Week 16 · 2025 · Playoffs

Cliff vs Kyle

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

Cliff114.6

Margin 10.4

Kyle125.0

Slot Face-Off

Starting Lineups

Jaxson Dart0.0

QB#8 QB this week

QB-30.9

Matthew Stafford30.9

QB#2 QB this week

James Cook III26.4

RB#4 RB this week

RB1+5.2

Saquon Barkley21.2

RB#8 RB this week

Javonte Williams6.3

RB#16 RB this week

RB2-10.6

Jonathan Taylor16.9

RB#10 RB this week

Stefon Diggs22.8

WR#5 WR this week

WR1-0.8

Jaxon Smith-Njigba23.6

WR#4 WR this week

A.J. Brown18.5

WR#10 WR this week

WR2+8.6

Nico Collins9.9

WR#18 WR this week

George Kittle24.5

TE#1 TE this week

TE+19.6

Jake Ferguson4.9

TE#8 TE this week

CeeDee Lamb11.1

WR#17 WR this week

FLEX+2.5

Jakobi Meyers8.6

WR#20 WR this week

Harrison Butker11.0

K#2 K this week

K+6.0

Tyler Loop5.0

K#8 K this week

Cowboys D/ST-6.0

DEF#8 DEF this week

DEF-10.0

Bears D/ST4.0

DEF#6 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 38.4 on the bench. Started for 114.6; optimal was 153.1.

QBSat Jared Goff (26.5) for Jaxson Dart (0.0)−26.4
FLEXSat A.J. Brown (18.5) for CeeDee Lamb (11.1)−7.4
RB2Sat D'Andre Swift (9.0) for Javonte Williams (6.3)−2.7
WR2Sat Quentin Johnston (20.4) for A.J. Brown (18.5)−1.9

Kyle

Left 5.7 on the bench. Started for 125.0; optimal was 130.7.

WR2Sat Ladd McConkey (14.3) for Nico Collins (9.9)−4.4
FLEXSat Nico Collins (9.9) for Jakobi Meyers (8.6)−1.3

Cliff optimal

153.1

Left 38.4 on the bench

Kyle optimal

130.7

Left 5.7 on the bench

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