Week 5 · 2018

Kyle vs Mitch

Slot-by-slot. The full benches. The lineup decisions that decided it.

Kyle159.4

Margin 36.7

Mitch122.7

Slot Face-Off

Starting Lineups

Ben Roethlisberger21.6

QB#3 QB this week

QB+7.2

Matt Ryan14.4

QB#7 QB this week

Todd Gurley II33.3

RB#2 RB this week

RB1+9.6

James White23.7

RB#5 RB this week

Melvin Gordon22.0

RB#6 RB this week

RB2+1.5

Joe Mixon20.5

RB#8 RB this week

Robert Woods19.5

WR#8 WR this week

WR1-5.1

Adam Thielen24.6

WR#4 WR this week

Michael Thomas11.4

WR#15 WR this week

WR2-6.1

Keenan Allen17.5

WR#10 WR this week

Eric Ebron31.5

TE#1 TE this week

TE+25.5

Jared Cook6.0

TE#7 TE this week

Devonta Freeman6.1

RB#17 RB this week

FLEX+6.1

Brandin Cooks0.0

WR#22 WR this week

Chris Boswell5.0

K#6 K this week

K-4.0

Stephen Gostkowski9.0

K#2 K this week

Panthers D/ST9.0

DEF#2 DEF this week

DEF+2.0

Ravens D/ST7.0

DEF#4 DEF this week

Show benches (11 players)

Kyle’s bench

Mitch’s bench

Coaching Decisions

Lineup Diff

Where each manager’s actual lineup differed from the optimal one.

Kyle

Left 5.0 on the bench. Started for 159.4; optimal was 164.4.

FLEXSat Phillip Lindsay (11.1) for Devonta Freeman (6.1)−5.0

Mitch

Left 40.4 on the bench. Started for 122.7; optimal was 163.1.

FLEXSat Keenan Allen (17.5) for Brandin Cooks (0.0)−17.5
QBSat Tom Brady (27.5) for Matt Ryan (14.4)−13.1
TESat Rob Gronkowski (13.5) for Jared Cook (6.0)−7.5
WR2Sat Kenny Golladay (19.8) for Keenan Allen (17.5)−2.3

Kyle optimal

164.4

Left 5.0 on the bench

Mitch optimal

163.1

Left 40.4 on the bench

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