Week 8 · 2021

Cliff vs Drake

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

Cliff108.9

Margin 36.4

Drake145.3

Slot Face-Off

Starting Lineups

Patrick Mahomes14.0

QB#4 QB this week

QB+0.2

Justin Herbert13.8

QB#5 QB this week

Najee Harris21.0

RB#7 RB this week

RB1-11.2

Michael Carter32.2

RB#1 RB this week

Darrel Williams17.0

RB#10 RB this week

RB2+0.4

Alvin Kamara16.6

RB#11 RB this week

Diontae Johnson15.8

WR#11 WR this week

WR1-14.8

Michael Pittman Jr.30.6

WR#2 WR this week

DJ Moore9.9

WR#16 WR this week

WR2-9.9

Adam Thielen19.8

WR#8 WR this week

Kyle Pitts3.3

TE#7 TE this week

TE-2.2

Tyler Higbee5.5

TE#4 TE this week

James Robinson4.9

RB#20 RB this week

FLEX-7.9

Mike Evans12.8

WR#14 WR this week

Tyler Bass10.0

K#3 K this week

K+2.0

Harrison Butker8.0

K#5 K this week

Bills D/ST13.0

DEF#1 DEF this week

DEF+7.0

49ers D/ST6.0

DEF#3 DEF this week

Show benches (12 players)

Cliff’s bench

Drake’s bench

Coaching Decisions

Lineup Diff

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

Cliff

Left 11.1 on the bench. Started for 108.9; optimal was 120.0.

FLEXSat Chase Edmonds (15.9) for James Robinson (4.9)−11.0
WR2Sat Jarvis Landry (10.0) for DJ Moore (9.9)−0.1

Drake

Left 13.4 on the bench. Started for 145.3; optimal was 158.7.

FLEXSat Adam Thielen (19.8) for Mike Evans (12.8)−7.0
WR2Sat Amari Cooper (26.2) for Adam Thielen (19.8)−6.4

Cliff optimal

120.0

Left 11.1 on the bench

Drake optimal

158.7

Left 13.4 on the bench

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