of their starters (7 of 11) beat their projected point total.
• The Chicago Bears Defense exceeded scoring projections by 55.9%, with 19.00 points against a projected 12.19.

Starfleet Regret Tracker

• The RBs for Starfleet got outscored 40.60 - 14.70 by the RBs for Hub City All Stars.
• Starfleet lost despite having only 4 of their 11 starters score less than their projected points.
• Left Jonathan Stewart in the starting lineup, where he didn't score any points.
• Wes Welker fell short of his scoring projection with 1.40 points, just 16.7% of his projected 8.36.

What If

• Hub City All Stars would have beaten three other teams besides Starfleet this week.
• If Hub City All Stars had scored 66.25 more points, they would have beaten all teams in the league this week.
• Starfleet would have lost to four other teams besides Hub City All Stars this week.
• If Starfleet had scored 0.65 fewer points, they would have lost to all teams in the league this week.

Game Notes

• Hub City All Stars won by 46.82 points, covering the 24.05-point spread.
• The margin of victory of 46.82 points was the second-highest margin in the league this week.
• Starfleet scored 103.22 points, ranking them sixth in the league in scoring.
• Despite the loss, Jay Cutler led the matchup in scoring with 28.92 points.
• Robbie Gould tried to help Starfleet in the loss, beating his scoring projection by 30.0%, scoring 11.00 points versus an 8.46-point projection.
• Although Hub City All Stars won, they got little help from Eric Decker, who only put up 5.40 points of a projected 12.24.
• Hub City All Stars beat their projected points, while Starfleet fell below their projection.