Week 1 · 2021

Carl vs Rob

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

Carl171.9

Margin 46.8

Rob125.1

Slot Face-Off

Starting Lineups

Aaron Rodgers1.3

QB#8 QB this week

QB-26.1

Dak Prescott27.4

QB#3 QB this week

Joe Mixon25.0

RB#2 RB this week

RB1+7.4

Jonathan Taylor17.6

RB#7 RB this week

Dalvin Cook20.4

RB#5 RB this week

RB2+3.1

Miles Sanders17.3

RB#8 RB this week

Tyreek Hill37.1

WR#2 WR this week

WR1+22.2

A.J. Brown14.9

WR#13 WR this week

Tyler Lockett26.0

WR#5 WR this week

WR2+15.9

Calvin Ridley10.1

WR#19 WR this week

T.J. Hockenson25.7

TE#2 TE this week

TE+0.1

Travis Kelce25.6

TE#3 TE this week

CeeDee Lamb23.4

WR#8 WR this week

FLEX+14.2

JuJu Smith-Schuster9.2

WR#21 WR this week

Brandon McManus9.0

K#4 K this week

K+5.0

Jason Myers4.0

K#7 K this week

Bills D/ST4.0

DEF#6 DEF this week

DEF+5.0

Ravens D/ST-1.0

DEF#8 DEF this week

Show benches (14 players)

Carl’s bench

Rob’s bench

Coaching Decisions

Lineup Diff

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

Carl

Left 11.6 on the bench. Started for 171.9; optimal was 183.5.

WR2Sat Deebo Samuel (31.9) for Tyler Lockett (26.0)−5.9
QBSat Trey Lance (4.4) for Aaron Rodgers (1.3)−3.1
FLEXSat Tyler Lockett (26.0) for CeeDee Lamb (23.4)−2.6

Rob

Left 15.8 on the bench. Started for 125.1; optimal was 140.9.

WR1Sat Ja'Marr Chase (20.9) for A.J. Brown (14.9)−6.0
FLEXSat Nyheim Hines (14.2) for JuJu Smith-Schuster (9.2)−5.0
WR2Sat A.J. Brown (14.9) for Calvin Ridley (10.1)−4.8

Carl optimal

183.5

Left 11.6 on the bench

Rob optimal

140.9

Left 15.8 on the bench

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