Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 12

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. San Francisco at (allows 28.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Michael Crabtree, WR2 Anquan Boldin, WR3 A.J. Jenkins, WR4 Quinton Patton, WR5 Mario Manningham (IR)
2. Atlanta vs. New Orleans (allows 27.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Julio Jones, WR2 Roddy White, WR3 Harry Douglas, WR4 Drew Davis
3. Dallas at New York Giants (allows 27.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Dez Bryant (Pro), WR2 Miles Austin (Pro), WR3 Dwayne Harris, WR4 Terrance Williams, WR5 Anthony Armstrong
4. Pittsburgh at Cleveland (allows 25.5 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Antonio Brown, WR2 Emmanuel Sanders, WR3 Jerricho Cotchery, WR4 Markus Wheaton, WR5 Plaxico Burress
5. Green Bay vs. Minnesota (allows 25.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Randall Cobb, WR2 Jordy Nelson, WR3 James Jones, WR4 Jarrett Boykin, WR5 Kevin Dorsey
6. Carolina at Miami (allows 24.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Steve Smith, WR2 Brandon LaFell, WR3 Domenik Hixon, WR4 Ted Ginn, WR5 Armanti Edwards
7. Houston vs. (allows 24.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Andre Johnson, WR2 DeAndre Hopkins, WR3 Lestar Jean, WR4 Keshawn Martin, WR5 DeVier Posey (Que)
8. Chicago at St. Louis (allows 23.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Brandon Marshall (Pro), WR2 Alshon Jeffery, WR3 Devin Hester, WR4 Earl Bennett
9. New York Jets at Baltimore (allows 23.7 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Santonio Holmes (IR), WR2 Stephen Hill (IR), WR3 Jeremy Kerley, WR4 Clyde Gates
10. Denver at New England (allows 23.5 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Demaryius Thomas, WR2 Wes Welker, WR2 Eric Decker, WR4 Andre Caldwell, WR5 Tavarres King

Toughest Matchups

1. Miami vs. Carolina (allows 17.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Mike Wallace (IR), WR2 Brian Hartline, WR3 Brandon Gibson, WR4 Armon Binns
2. Kansas City vs. San Diego (allows 17.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Dwayne Bowe (IR), WR2 Jon Baldwin, WR3 Dexter McCluster, WR4 Donnie Avery, WR5 Jamar Newsome
3. Oakland vs. Tennessee (allows 18.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Denarius Moore, WR2 Jacoby Ford (IR), WR3 Rod Streater, WR4 Josh Cribbs, WR5 Juron Criner
4. New England vs. Denver (allows 18.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Danny Amendola, WR2 Aaron Dobson, WR3 Josh Boyce, WR4 Donald Jones (IR), WR5 Julian Edelman (IR)
5. New Orleans at Atlanta (allows 18.6 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Marques Colston, WR2 Lance Moore, WR3 Joseph Morgan, WR4 Nick Toon (IR), WR5 Kenny Stills
6. Arizona vs. Indianapolis (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Larry Fitzgerald, WR2 Michael Floyd, WR3 Andre Roberts, WR4 Ryan Swope
7. Tampa Bay at Detroit (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Vincent Jackson, WR2 Mike Williams, WR3 Kevin Ogletree, WR4 Tiquan Underwood, WR5 Steve Smith
8. Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh (allows 19.0 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Josh Gordon, WR2 Davone Bess, WR3 Greg Little, WR4 Travis Benjamin, WR5 Josh Cooper
9. Minnesota at Green Bay (allows 20.5 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Greg Jennings, WR2 Jerome Simpson, WR3 Cordarrelle Patterson, WR4 Jarius Wright
10. St. Louis vs. Chicago (allows 20.5 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Tavon Austin, WR2 Brian Quick, WR3 Chris Givens, WR5 Stedman Bailey, WR5 Austin Pettis