Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 8

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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• WR
• TE
• K
• DEF

Easiest Matchups

1. Denver vs. (allows 24.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Montee Ball, RB2 Knowshon Moreno (Pro), RB3 Ronnie Hillman, RB4 Willis McGahee (IR)
2. Green Bay at Minnesota (allows 23.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Eddie Lacy, RB2 Johnathan Franklin, RB3 DuJuan Harris, RB4 John Kuhn, RB5 Alex Green (Pro)
3. New York Giants at Philadelphia (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
4. Miami at New England (allows 20.4 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Lamar Miller, RB2 Daniel Thomas (IR), RB2 Mike Gillislee
5. Oakland vs. Pittsburgh (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Darren McFadden, RB2 Marcel Reece, RB3 Latavius Murray, RB4 Taiwan Jones, RB5 Jeremy Stewart
6. Philadelphia vs. New York Giants (allows 19.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 LeSean McCoy, RB2 Bryce Brown, RB3 Felix Jones, RB4 Chris Polk
7. Kansas City vs. Cleveland (allows 19.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jamaal Charles, RB2 Knile Davis, RB4 Shaun Draughn, RB4 Cyrus Gray
8. New England vs. Miami (allows 19.1 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Stevan Ridley (Pro), RB2 Shane Vereen, RB3 LeGarrette Blount, RB4 Leon Washington, RB5 Brandon Bolden
9. San Francisco at (allows 19.1 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Frank Gore, RB2 Kendall Hunter (IR), RB3 LaMichael James
10. Jacksonville vs. San Francisco (allows 18.5 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Maurice Jones-Drew (IR), RB3 Justin Forsett, RB3 Denard Robinson

Toughest Matchups

1. Buffalo at New Orleans (allows 0.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 C.J. Spiller, RB2 Fred Jackson (IR), RB3 Tashard Choice
2. Cincinnati vs. New York Jets (allows 0.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB2 Giovani Bernard, RB3 Rex Burkhead, RB5 Cedric Peerman
3. Arizona vs. Atlanta (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Rashard Mendenhall, RB2 Ryan Williams (IR), RB3 Andre Ellington, RB3 Stepfan Taylor
4. Washington at Denver (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Alfred Morris, RB2 Roy Helu (IR), RB3 Evan Royster, RB4 Chris Thompson, RB5 Darrel Young
5. New Orleans vs. Buffalo (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Darren Sproles, RB3 Pierre Thomas (IR), RB3 Mark Ingram
6. Carolina at Tampa Bay (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jonathan Stewart (Pro), RB2 DeAngelo Williams, RB3 Mike Tolbert, RB4 Kenjon Barner
7. Detroit vs. Dallas (allows 15.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Reggie Bush, RB2 Mikel Leshoure, RB3 Joique Bell
8. Tampa Bay vs. Carolina (allows 16.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Doug Martin, RB3 Brian Leonard, RB3 Mike James, RB4 Michael Smith
9. Pittsburgh at Oakland (allows 16.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Le'Veon Bell, RB2 Jonathan Dwyer, RB3 LaRod Stephens-Howling, RB4 Isaac Redman
10. St. Louis vs. Seattle (allows 16.7 points per game to RBs)
    RB2 Isaiah Pead, RB2 Daryl Richardson, RB3 Zac Stacy