Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 9

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. Philadelphia at Oakland (allows 24.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 LeSean McCoy, RB2 Bryce Brown, RB3 Felix Jones, RB4 Chris Polk
2. Houston vs. Indianapolis (allows 23.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Arian Foster (Pro), RB2 Ben Tate, RB3 Greg Jones, RB3 Javarris Williams, RB4 Tyler Clutts
3. Chicago at Green Bay (allows 22.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Matt Forte, RB2 Michael Bush (IR), RB3 Armando Allen
4. Atlanta at Carolina (allows 20.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Steven Jackson, RB2 Jacquizz Rodgers, RB3 Jason Snelling
5. Miami vs. Cincinnati (allows 20.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Lamar Miller, RB2 Mike Gillislee, RB2 Daniel Thomas (IR)
6. San Diego at (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ryan Mathews (IR), RB2 Danny Woodhead, RB3 Ronnie Brown, RB4 Le'Ron McClain
7. Baltimore at Cleveland (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ray Rice, RB2 Bernard Pierce, RB3 Vonta Leach, RB4 Anthony Allen
8. Dallas vs. Minnesota (allows 19.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 DeMarco Murray, RB2 Joseph Randle, RB3 Phillip Tanner, RB4 Lance Dunbar
9. Tampa Bay at Seattle (allows 19.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Doug Martin, RB3 Mike James, RB3 Brian Leonard, RB4 Michael Smith
10. Washington vs. San Diego (allows 19.6 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Alfred Morris, RB2 Roy Helu (IR), RB3 Evan Royster, RB4 Chris Thompson, RB5 Darrel Young

Toughest Matchups

1. New England vs. Pittsburgh (allows 0.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Stevan Ridley (Pro), RB2 Shane Vereen, RB3 LeGarrette Blount, RB4 Leon Washington, RB5 Brandon Bolden
2. New York Jets vs. New Orleans (allows 0.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Christopher Ivory, RB2 Bilal Powell, RB3 Joe McKnight, RB4 Mike Goodson, RB5 Lex Hilliard
3. St. Louis vs. Tennessee (allows 0.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 Isaiah Pead, RB2 Daryl Richardson, RB3 Zac Stacy
4. Cincinnati at Miami (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB2 Giovani Bernard, RB3 Rex Burkhead, RB5 Cedric Peerman
5. Buffalo vs. Kansas City (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 C.J. Spiller, RB2 Fred Jackson (IR), RB3 Tashard Choice
6. Tennessee at St. Louis (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Chris Johnson, RB2 Shonn Greene, RB4 Darius Reynaud
7. Minnesota at Dallas (allows 15.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Adrian Peterson, RB2 Toby Gerhart
8. Seattle vs. Tampa Bay (allows 16.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Marshawn Lynch, RB2 Robert Turbin, RB3 Christine Michael, RB4 Michael Robinson
9. Carolina vs. Atlanta (allows 16.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jonathan Stewart (Pro), RB2 DeAngelo Williams, RB3 Mike Tolbert, RB4 Kenjon Barner
10. Oakland vs. Philadelphia (allows 16.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Darren McFadden, RB2 Marcel Reece, RB3 Latavius Murray, RB4 Taiwan Jones, RB5 Jeremy Stewart