Week 8 · 2018

Carl vs Drake

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

Carl132.5

Margin 25.3

Drake157.8

Slot Face-Off

Starting Lineups

Patrick Mahomes26.0

QB#2 QB this week

QB+5.8

Andy Dalton20.2

QB#5 QB this week

Saquon Barkley20.1

RB#12 RB this week

RB1-8.8

Marlon Mack28.9

RB#3 RB this week

Kerryon Johnson15.1

RB#17 RB this week

RB2-11.5

Alvin Kamara26.6

RB#5 RB this week

A.J. Green18.6

WR#9 WR this week

WR1-7.6

DeAndre Hopkins26.2

WR#4 WR this week

Robert Woods12.0

WR#12 WR this week

WR2+2.9

Emmanuel Sanders9.1

WR#16 WR this week

George Kittle10.7

TE#5 TE this week

TE-1.9

Zach Ertz12.6

TE#4 TE this week

Tyreek Hill10.0

WR#15 WR this week

FLEX-10.2

Phillip Lindsay20.2

RB#11 RB this week

Ka'imi Fairbairn6.0

K#5 K this week

K-2.0

Greg Zuerlein8.0

K#4 K this week

Redskins D/ST14.0

DEF#2 DEF this week

DEF+8.0

Bears D/ST6.0

DEF#5 DEF this week

Show benches (10 players)

Carl’s bench

Drake’s bench

Coaching Decisions

Lineup Diff

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

Carl

Left 6.9 on the bench. Started for 132.5; optimal was 139.4.

FLEXSat Kerryon Johnson (15.1) for Tyreek Hill (10.0)−5.1
RB2Sat Aaron Jones (16.6) for Kerryon Johnson (15.1)−1.5
WR2Sat Golden Tate (12.3) for Robert Woods (12.0)−0.3

Drake

Left 23.5 on the bench. Started for 157.8; optimal was 181.3.

WR2Sat Larry Fitzgerald (26.2) for Emmanuel Sanders (9.1)−17.1
QBSat Carson Wentz (23.6) for Andy Dalton (20.2)−3.4
TESat Greg Olsen (15.6) for Zach Ertz (12.6)−3.0

Carl optimal

139.4

Left 6.9 on the bench

Drake optimal

181.3

Left 23.5 on the bench

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