Week 8 · 2019

Drake vs Kyle

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

Drake144.5

Margin 19.1

Kyle125.4

Slot Face-Off

Starting Lineups

Jared Goff22.9

QB#5 QB this week

QB+5.6

Josh Allen17.3

QB#6 QB this week

James Conner24.0

RB#5 RB this week

RB1+9.0

Chris Carson15.0

RB#8 RB this week

Le'Veon Bell6.5

RB#17 RB this week

RB2-4.3

Nick Chubb10.8

RB#12 RB this week

Julian Edelman27.5

WR#4 WR this week

WR1-7.5

Cooper Kupp35.0

WR#2 WR this week

Julio Jones25.2

WR#6 WR this week

WR2+3.3

DeAndre Hopkins21.9

WR#7 WR this week

Jimmy Graham5.0

TE#6 TE this week

TE-4.1

Darren Waller9.1

TE#5 TE this week

T.Y. Hilton7.4

WR#20 WR this week

FLEX+0.1

Derrick Henry7.3

RB#16 RB this week

Wil Lutz6.0

K#5 K this week

K0.0

Greg Zuerlein6.0

K#6 K this week

Patriots D/ST20.0

DEF#1 DEF this week

DEF+17.0

Bills D/ST3.0

DEF#8 DEF this week

Show benches (13 players)

Drake’s bench

Kyle’s bench

Coaching Decisions

Lineup Diff

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

Drake

Left 12.7 on the bench. Started for 144.5; optimal was 157.2.

FLEXSat Golden Tate (16.5) for T.Y. Hilton (7.4)−9.1
RB2Sat Josh Jacobs (10.1) for Le'Veon Bell (6.5)−3.6

Kyle

Left 56.4 on the bench. Started for 125.4; optimal was 181.8.

RB2Sat Latavius Murray (36.7) for Nick Chubb (10.8)−25.9
RB1Sat Tevin Coleman (37.8) for Chris Carson (15.0)−22.8
FLEXSat Chris Carson (15.0) for Derrick Henry (7.3)−7.7

Drake optimal

157.2

Left 12.7 on the bench

Kyle optimal

181.8

Left 56.4 on the bench

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