Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 15

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. Tampa Bay vs. San Francisco (allows 28.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Vincent Jackson, WR2 Mike Williams, WR3 Kevin Ogletree, WR4 Tiquan Underwood, WR5 Steve Smith
2. New Orleans at St. Louis (allows 27.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Marques Colston, WR2 Lance Moore, WR3 Joseph Morgan, WR4 Nick Toon (IR), WR5 Kenny Stills
3. Cleveland vs. Chicago (allows 27.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Josh Gordon, WR2 Davone Bess, WR3 Greg Little, WR4 Travis Benjamin, WR5 Josh Cooper
4. Washington at Atlanta (allows 25.5 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Pierre Garcon, WR2 Leonard Hankerson, WR3 Santana Moss, WR4 Josh Morgan (Pro), WR5 Aldrick Robinson
5. Houston at Indianapolis (allows 25.5 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Andre Johnson, WR2 DeAndre Hopkins, WR3 Lestar Jean, WR4 Keshawn Martin, WR5 DeVier Posey (Que)
6. Atlanta vs. (allows 25.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Julio Jones, WR2 Roddy White, WR3 Harry Douglas, WR4 Drew Davis
7. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (allows 24.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 A.J. Green, WR2 Mohamed Sanu (IR), WR3 Andrew Hawkins, WR4 Marvin Jones, WR5 Brandon Tate
8. Arizona at Tennessee (allows 24.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Larry Fitzgerald, WR2 Michael Floyd, WR3 Andre Roberts, WR4 Ryan Swope
9. St. Louis vs. New Orleans (allows 23.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Tavon Austin, WR2 Brian Quick, WR3 Chris Givens, WR5 Stedman Bailey, WR5 Austin Pettis
10. San Francisco at Tampa Bay (allows 23.7 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Michael Crabtree, WR2 Anquan Boldin, WR3 A.J. Jenkins, WR4 Quinton Patton, WR5 Mario Manningham (IR)

Toughest Matchups

1. Buffalo at (allows 17.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Stevie Johnson, WR2 Robert Woods, WR3 T.J. Graham, WR4 Da'Rick Rogers, WR4 Brad Smith
2. Baltimore at Detroit (allows 17.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Torrey Smith (Pro), WR2 Jacoby Jones, WR3 Tandon Doss, WR4 Aaron Mellette, WR5 David Reed
3. Philadelphia at Minnesota (allows 18.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Jeremy Maclin, WR2 DeSean Jackson (IR), WR3 Jason Avant, WR4 Arrelious Benn (IR), WR5 Riley Cooper
4. Tennessee vs. Arizona (allows 18.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Kenny Britt, WR3 Nate Washington, WR3 Kendall Wright, WR4 Justin Hunter, WR5 Kevin Walter
5. New England at Miami (allows 18.6 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Danny Amendola, WR2 Aaron Dobson, WR3 Josh Boyce, WR4 Donald Jones (IR), WR5 Julian Edelman (IR)
6. New York Giants vs. Seattle (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Victor Cruz, WR1 Hakeem Nicks (Que), WR3 Rueben Randle, WR4 Louis Murphy, WR5 Jerrel Jernigan
7. Minnesota vs. Philadelphia (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Greg Jennings, WR2 Jerome Simpson, WR3 Cordarrelle Patterson, WR4 Jarius Wright
8. San Diego at Denver (allows 18.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Danario Alexander, WR2 Vincent Brown (IR), WR3 Malcom Floyd (IR), WR4 Keenan Allen, WR4 Robert Meachem
9. Dallas vs. Green Bay (allows 19.0 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Dez Bryant (Pro), WR2 Miles Austin (Pro), WR3 Dwayne Harris, WR4 Terrance Williams, WR5 Anthony Armstrong
10. Green Bay at Dallas (allows 20.5 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Randall Cobb, WR2 Jordy Nelson, WR3 James Jones, WR4 Jarrett Boykin, WR5 Kevin Dorsey