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. Washington vs. Philadelphia (allows 24.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Alfred Morris, RB2 Roy Helu (IR), RB3 Evan Royster, RB4 Chris Thompson, RB5 Darrel Young
2. Minnesota at Detroit (allows 23.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Adrian Peterson, RB2 Toby Gerhart
3. New York Jets vs. Tampa Bay (allows 23.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Christopher Ivory, RB2 Bilal Powell, RB3 Joe McKnight, RB4 Mike Goodson, RB5 Lex Hilliard
4. New England at Buffalo (allows 22.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Stevan Ridley (Pro), RB2 Shane Vereen, RB3 LeGarrette Blount, RB4 Leon Washington, RB5 Brandon Bolden
5. New York Giants at Dallas (allows 20.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 David Wilson, RB2 Andre Brown (IR), RB3 Da'Rel Scott (IR), RB4 Henry Hynoski, RB5 Ryan Torain
6. Chicago vs. Cincinnati (allows 20.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Matt Forte, RB2 Michael Bush (IR), RB3 Armando Allen
7. Buffalo vs. New England (allows 20.4 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 C.J. Spiller, RB2 Fred Jackson (IR), RB3 Tashard Choice
8. Philadelphia at (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 LeSean McCoy, RB2 Bryce Brown, RB3 Felix Jones, RB4 Chris Polk
9. Atlanta at New Orleans (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Steven Jackson, RB2 Jacquizz Rodgers, RB3 Jason Snelling
10. San Diego vs. Houston (allows 19.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Ryan Mathews (IR), RB2 Danny Woodhead, RB3 Ronnie Brown, RB4 Le'Ron McClain

Toughest Matchups

1. Denver vs. Baltimore (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Montee Ball, RB2 Knowshon Moreno (Pro), RB3 Ronnie Hillman, RB4 Willis McGahee (IR)
2. Green Bay at San Francisco (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Eddie Lacy, RB2 Johnathan Franklin, RB3 DuJuan Harris, RB4 John Kuhn, RB5 Alex Green (Pro)
3. Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Le'Veon Bell, RB2 Jonathan Dwyer, RB3 LaRod Stephens-Howling, RB4 Isaac Redman
4. Miami at Cleveland (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Lamar Miller, RB2 Mike Gillislee, RB2 Daniel Thomas (IR)
5. Indianapolis vs. Oakland (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Vick Ballard, RB2 Donald Brown (IR), RB3 Delone Carter, RB4 Kerwynn Williams
6. Arizona at St. Louis (allows 15.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Rashard Mendenhall, RB2 Ryan Williams (IR), RB3 Andre Ellington, RB3 Stepfan Taylor
7. Jacksonville vs. Kansas City (allows 16.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Maurice Jones-Drew (IR), RB3 Denard Robinson, RB3 Justin Forsett
8. New Orleans vs. Atlanta (allows 16.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Darren Sproles, RB3 Mark Ingram, RB3 Pierre Thomas (IR)
9. Tennessee at Pittsburgh (allows 16.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Chris Johnson, RB2 Shonn Greene, RB4 Darius Reynaud
10. Carolina vs. Seattle (allows 16.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Jonathan Stewart (Pro), RB2 DeAngelo Williams, RB3 Mike Tolbert, RB4 Kenjon Barner