Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 16

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.

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• RB
• WR
• TE
• K
• DEF

Easiest Matchups

1. Dallas at (allows 24.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 DeMarco Murray, RB2 Phillip Tanner, RB3 Lance Dunbar, RB4 Lawrence Vickers
2. New England at Baltimore (allows 23.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Stevan Ridley (Pro), RB2 Shane Vereen, RB3 LeGarrette Blount, RB4 Leon Washington, RB5 Brandon Bolden
3. Miami at Buffalo (allows 23.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 Mike Gillislee, RB2 Lamar Miller, RB3 Daniel Thomas (IR)
4. Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh (allows 22.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Eddie Lacy, RB2 Johnathan Franklin, RB4 James Starks, RB5 DuJuan Harris, RB5 Alex Green (Pro)
5. New Orleans at Carolina (allows 20.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Darren Sproles, RB2 Mark Ingram, RB2 Pierre Thomas (IR), RB4 Jed Collins
6. Kansas City vs. Indianapolis (allows 20.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jamaal Charles, RB2 Knile Davis, RB3 Shaun Draughn
7. San Diego vs. Oakland (allows 20.4 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ryan Mathews (IR), RB2 Danny Woodhead, RB3 Ronnie Brown, RB4 Le'Ron McClain
8. Denver at Houston (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Willis McGahee (IR), RB2 Knowshon Moreno (Pro), RB3 Montee Ball, RB4 Ronnie Hillman, RB5 Jacob Hester
9. Indianapolis at Kansas City (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Vick Ballard, RB2 Donald Brown (IR), RB3 Delone Carter, RB4 Stanley Havili
10. Carolina vs. New Orleans (allows 19.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Jonathan Stewart (Pro), RB2 DeAngelo Williams, RB3 Mike Tolbert, RB4 Kenjon Barner

Toughest Matchups

1. Seattle vs. Arizona (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Marshawn Lynch, RB2 Robert Turbin, RB3 Christine Michael, RB4 Michael Robinson
2. Cleveland at New York Jets (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Trent Richardson (Pro), RB2 Montario Hardesty, RB3 Dion Lewis, RB4 Chris Ogbonnaya
3. Cincinnati vs. Minnesota (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB2 Giovani Bernard, RB3 Bernard Scott (IR), RB4 Cedric Peerman
4. Arizona at Seattle (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 Rashard Mendenhall, RB2 Ryan Williams (IR), RB3 Stepfan Taylor, RB4 Andre Ellington, RB5 William Powell
5. Minnesota at Cincinnati (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Adrian Peterson, RB2 Toby Gerhart
6. San Francisco vs. Atlanta (allows 15.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Frank Gore, RB2 Kendall Hunter (IR), RB3 LaMichael James, RB4 Marcus Lattimore
7. Houston vs. Denver (allows 16.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Arian Foster (Pro), RB2 Ben Tate, RB3 Greg Jones, RB3 Javarris Williams, RB4 Tyler Clutts
8. Philadelphia vs. Chicago (allows 16.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 LeSean McCoy, RB2 Bryce Brown
9. Jacksonville vs. Tennessee (allows 16.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Maurice Jones-Drew (IR), RB3 Justin Forsett, WR6 Denard Robinson
10. St. Louis vs. Tampa Bay (allows 16.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Daryl Richardson, RB2 Isaiah Pead, RB3 Zac Stacy