Week 2 Preview: Thursday Edition
Baltimore Kings Slightly Favored Over Who We Thought They Were in Week 2
- Updated: Thursday September 12, 2013 5:22:14 AM EST
After racking up the highest score in the league last week, 1st place Baltimore Kings (1-0, 341.70) faces 10th place Who We Thought They Were (0-1, 181.50). The updated projections have this one as a heartbreaker, with Baltimore Kings favored to win by only 5.10 points.
Who We Thought They Were has Julian Edelman (21.50 projected points) playing tonight. All of the players in the starting lineup for Baltimore Kings are scheduled to play later in the week.
Two other league matchups open tonight: Coastal Camel Toes vs. Donut and The Christ Punchers vs. Norman's Stormin'.
Baltimore Kings has a pronounced advantage at the WR position, where they are projected to outscore Who We Thought They Were, 111.70 - 88.10. For Who We Thought They Were to be competitive, they'll need to capitalize at the LB position, where Justin Houston is expected to score more than Aldon Smith, 40.00 - 5.00. Baltimore Kings has nine players facing a bottom-10-ranked defense this week. Who We Thought They Were also has nine starters facing a bottom-10-ranked defense.
Baltimore Kings made a trade since Tuesday, acquiring Victor Cruz (16.20 projected points) and Le'Veon Bell (0.00 projected points) while trading away Greg Jennings (15.20 projected points), Vincent Brown (10.90 projected points), and Isaiah Pead (0.00 projected points). They also made one pickup, adding Da'Rel Scott (0.00 projected points). Furthermore, Baltimore Kings has made one lineup change, starting Emmanuel Sanders (30.10 projected points) while benching Danny Amendola (doubtful). They might want to think about starting Danny Amendola (39.80 projected points) over Victor Cruz (16.20 projected points) and adding Dan Carpenter (18.00 projected points) to start in place of Greg Zuerlein (9.00 projected points).
Meanwhile, Who We Thought They Were added four players, picking up Julian Edelman (21.50 projected points), Nick Fairley (1.00 projected point), and two others while dropping Mark Ingram (4.20 projected points), Calais Campbell (0.00 projected points), and two others. They've also benched James Jones (16.80 projected points) for the matchup. They could be interested in picking up the Raiders Defense (25.80 projected points) to start over the Rams Defense (15.70 projected points) and may also consider adding Dan Carpenter (18.00 projected points) to start in place of Kai Forbath (7.00 projected points).
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