Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 15

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. Tampa Bay vs. San Francisco (allows 24.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Doug Martin, RB3 Mike James, RB3 Brian Leonard, RB4 Michael Smith
2. Miami vs. New England (allows 23.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 Mike Gillislee, RB2 Lamar Miller, RB3 Daniel Thomas (IR)
3. Seattle at New York Giants (allows 23.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Marshawn Lynch, RB2 Robert Turbin, RB3 Christine Michael, RB4 Michael Robinson
4. New York Jets at Carolina (allows 22.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Christopher Ivory, RB2 Mike Goodson, RB3 Bilal Powell, RB4 Joe McKnight, RB5 Lex Hilliard
5. Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati (allows 20.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jonathan Dwyer, RB2 Le'Veon Bell, RB3 Isaac Redman, RB4 LaRod Stephens-Howling
6. Houston at Indianapolis (allows 20.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Arian Foster (Pro), RB2 Ben Tate, RB3 Greg Jones, RB3 Javarris Williams, RB4 Tyler Clutts
7. Tennessee vs. Arizona (allows 20.4 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Chris Johnson, RB2 Shonn Greene, RB4 Darius Reynaud
8. Oakland vs. Kansas City (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Darren McFadden, RB3 Marcel Reece, RB4 Jeremy Stewart, RB5 Taiwan Jones
9. Washington at Atlanta (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Alfred Morris, RB2 Evan Royster, RB3 Roy Helu (IR), RB4 Chris Thompson, RB5 Darrel Young
10. New York Giants vs. Seattle (allows 19.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB2 David Wilson, RB2 Andre Brown (IR), RB3 Da'Rel Scott (IR), RB4 Henry Hynoski, RB5 Ryan Torain

Toughest Matchups

1. Baltimore at Detroit (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ray Rice, RB2 Bernard Pierce, RB3 Vonta Leach, RB4 Anthony Allen
2. New England at Miami (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Stevan Ridley (Pro), RB2 Shane Vereen, RB3 LeGarrette Blount, RB4 Leon Washington, RB5 Brandon Bolden
3. Dallas vs. Green Bay (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 DeMarco Murray, RB2 Phillip Tanner, RB3 Lance Dunbar, RB4 Lawrence Vickers
4. Green Bay at Dallas (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Eddie Lacy, RB2 Johnathan Franklin, RB4 James Starks, RB5 DuJuan Harris, RB5 Alex Green (Pro)
5. Indianapolis vs. Houston (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Vick Ballard, RB2 Donald Brown (IR), RB3 Delone Carter, RB4 Stanley Havili
6. Buffalo at (allows 15.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 C.J. Spiller, RB2 Fred Jackson (IR), RB3 Tashard Choice
7. St. Louis vs. New Orleans (allows 16.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Daryl Richardson, RB2 Isaiah Pead, RB3 Zac Stacy
8. Cleveland vs. Chicago (allows 16.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Trent Richardson (Pro), RB2 Montario Hardesty, RB3 Dion Lewis, RB4 Chris Ogbonnaya
9. San Francisco at Tampa Bay (allows 16.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Frank Gore, RB2 Kendall Hunter (IR), RB3 LaMichael James, RB4 Marcus Lattimore
10. New Orleans at St. Louis (allows 16.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Darren Sproles, RB2 Mark Ingram, RB2 Pierre Thomas (IR), RB4 Jed Collins