Lineup optimization unit
Every bench point
is evidence.
The actual starters against the highest-scoring legal 2QB lineup available from each recorded regular-season roster.
2017–2025Regular-season comparisonsPublic-safe snapshot
Snapshot 2026-07-13T21:25:16-04:00Hindsight, not a skill grade. Reserve-list players are excluded; flex eligibility changes by era. A historical roster snapshot cannot prove every alternative was switchable before kickoff.
Career board
Hindsight lineup capture
Aggregate actual points divided by aggregate optimal points; rankings require 50 weeks.
Starter points
144,256Official regular-season points reconciled
Hindsight ceiling
164,412Best legal lineup points from recorded active rosters
Points uncaptured
20,156League-wide hindsight regret
1,220 lineups evaluated
| Rank | Boss | Weeks | Actual | Optimal | Capture | Regret / wk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chris | 122 | 14,951.6 | 16,769.6 | 89.2% | 14.9 |
| 2nd | Cloudy | 70 | 8,874 | 9,962.9 | 89.1% | 15.56 |
| 3rd | samuel | 52 | 6,107.9 | 6,866 | 89% | 14.58 |
| 4th | Baylor | 52 | 5,989 | 6,742.6 | 88.8% | 14.49 |
| 5th | Eli | 122 | 14,364.8 | 16,211.6 | 88.6% | 15.14 |
| 6th | Justin | 122 | 15,052.6 | 17,103.5 | 88% | 16.81 |
| 7th | Carter | 109 | 12,949 | 14,737.2 | 87.9% | 16.41 |
| 8th | Russell | 122 | 14,536.5 | 16,691.8 | 87.1% | 17.67 |
| 9th | Wills | 122 | 13,991 | 16,107.5 | 86.9% | 17.35 |
| 10th | Mikey | 70 | 8,328.4 | 9,612.4 | 86.6% | 18.34 |
| 11th | Ethan | 96 | 11,013.4 | 12,732.2 | 86.5% | 17.9 |
| 12th | Nolan | 122 | 14,008.3 | 16,298.7 | 85.9% | 18.77 |
| — | Wade | 13 | 1,392.3 | 1,535 | 90.7% | 10.98 |
| — | Connor | 26 | 2,696.9 | 3,040.8 | 88.7% | 13.23 |
Bench warrants
The 20 largest weekly gaps
Regular season only. The displayed bench player is context, not always the entire optimization difference.
| Week | Boss / team | Actual | Optimal | Regret | Top bench score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · W14 | Carter | 77.68 | 169.18 | 91.5 | J. Addison |
| 2019 · W1 | Wills | 111.66 | 199.02 | 87.36 | A. Ekeler |
| 2019 · W7 | Russell | 114.86 | 191.58 | 76.72 | M. Jones |
| 2021 · W1 | Cloudy | 85.12 | 158.82 | 73.7 | D. Samuel |
| 2024 · W5 | Mikey | 115.56 | 182.26 | 66.7 | K. Cousins |
| 2024 · W3 | Nolan | 117.96 | 182.02 | 64.06 | J. Jennings |
| 2017 · W3 | Wills | 88.04 | 150.46 | 62.42 | J. Howard |
| 2025 · W14 | Justin | 90.14 | 150.4 | 60.26 | B. Corum |
| 2020 · W10 | Carter | 110.74 | 170.88 | 60.14 | B. Roethlisberger |
| 2024 · W7 | Chris | 114.38 | 172.62 | 58.24 | R. Wilson |
| 2017 · W8 | Chris | 68.44 | 126.3 | 57.86 | J. Smith-Schuster |
| 2018 · W5 | Carter | 98.36 | 155.88 | 57.52 | E. Ebron |
| 2017 · W3 | Nolan | 63.72 | 120.64 | 56.92 | E. Manning |
| 2019 · W12 | Carter | 101.4 | 157.32 | 55.92 | R. Tannehill |
| 2022 · W3 | Ethan | 82.26 | 137.02 | 54.76 | J. Williams |
| 2019 · W5 | samuel | 162.38 | 216.8 | 54.42 | J. Jacobs |
| 2020 · W2 | Nolan | 131.02 | 185.22 | 54.2 | G. Minshew |
| 2023 · W3 | Carter | 151.46 | 204.98 | 53.52 | D. Achane |
| 2019 · W3 | Wills | 115.74 | 167.64 | 51.9 | P. Lindsay |
| 2024 · W3 | Wills | 85.64 | 137.2 | 51.56 | A. Jones |