Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 13

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. Atlanta at Buffalo (allows 24.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Steven Jackson, RB2 Jacquizz Rodgers, RB3 Jason Snelling
2. Buffalo vs. Atlanta (allows 23.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 C.J. Spiller, RB2 Fred Jackson (IR), RB3 Tashard Choice
3. Jacksonville at Cleveland (allows 23.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Maurice Jones-Drew (IR), RB3 Denard Robinson, RB3 Justin Forsett
4. Houston vs. New England (allows 22.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Arian Foster (Pro), RB2 Ben Tate, RB3 Greg Jones, RB3 Javarris Williams, RB4 Tyler Clutts
5. Philadelphia vs. Arizona (allows 20.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 LeSean McCoy, RB2 Bryce Brown, RB3 Felix Jones, RB4 Chris Polk
6. Detroit vs. Green Bay (allows 20.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Reggie Bush, RB2 Mikel Leshoure, RB3 Joique Bell
7. Arizona at Philadelphia (allows 20.4 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Rashard Mendenhall, RB2 Ryan Williams (IR), RB3 Andre Ellington, RB3 Stepfan Taylor
8. Carolina vs. Tampa Bay (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jonathan Stewart (Pro), RB2 DeAngelo Williams, RB3 Mike Tolbert, RB4 Kenjon Barner
9. Oakland at Dallas (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Darren McFadden, RB2 Marcel Reece, RB3 Latavius Murray, RB4 Taiwan Jones, RB5 Jeremy Stewart
10. New Orleans at Seattle (allows 19.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Darren Sproles, RB3 Mark Ingram, RB3 Pierre Thomas (IR)

Toughest Matchups

1. Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ray Rice, RB2 Bernard Pierce, RB3 Vonta Leach, RB4 Anthony Allen
2. St. Louis at San Francisco (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 Isaiah Pead, RB2 Daryl Richardson, RB3 Zac Stacy
3. Tampa Bay at Carolina (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Doug Martin, RB3 Mike James, RB3 Brian Leonard, RB4 Michael Smith
4. Seattle vs. New Orleans (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Marshawn Lynch, RB2 Robert Turbin, RB3 Christine Michael, RB4 Michael Robinson
5. Tennessee at Indianapolis (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Chris Johnson, RB2 Shonn Greene, RB4 Darius Reynaud
6. Chicago at Minnesota (allows 15.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Matt Forte, RB2 Michael Bush (IR), RB3 Armando Allen
7. Green Bay at Detroit (allows 16.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Eddie Lacy, RB2 Johnathan Franklin, RB3 DuJuan Harris, RB4 John Kuhn, RB5 Alex Green (Pro)
8. New York Giants at (allows 16.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 David Wilson, RB2 Andre Brown (IR), RB3 Da'Rel Scott (IR), RB4 Henry Hynoski, RB5 Ryan Torain
9. Miami at New York Jets (allows 16.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Lamar Miller, RB2 Mike Gillislee, RB2 Daniel Thomas (IR)
10. Denver at Kansas City (allows 16.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Montee Ball, RB2 Knowshon Moreno (Pro), RB3 Ronnie Hillman, RB4 Willis McGahee (IR)