Week 1 · 2025

Cliff vs Kyle

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

Cliff112.6

Margin 19.8

Kyle92.8100 got they ass

Slot Face-Off

Starting Lineups

Baker Mayfield22.6

QB#5 QB this week

QB+13.8

Joe Burrow8.8

QB#8 QB this week

James Cook III21.2

RB#4 RB this week

RB1+2.8

Saquon Barkley18.4

RB#5 RB this week

James Conner14.4

RB#10 RB this week

RB2+1.6

Jonathan Taylor12.8

RB#15 RB this week

CeeDee Lamb18.0

WR#4 WR this week

WR1-1.4

Jaxon Smith-Njigba19.4

WR#2 WR this week

Malik Nabers12.1

WR#8 WR this week

WR2-1.3

Ladd McConkey13.4

WR#7 WR this week

George Kittle12.5

TE#5 TE this week

TE+8.0

T.J. Hockenson4.5

TE#8 TE this week

A.J. Brown1.8

WR#20 WR this week

FLEX-3.7

Nico Collins5.5

WR#16 WR this week

Jake Elliott8.0

K#4 K this week

K-1.0

Cameron Dicker9.0

K#3 K this week

Eagles D/ST2.0

DEF#6 DEF this week

DEF+1.0

Steelers D/ST1.0

DEF#7 DEF this week

Show benches (12 players)

Cliff’s bench

Kyle’s bench

Coaching Decisions

Lineup Diff

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

Cliff

Left 7.7 on the bench. Started for 112.6; optimal was 120.3.

FLEXSat D'Andre Swift (9.5) for A.J. Brown (1.8)−7.7

Kyle

Left 32.6 on the bench. Started for 92.8; optimal was 125.4.

FLEXSat Jakobi Meyers (17.7) for Nico Collins (5.5)−12.2
TESat Kyle Pitts Sr. (12.9) for T.J. Hockenson (4.5)−8.4
WR2Sat Jaxon Smith-Njigba (19.4) for Ladd McConkey (13.4)−6.0
WR1Sat Garrett Wilson (22.5) for Jaxon Smith-Njigba (19.4)−3.1
RB2Sat Aaron Jones Sr. (15.7) for Jonathan Taylor (12.8)−2.9

Cliff optimal

120.3

Left 7.7 on the bench

Kyle optimal

125.4

Left 32.6 on the bench

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