Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 17

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. Carolina at Atlanta (allows 24.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jonathan Stewart (Pro), RB2 DeAngelo Williams, RB3 Mike Tolbert, RB4 Kenjon Barner
2. Tennessee vs. Houston (allows 23.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Chris Johnson, RB2 Shonn Greene, RB4 Darius Reynaud
3. New York Jets at Miami (allows 23.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Christopher Ivory, RB2 Bilal Powell, RB3 Joe McKnight, RB4 Mike Goodson, RB5 Lex Hilliard
4. Jacksonville at Indianapolis (allows 22.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Maurice Jones-Drew (IR), RB3 Denard Robinson, RB3 Justin Forsett
5. Washington at New York Giants (allows 20.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Alfred Morris, RB2 Roy Helu (IR), RB3 Evan Royster, RB4 Chris Thompson, RB5 Darrel Young
6. Houston at Tennessee (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. Buffalo at New England (allows 20.4 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 C.J. Spiller, RB2 Fred Jackson (IR), RB3 Tashard Choice
8. Denver at Oakland (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Montee Ball, RB2 Knowshon Moreno (Pro), RB3 Ronnie Hillman, RB4 Willis McGahee (IR)
9. Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Le'Veon Bell, RB2 Jonathan Dwyer, RB3 LaRod Stephens-Howling, RB4 Isaac Redman
10. San Diego vs. Kansas City (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. Arizona vs. San Francisco (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Rashard Mendenhall, RB2 Ryan Williams (IR), RB3 Andre Ellington, RB3 Stepfan Taylor
2. Cleveland at Pittsburgh (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Trent Richardson (Pro), RB2 Montario Hardesty, RB3 Dion Lewis, RB4 Chris Ogbonnaya
3. Kansas City at San Diego (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jamaal Charles, RB2 Knile Davis, RB4 Shaun Draughn, RB4 Cyrus Gray
4. Indianapolis vs. (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Vick Ballard, RB2 Donald Brown (IR), RB3 Delone Carter, RB4 Kerwynn Williams
5. Detroit at Minnesota (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Reggie Bush, RB2 Mikel Leshoure, RB3 Joique Bell
6. St. Louis at Seattle (allows 15.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 Isaiah Pead, RB2 Daryl Richardson, RB3 Zac Stacy
7. Green Bay at Chicago (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. Dallas vs. Philadelphia (allows 16.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 DeMarco Murray, RB2 Joseph Randle, RB3 Phillip Tanner, RB4 Lance Dunbar
9. Miami vs. New York Jets (allows 16.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Lamar Miller, RB2 Mike Gillislee, RB2 Daniel Thomas (IR)
10. Atlanta vs. Carolina (allows 16.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Steven Jackson, RB2 Jacquizz Rodgers, RB3 Jason Snelling