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.

• QB
• RB
• WR
• TE
• K
• DEF

Easiest Matchups

1. Philadelphia vs. Chicago (allows 10.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Brent Celek, TE2 Zach Ertz, TE3 James Casey
2. Cleveland at New York Jets (allows 10.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jordan Cameron, TE2 Kellen Davis
3. Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh (allows 9.8 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jermichael Finley
4. Minnesota at Cincinnati (allows 9.1 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Kyle Rudolph, TE2 John Carlson, TE3 Rhett Ellison
5. Jacksonville vs. Tennessee (allows 9.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Marcedes Lewis, TE2 Brett Brackett (IR)
6. St. Louis vs. Tampa Bay (allows 8.9 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jared Cook (IR), TE2 Lance Kendricks
7. Carolina vs. New Orleans (allows 8.6 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Greg Olsen, TE2 Ben Hartsock
8. Oakland at San Diego (allows 8.3 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Richard Gordon, TE2 David Ausberry
9. Dallas at (allows 8.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jason Witten, TE2 Gavin Escobar
10. Detroit vs. New York Giants (allows 8.0 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Brandon Pettigrew, TE2 Tony Scheffler

Toughest Matchups

1. New York Giants at Detroit (allows 5.9 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Brandon Myers, TE2 Bear Pascoe
2. Denver at Houston (allows 6.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jacob Tamme, TE2 Joel Dreessen, TE3 Virgil Green
3. Kansas City vs. Indianapolis (allows 6.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Tony Moeaki, TE2 Anthony Fasano, TE3 Travis Kelce
4. Tennessee at (allows 6.3 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Craig Stevens, TE2 Delanie Walker
5. New England at Baltimore (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Rob Gronkowski (IR), TE2 Aaron Hernandez, TE3 Jake Ballard (Out), TE4 Daniel Fells
6. Cincinnati vs. Minnesota (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jermaine Gresham, TE3 Alex Smith, TE4 Orson Charles, TE4 Tyler Eifert
7. Indianapolis at Kansas City (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Coby Fleener, TE2 Dwayne Allen
8. San Francisco vs. Atlanta (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Vernon Davis, TE2 Vance McDonald
9. Washington vs. Dallas (allows 6.5 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Fred Davis (IR), TE2 Logan Paulsen, TE3 Jordan Reed, TE4 Niles Paul
10. New York Jets vs. Cleveland (allows 6.7 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Jeff Cumberland