Week 2: Shanks and Shivs Beats It's Repeat Time

Shanks and Shivs benefited from the highest player score of the season from Hakeem Nicks (40.90) to get the win over It's Repeat Time 116.14 - 91.10. Both sides fell short of hitting their projections, but Shanks and Shivs scored 99.3% of a projected 116.93 points to pick up the win. It's Repeat Time was done in by a substantial drop in scoring from last week's 163.98 - 138.44 loss against Here 4 Weeden Money. Adding insult to injury, It's Repeat Time had a starter score zero points (Antonio Gates). Shanks and Shivs (1-1, 225.58 points) moves into eighth place while It's Repeat Time (0-2, 229.54 points) goes to 10th place.


Shanks and Shivs Smooth Moves

Hakeem Nicks led the league in scoring and surpassed his projected point total by 230.9%, the highest percentage of either team.
Jimmy Graham scored 20.10 points to rank third among TEs in the league this week.
With 19.10 points versus a projected 15.37, Reggie Wayne exceeded his scoring projection by 24.3%.
With only 3 of their 9 starters beating their projected points, Shanks and Shivs was still able to win.
Shanks and Shivs got the win, overcoming both of their RBs underperforming versus their projections.


It's Repeat Time Regret Tracker

Should have started Cedric Benson, who beat his scoring projection with 15.60 points against a projected 8.47.
Picked up Martellus Bennett but left him on the bench, where he led the team in scoring with 18.20 points.
5 of the starters on It's Repeat Time scored less than their projected points.
Left Antonio Gates in the starting lineup and he scored 0 points.
Brandon Marshall fell short of his scoring projection with 4.40 points, just 22.8% of his projected 19.33.


What If

Shanks and Shivs would be 1-1 if they played It's Repeat Time every week.
Shanks and Shivs would have beaten four other teams besides It's Repeat Time this week.
If Shanks and Shivs had played every team in the league each week, they would be 8-14.
It's Repeat Time would have lost to nine other teams besides Shanks and Shivs this week.
Shanks and Shivs would have lost to It's Repeat Time 138.44 - 109.44 had they played each other last week.
If they played every team every week, It's Repeat Time would be 9-13.


Game Notes

Three of the starters for Shanks and Shivs scored higher than the leading scorer for It's Repeat Time.
Shanks and Shivs got smallest total score from their RB position of any team this week with 14.10 points.
With a margin of victory of 25.04 points, Shanks and Shivs had the third-highest margin in the league this week.
It's Repeat Time ranked 11th in the league in scoring this week.
In the loss, Jason Hanson scored 16.00 points against a projected 7.58 and exceeded his scoring projection by 111.1%.
Dez Bryant did not contribute much to the win by Shanks and Shivs. He only scored 4.70 points of a projected 14.26.
Shanks and Shivs won the matchup even though Trent Richardson was left on the bench, where he scored 33.50 points, the most of any RB on the team.
Both teams failed to score as many points as projected for the week.