Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 1
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. It's meant to be a helpful tool when deciding between two closely ranked players. The matchups are graded on how many fantasy points the opposing team surrendered to this position on average.
Easiest Matchups
- Washington vs. Philadelphia (allows 21.4 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Robert Griffin III (Out), QB2 Kirk Cousins - Carolina vs. Seattle (allows 20.6 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Cam Newton (Pro), QB2 Derek Anderson - Jacksonville vs. Kansas City (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Blaine Gabbert (IR), QB2 Chad Henne - Tennessee at Pittsburgh (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Jake Locker (Que), QB2 Ryan Fitzpatrick - Cleveland vs. Miami (allows 19.8 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Brandon Weeden, QB2 Jason Campbell - New York Jets vs. Tampa Bay (allows 19.2 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Geno Smith, QB2 Mark Sanchez - New Orleans vs. Atlanta (allows 19.1 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Drew Brees, QB2 Luke McCown - New England at Buffalo (allows 19.0 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Tom Brady (Pro), QB2 Ryan Mallett - Dallas vs. New York Giants (allows 18.8 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Tony Romo (Pro), QB2 Kyle Orton - San Diego vs. Houston (allows 18.6 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Philip Rivers, QB2 Charlie Whitehurst
Toughest Matchups
- Denver vs. Baltimore (allows 12.5 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Peyton Manning, QB2 Brock Osweiler - Arizona at St. Louis (allows 13.0 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Carson Palmer (Pro), QB2 Drew Stanton, QB4 Ryan Lindley - Seattle at Carolina (allows 13.1 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Russell Wilson, QB2 Brady Quinn - Indianapolis vs. Oakland (allows 13.5 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Andrew Luck, QB2 Matt Hasselbeck - Cincinnati at Chicago (allows 14.4 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Andy Dalton, QB2 Josh Johnson - Baltimore at Denver (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Joe Flacco, QB2 Tyrod Taylor - Green Bay at San Francisco (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Aaron Rodgers (Pro), QB2 Graham Harrell - Buffalo vs. New England (allows 14.8 points per game to QBs)
QB1 E.J. Manuel, QB2 Kevin Kolb (IR) - Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee (allows 15.0 points per game to QBs)
QB1 Ben Roethlisberger, QB2 Bruce Gradkowski - Kansas City at (allows 15.1 points per game to QBs)
QB2 Alex Smith, QB2 Chase Daniel
