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.

• QB
• RB
• WR
• TE
• K
• DEF

Easiest Matchups

1. Minnesota at Detroit (allows 9.6 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Blair Walsh
2. San Diego vs. Houston (allows 9.5 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Nick Novak
3. St. Louis vs. Arizona (allows 9.3 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Greg Zuerlein
4. Cincinnati at Chicago (allows 8.9 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Mike Nugent (IR)
5. Atlanta at New Orleans (allows 8.9 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Matt Bryant
6. Washington vs. Philadelphia (allows 8.9 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Kai Forbath
7. New England at Buffalo (allows 8.7 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Stephen Gostkowski
8. Tampa Bay at New York Jets (allows 8.6 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Connor Barth
9. Chicago vs. Cincinnati (allows 8.4 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Robbie Gould (IR)
10. Cleveland vs. Miami (allows 8.3 points per game to Ks)
    PK1 Shayne Graham, PK2 Brandon Bogotay

Toughest Matchups

1. Indianapolis vs. Oakland (allows 5.9 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Adam Vinatieri
2. Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee (allows 5.9 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Shaun Suisham
3. Oakland at Indianapolis (allows 6.0 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Sebastian Janikowski
4. Arizona at St. Louis (allows 6.2 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Jay Feely
5. Green Bay at San Francisco (allows 6.2 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Mason Crosby
6. Miami at Cleveland (allows 6.3 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Dan Carpenter (IR), PK2 Caleb Sturgis
7. Tennessee at Pittsburgh (allows 6.3 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Rob Bironas
8. Philadelphia at (allows 6.4 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Alex Henery
9. Carolina vs. Seattle (allows 6.4 points per game to Ks)
   PK1 Graham Gano
10. Jacksonville vs. Kansas City (allows 6.8 points per game to Ks)
    PK1 Josh Scobee