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.

• QB
• RB
• WR
• TE
• K
• DEF

Easiest Matchups

1. Carolina vs. Atlanta (allows 10.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Greg Olsen, TE2 Ben Hartsock
2. Cincinnati at Miami (allows 10.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jermaine Gresham, TE3 Alex Smith, TE4 Orson Charles, TE4 Tyler Eifert
3. Chicago at Green Bay (allows 9.8 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Martellus Bennett, TE2 Steve Maneri, TE3 Evan Rodriguez
4. Buffalo vs. Kansas City (allows 9.1 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Scott Chandler (IR), TE2 Lee Smith
5. Oakland vs. Philadelphia (allows 8.9 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Richard Gordon, TE2 David Ausberry
6. Tampa Bay at Seattle (allows 8.6 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Luke Stocker, TE2 Tom Crabtree
7. Washington vs. San Diego (allows 8.3 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Fred Davis (IR), TE2 Logan Paulsen, TE3 Jordan Reed, TE4 Niles Paul
8. Philadelphia at Oakland (allows 8.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Brent Celek, TE2 Zach Ertz, TE3 James Casey
9. Dallas vs. Minnesota (allows 8.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jason Witten, TE2 Gavin Escobar
10. Seattle vs. Tampa Bay (allows 7.6 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Zach Miller, TE2 Anthony McCoy

Toughest Matchups

1. New England vs. Pittsburgh (allows 0.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Rob Gronkowski (IR), TE2 Aaron Hernandez, TE3 Jake Ballard (Out), TE4 Daniel Fells
2. New York Jets vs. New Orleans (allows 0.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jeff Cumberland
3. St. Louis vs. Tennessee (allows 0.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jared Cook (IR), TE2 Lance Kendricks
4. Cleveland vs. Baltimore (allows 5.9 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jordan Cameron, TE2 Kellen Davis
5. Baltimore at Cleveland (allows 6.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Dennis Pitta, TE2 Ed Dickson
6. Miami vs. Cincinnati (allows 6.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Dustin Keller, TE2 Charles Clay (IR), TE3 Michael Egnew
7. Minnesota at Dallas (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Kyle Rudolph, TE2 John Carlson, TE3 Rhett Ellison
8. San Diego at (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Antonio Gates, TE2 Ladarius Green, TE2 John Phillips (Pro)
9. New Orleans at New York Jets (allows 6.5 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jimmy Graham (Pro), TE2 Ben Watson
10. Kansas City at Buffalo (allows 6.7 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Tony Moeaki, TE2 Anthony Fasano, TE3 Travis Kelce