Week 1 · 2020

Carl vs Mitch

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

Carl144.0

Margin 28.5

Mitch115.6

Slot Face-Off

Starting Lineups

Patrick Mahomes20.4

QB#7 QB this week

QB-0.0

Tom Brady20.5

QB#6 QB this week

Ezekiel Elliott27.7

RB#3 RB this week

RB1+5.9

Dalvin Cook21.8

RB#6 RB this week

Austin Ekeler9.7

RB#14 RB this week

RB2-6.4

Derrick Henry16.1

RB#10 RB this week

DeAndre Hopkins29.1

WR#4 WR this week

WR1+14.0

Marquise Brown15.1

WR#12 WR this week

DK Metcalf19.5

WR#7 WR this week

WR2+11.5

Cooper Kupp8.0

WR#18 WR this week

Chris Herndon7.7

TE#7 TE this week

TE-3.1

Zach Ertz10.8

TE#4 TE this week

A.J. Brown8.9

WR#17 WR this week

FLEX-0.4

George Kittle9.3

TE#6 TE this week

Chris Boswell9.0

K#5 K this week

K+5.0

Greg Zuerlein4.0

K#7 K this week

Patriots D/ST12.0

DEF#1 DEF this week

DEF+2.0

Bills D/ST10.0

DEF#4 DEF this week

Show benches (14 players)

Carl’s bench

Mitch’s bench

Coaching Decisions

Lineup Diff

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

Carl

Left 10.5 on the bench. Started for 144.0; optimal was 154.5.

FLEXSat J.K. Dobbins (14.2) for A.J. Brown (8.9)−5.3
RB2Sat Jonathan Taylor (14.9) for Austin Ekeler (9.7)−5.2

Mitch

Left 3.7 on the bench. Started for 115.6; optimal was 119.3.

FLEXSat D'Andre Swift (11.3) for George Kittle (9.3)−2.0
WR2Sat Diontae Johnson (9.7) for Cooper Kupp (8.0)−1.7

Carl optimal

154.5

Left 10.5 on the bench

Mitch optimal

119.3

Left 3.7 on the bench

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