Week 5 · 2021

Cliff vs Jordan

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

Cliff167.4

Margin 2.7

Jordan164.7

Slot Face-Off

Starting Lineups

Patrick Mahomes19.0

QB#6 QB this week

QB-22.9

Lamar Jackson41.9

QB#2 QB this week

Najee Harris22.2

RB#10 RB this week

RB1-9.7

Jonathan Taylor31.9

RB#2 RB this week

James Robinson21.7

RB#11 RB this week

RB2-3.5

Ezekiel Elliott25.2

RB#7 RB this week

Davante Adams37.6

WR#1 WR this week

WR1+16.9

DeAndre Hopkins20.7

WR#6 WR this week

Diontae Johnson15.2

WR#10 WR this week

WR2+1.7

Keenan Allen13.5

WR#14 WR this week

Kyle Pitts26.9

TE#2 TE this week

TE+9.2

Travis Kelce17.7

TE#4 TE this week

DJ Moore8.8

WR#17 WR this week

FLEX+2.0

A.J. Brown6.8

WR#20 WR this week

Tyler Bass8.0

K#3 K this week

K+5.0

Justin Tucker3.0

K#7 K this week

Buccaneers D/ST8.0

DEF#2 DEF this week

DEF+4.0

Patriots D/ST4.0

DEF#5 DEF this week

Show benches (14 players)

Cliff’s bench

Jordan’s bench

Coaching Decisions

Lineup Diff

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

Cliff

Left 12.1 on the bench. Started for 167.4; optimal was 179.5.

DEFSat Bills D/ST (15.0) for Buccaneers D/ST (8.0)−7.0
FLEXSat Dalton Schultz (13.9) for DJ Moore (8.8)−5.1

Jordan

Left 25.4 on the bench. Started for 164.7; optimal was 190.1.

WR1Sat Antonio Brown (31.4) for DeAndre Hopkins (20.7)−10.7
FLEXSat Tony Pollard (14.3) for A.J. Brown (6.8)−7.5
WR2Sat DeAndre Hopkins (20.7) for Keenan Allen (13.5)−7.2

Cliff optimal

179.5

Left 12.1 on the bench

Jordan optimal

190.1

Left 25.4 on the bench

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