Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 1

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. New Orleans vs. Atlanta (allows 10.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jimmy Graham (Pro), TE2 Ben Watson
2. Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee (allows 10.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Heath Miller (IR), TE2 Matt Spaeth
3. New England at Buffalo (allows 9.8 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Rob Gronkowski (IR), TE2 Aaron Hernandez, TE3 Jake Ballard (Out), TE4 Daniel Fells
4. Miami at Cleveland (allows 9.1 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Dustin Keller, TE2 Charles Clay (IR), TE3 Michael Egnew
5. Tennessee at Pittsburgh (allows 9.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Craig Stevens, TE2 Delanie Walker
6. Carolina vs. Seattle (allows 8.9 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Greg Olsen, TE2 Ben Hartsock
7. San Diego vs. Houston (allows 8.6 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Antonio Gates, TE2 Ladarius Green, TE2 John Phillips (Pro)
8. Tampa Bay at New York Jets (allows 8.3 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Luke Stocker, TE2 Tom Crabtree
9. Washington vs. Philadelphia (allows 8.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Fred Davis (IR), TE2 Logan Paulsen, TE3 Jordan Reed, TE4 Niles Paul
10. Kansas City at (allows 8.0 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Tony Moeaki, TE2 Anthony Fasano, TE3 Travis Kelce

Toughest Matchups

1. Cincinnati at Chicago (allows 5.9 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jermaine Gresham, TE3 Alex Smith, TE4 Orson Charles, TE4 Tyler Eifert
2. Philadelphia at (allows 6.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Brent Celek, TE2 Zach Ertz, TE3 James Casey
3. Chicago vs. Cincinnati (allows 6.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Martellus Bennett, TE2 Steve Maneri, TE3 Evan Rodriguez
4. San Francisco vs. Green Bay (allows 6.3 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Vernon Davis, TE2 Vance McDonald
5. Arizona at St. Louis (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Robert Housler (IR), TE2 Jeff King, TE3 Jim Dray, TE4 D.C. Jefferson, TE4 Kory Sperry
6. Denver vs. Baltimore (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jacob Tamme, TE2 Joel Dreessen, TE3 Virgil Green
7. Atlanta at New Orleans (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Tony Gonzalez, TE2 Chase Coffman, TE3 Levine Toilolo
8. Minnesota at Detroit (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Kyle Rudolph, TE2 John Carlson, TE3 Rhett Ellison
9. Cleveland vs. Miami (allows 6.5 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jordan Cameron, TE2 Kellen Davis
10. Oakland at Indianapolis (allows 6.7 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Richard Gordon, TE2 David Ausberry