Week 2: C.R.E.A.M. Team Beats Up Don't Be Playa-Haden, Establishes Early-Season Dominance

C.R.E.A.M. Team destroyed Don't Be Playa-Haden 151.70 - 105.40 while also putting up the highest score of the week. This was a monumental beating, with the 46.30-point margin of victory being the second-highest recorded in the league this season. Eli Manning led Don't Be Playa-Haden with 34.20 points while Ray Rice racked up 21.20. C.R.E.A.M. Team (1-1, 251.00 points) moves into fifth place and Don't Be Playa-Haden (0-2, 202.22 points) stays in last place.


C.R.E.A.M. Team Smooth Moves

Stephen Gostkowski scored 17.00 points, the highest K score in the league this week.
Victor Cruz ranked third in the league in scoring and beat his scoring projection by 168.0%, the eighth-highest percentage in the league.
Was smart to sit the Chicago Bears Defense this week, which had 9.00 points, the lowest DEF score on the team.
The 29.40 points scored by Willis McGahee was the fifth-highest score of any RB in the league this week.
Malcom Floyd had the 10th-highest score of any WR in the league this week with 19.90 points.


Don't Be Playa-Haden Regret Tracker

DeSean Jackson was left on the bench, where he bested his expected 11.48-point total by putting up 21.40 points.
The Oakland Raiders Defense, which Don't Be Playa-Haden picked up this week, scored below their 11.66-point projection with 1.00 point.
Don't Be Playa-Haden fell short at the K position, getting outscored 17.00 - 4.00 by C.R.E.A.M. Team.
At the DEF position, Don't Be Playa-Haden got outscored by C.R.E.A.M. Team 10.00 - 1.00.
Of the 9 starters on Don't Be Playa-Haden, 6 underperformed versus their projections.


What If

C.R.E.A.M. Team would be 2-0 if they played Don't Be Playa-Haden every week.
C.R.E.A.M. Team would have beaten every other team in the league this week.
Had they played each other last week, C.R.E.A.M. Team would have defeated Don't Be Playa-Haden 99.30 - 96.82.
If C.R.E.A.M. Team had played every team in the league each week, they would be 12-10.
Don't Be Playa-Haden would have lost to six other teams besides C.R.E.A.M. Team this week.
Don't Be Playa-Haden would be 4-18 if they played every team every week.


Game Notes

The 46.30-point margin of victory by C.R.E.A.M. Team was the largest in the league this week.
C.R.E.A.M. Team covered the 2.42-point spread, winning by 46.30 points.
C.R.E.A.M. Team got the best total score from their WRs of any team this week with 78.20 points.
In the loss, Eli Manning ranked sixth in the league in scoring with 34.20 points.
In the loss, Ray Rice had the ninth-highest RB score in the league this week with 21.20 points.
In the loss, Andrew Hawkins scored 13.60 points against a projected 5.65 and exceeded his scoring projection by 140.7%.
Knowshon Moreno failed to meet his projected point total, scoring only 0.40 points of his projected 9.50.
C.R.E.A.M. Team beat their projected points, while Don't Be Playa-Haden fell below their projection.