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This tool is designed to highlight matchups to exploit. This tool is not meant to be a replacement for our weekly player rankings, although matchups are taken into consideration for those as well. You shouldn't bench a stud player who has a difficult matchup or automatically start a fantasy backup who has an easy matchup.

This page uses 2012 stats only, while some of our other tools like Easiest Upcoming Matchups and Strength Of Schedule use the last 16 games of data.

Green signifies a good matchup, red a bad matchup and white an average matchup.

Week 9 Matchup: Carolina at Washington

Washington
Player Injury Status YTD Average Fantasy Pts Quarterbacks Average 22.6ppg and CAR Allows 15.9ppg ( -30%) Robert Griffin III Out 21.9 Kirk Cousins   11.3 Running Backs Average 19.5ppg and CAR Allows 19.6ppg (+ 0%) Alfred Morris   15.4 Darrel Young   2.9 Evan Royster   2.1 Roy Helu IR 1.6 Keiland Williams   0.4 Wide Receivers Average 25.4ppg and CAR Allows 18.9ppg ( -26%) Pierre Garcon   8.9 Santana Moss   6.7 Aldrick Robinson   4.9 Leonard Hankerson   4.9 Josh Morgan Pro 4.1 Dezmon Briscoe   0.6 Brandon Banks   0.4 Tight Ends Average 4.4ppg and CAR Allows 8.3ppg (+ 89%) Fred Davis IR 4.7 Logan Paulsen   2.8 Niles Paul   2.1 Kickers Average 7.6ppg and CAR Allows 8.6ppg (+ 12%) Kai Forbath   7.6 Defensive Linemen Average 7.4ppg and CAR Allows 18.3ppg (+146%) Barry Cofield   3.2 Stephen Bowen Pro 3.1 Jarvis Jenkins   1.5 Kedric Golston   1.5 Ron Brace   1.5 Chris Baker   1.3 Adam Carriker IR 1.0 Phillip Merling   0.8 Linebackers Average 31.3ppg and CAR Allows 19.7ppg ( -37%) London Fletcher   9.5 Perry Riley   7.4 Brian Orakpo IR 6.5 Ryan Kerrigan   5.9 Rob Jackson   5.3 Darryl Tapp   2.4 Keenan Robinson IR 1.3 Roddrick Muckelroy   1.0 Defensive Backs Average 31.3ppg and CAR Allows 26.4ppg ( -16%) Brandon Meriweather IR 11.0 Deangelo Hall Out 7.1 Josh Wilson   6.6 E.J. Biggers   4.7 Dejon Gomes   4.1 Reed Doughty   3.8 Richard Crawford   2.9 Jordan Pugh   2.0	FFToolbox Redskins News 5/24 Redskins TE Fred Davis on track for training camp following torn Achilles  5/24 Redskins WR Pierre Garcon recovering from labrum surgery  5/20 Redskins reportedly changing offense to help QB Robert Griffin III Latest Redskins Rumors and News Redskins ink third-round pick Reed - sportsnetwork.com Redskins Injury Update - Fantasy Football Mastermind Redskins Sign 3rd-Rounder Jordan Reed - Fantasy Football Mastermind Kirk Cousins leading Redskins workouts - Rotoworld.com Send in your Washington Redskins mailbag questions - WashingtonPost Football Inside Redskins sign 3rd-round draft pick Jordan Reed - rtsports.com Even before Griffin's injury, Cousins expected to be back for second year with Redskins - WashingtonPost Football Inside Roy Helu sitting out Redskins OTAs - Rotoworld.com Redskins sign 3rd-round draft pick Jordan Reed (The Associated Press) - Yahoo.com Redskins sign third-rounder Reed (The SportsXchange) - Yahoo.com Redskins sign draft pick Jordan Reed (Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic) - Yahoo.com Redskins get No. 85 TE Reed signed - Rotoworld.com Redskins finish up draft class by signing Jordan Reed - Pro Football Talk Trent Williams: Redskins' offense doesn't put RGIII in harm's way - WashingtonPost Football Inside Fred Davis aiming for minicamp (Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic) - Yahoo.com Redskins' London Fletcher didn't seriously consider retirement - WashingtonPost Football Inside Wonders in Washington: Could the Redskins Win the Super Bowl? - Bleacher Report Breakfast links: Redskins injury updates - ESPN Defenses will dictate offensive changes (Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic) - Yahoo.com Josh Wilson had surgery on torn labrum and pectoral (NBC Sports) - Yahoo.com Redskins' Brian Orakpo back to full strength - washingtonpost.com Robert Griffin III Participates in Redskins Workout - NYTimes.com What Should the Washington Redskins Do with Kirk Cousins? - Bleacher Report Team Report - BALTIMORE RAVENS (The SportsXchange) - Yahoo.com Team Report - ARIZONA CARDINALS (The SportsXchange) - Yahoo.com Redskins Injury Update - Garcon Undergoes Surgery - Fantasy Football Mastermind Pierre Garcon: Reportedly Had Minor Labrum Surgery in January (Rotowire.com) - Yahoo.com Redskins' Garcon, Wilson recovering from surgeries - rtsports.com Robert Griffin: Gets Some Throwing In (Rotowire.com) - Yahoo.com Wilson, Garçon have surgery (Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic) - Yahoo.com More Redskins News & Rumors
Carolina
Player Injury Status YTD Average Fantasy Pts Quarterbacks Average 21.5ppg and WAS Allows 19.1ppg ( -11%) Cam Newton Pro 21.3 Derek Anderson   1.2 Running Backs Average 17.7ppg and WAS Allows 16.6ppg ( -6%) DeAngelo Williams   8.4 Jonathan Stewart Pro 6.8 Mike Tolbert   5.4 Wide Receivers Average 19.1ppg and WAS Allows 27.1ppg (+ 42%) Steve Smith   9.0 Brandon LaFell   7.3 Domenik Hixon   5.3 Kealoha Pilares IR 2.0 Armanti Edwards   1.3 Joe Adams   0.3 Ted Ginn   0.1 Tight Ends Average 8.4ppg and WAS Allows 10.4ppg (+ 24%) Greg Olsen   7.1 Ben Hartsock   1.0 Kickers Average 5.7ppg and WAS Allows 7.5ppg (+ 32%) Graham Gano   7.8 Defensive Linemen Average 22.1ppg and WAS Allows 19.8ppg ( -10%) Greg Hardy   6.9 Charles Johnson   5.9 Mario Addison   4.5 Dwan Edwards   4.0 Frank Alexander   2.8 Nate Chandler   1.8 Sione Fua   1.4 Linebackers Average 22.3ppg and WAS Allows 20.9ppg ( -7%) Luke Kuechly   10.1 Chase Blackburn   7.0 Jon Beason IR 6.8 Thomas Davis   6.6 Jordan Senn   1.0 Jason Williams   1.0 Defensive Backs Average 23.9ppg and WAS Allows 25.5ppg (+ 7%) Josh Norman   5.5 Charles Godfrey   5.3 Captain Munnerlyn   5.1 Drayton Florence IR 4.8 Haruki Nakamura IR 4.0 James Dockery   4.0 Michael Mitchell   3.9 D.J. Moore   3.8 Josh Thomas   2.9 D.J. Campbell   2.4 Colin Jones   1.0	FFToolbox Panthers News 5/24 Panthers RB Jonathan Stewart 'very limited' in OTAs; WR Steve Smith playing young Latest Panthers Rumors and News FB Tolbert: Panthers will be run-heavy in '13 - Mike Tolbert | CAR - rotoworld.com FB Tolbert: Panthers will be run-heavy in '13 - Rotoworld.com Panthers' RE Hardy drops whopping 14 pounds - Rotoworld.com Ex-reporters challenge city, Panthers deliberations - HeraldOnline.com Panthers: All 5 draft picks under contract - rtsports.com Panthers sign 2 remaining draft picks - rtsports.com Team Report - CINCINNATI BENGALS (The SportsXchange) - Yahoo.com Panthers are perfect in OTAs -- in attendance (The SportsXchange) - Yahoo.com Analysis: Five impressions from Day 3 of Carolina Panthers OTAs - HeraldOnline.com Veteran corners make impression with Carolina Panthers - HeraldOnline.com Panthers Injury Update - Jonathan Stewart Very Limited - Fantasy Football Mastermind Greg Hardy leaner, just as mean in 2013 - HeraldOnline.com Carolina Panthers’ Greg Hardy leaner, just as mean in 2013 - HeraldOnline.com Panthers: All 5 draft picks under contract (Yahoo! Sports) - Yahoo.com Panthers sign 2 remaining draft picks (Yahoo! Sports) - Yahoo.com Panthers say top 3 draft picks now under contract - rtsports.com Panthers RB Barner signs rookie contract - Rotoworld.com Panthers sign Klein and Barner, wrap up draft class - Pro Football Talk LB Klein, RB Barner sign contracts - panthers.com Panthers ink fifth-round LB A.J. Klein - Rotoworld.com OTAs off to successful start - panthers.com Panthers confirm signing of top pick Lotulelei - ESPN.com Panthers say top 3 draft picks now under contract (Yahoo! Sports) - Yahoo.com Panthers moving Chandler from DL to OL - Rotoworld.com Panthers ink first-round pick Lotulelei - sportsnetwork.com Hixon excited about fresh start in Carolina - panthers.com Panthers sign DT Lotulelei, G Kugbila - panthers.com Suit over city-Panthers meeting in court today - HeraldOnline.com Panthers sign top picks Lotulelei, Short (The SportsXchange) - Yahoo.com Panthers sign top pick Star Lotulelei - ESPN.com NFL Nation Blog More Panthers News & Rumors