Covering Today's MLB Action + Thursday Night Football

In today’s newsletter…

• Leading Off: Early insights for NFL Week 2

• NFL: Underdog Bills have TNF matchup’s best player

• MLB: Snell has given up 1 or fewer earned runs in four of his last five

• College Football: Texas State has the pieces to knock off Power Four school

• More MLB: Blue Jays struggle against left-handed pitching (.666 OPS)

• Golf: Kuchar has top-30 potential this weekend

• Overtime: A new NBA coach’s challenge

Each Wednesday, Sportmoney will give you a guide to the upcoming NFL slate — and today we’re featuring projected stats for three key offensive players on every team. Check it out on our website. And if you’re still working on your fantasy football lineup for the weekend, here are a few insights from NFL Next Gen Stats that could help:

• Josh Allen has thrown for 2+ TDs in all 13 games he has played against the Dolphins in his career. Allen has also thrown for at least 249 passing yards in his last 6 games against the Dolphins (including playoffs).

• Cooper Kupp had 42 snaps and 12 touches in motion in Week 1, the most by any player in a game over the last seven seasons. Kupp was in motion at the snap on 30 plays, 6 more than any other player in a game over that time span.

• The Jets were 1 of 2 teams to average negative yards before contact per rush in Week 1 (-0.2, 32nd in NFL). Jets rushers were hit behind the line of scrimmage on more than half of their carries (52.6%, 29th in NFL). Breece Hall’s 18.8% success rate was the third lowest mark of his career when getting at least 10 carries.

• In his debut as a Packer, Josh Jacobs carried the ball 16 times for 84 yards (+38 rushing yards over expected). His +38 RYOE in Week 1 was his most in a game since Week 13, 2022 against the Chargers (+45 RYOE).

• Chris Godwin had an efficient receiving performance in Week 1, catching all 8 of his targets for 83 yards and 1 touchdown. However, none of his receptions came on passes of more than 10 air yards.

In today’s newsletter, Chris is covering tomorrow’s Bills vs. Dolphins game and college football action, Craig has today’s MLB matchups, and Jack is pulling double duty with both MLB and golf.

- Abe Rakov