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Football > 2012 > Weekly Matchup Analyzer > Week 6

Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 6

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.

Week:

Easiest Matchups

  1. Kansas City vs. Oakland (allows 27.4 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Dwayne Bowe (IR), WR2 Jon Baldwin, WR3 Dexter McCluster, WR4 Donnie Avery, WR5 Jamar Newsome
  2. Minnesota vs. Carolina (allows 27.1 points per game to WRs)
    QB2 Joe Webb, WR1 Greg Jennings, WR2 Jerome Simpson, WR3 Cordarrelle Patterson, WR4 Jarius Wright
  3. New York Jets vs. Pittsburgh (allows 25.5 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Santonio Holmes (IR), WR2 Stephen Hill (IR), WR3 Jeremy Kerley, WR4 Clyde Gates
  4. Cincinnati at Buffalo (allows 25.5 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 A.J. Green, WR2 Andrew Hawkins, WR2 Mohamed Sanu (IR), WR4 Marvin Jones, WR5 Brandon Tate
  5. San Francisco vs. Arizona (allows 25.4 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Michael Crabtree, WR2 Anquan Boldin, WR3 Mario Manningham (IR), WR4 A.J. Jenkins, WR5 Quinton Patton
  6. Detroit at Cleveland (allows 24.9 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Calvin Johnson (Pro), WR2 Nate Burleson (IR), WR3 Mike Thomas, WR3 Kris Durham, WR4 Ryan Broyles (IR)
  7. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay (allows 24.3 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Jeremy Maclin, WR2 DeSean Jackson (IR), WR3 Jason Avant, WR4 Arrelious Benn (IR), WR5 Riley Cooper
  8. Washington at Dallas (allows 23.9 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Pierre Garcon, WR2 Santana Moss, WR3 Josh Morgan (Pro), WR4 Leonard Hankerson, WR5 Aldrick Robinson
  9. Seattle vs. Tennessee (allows 23.7 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Percy Harvin (IR), WR2 Sidney Rice, WR3 Golden Tate, WR4 Doug Baldwin
  10. Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia (allows 23.5 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Vincent Jackson, WR2 Mike Williams, WR3 Kevin Ogletree, WR4 Tiquan Underwood, WR5 Steve Smith

Toughest Matchups

  1. Chicago vs. New York Giants (allows 0.0 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Brandon Marshall (Pro), WR2 Alshon Jeffery, WR3 Devin Hester, WR4 Earl Bennett
  2. Jacksonville at Denver (allows 0.0 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Justin Blackmon, WR2 Cecil Shorts (IR), WR3 Mohamed Massaquoi (IR), WR4 Mike Brown, WR4 Jordan Shipley
  3. Carolina at Minnesota (allows 0.0 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Steve Smith, WR2 Brandon LaFell, WR3 Domenik Hixon, WR4 Ted Ginn, WR5 Armanti Edwards
  4. New Orleans at New England (allows 0.0 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Marques Colston, WR2 Lance Moore, WR3 Courtney Roby, WR4 Joseph Morgan, WR5 Chris Givens (IR)
  5. New England vs. New Orleans (allows 17.1 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Danny Amendola, WR2 Michael Jenkins, WR3 Donald Jones (IR), WR4 Aaron Dobson, WR5 Julian Edelman (IR)
  6. San Diego vs. Indianapolis (allows 17.9 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Danario Alexander, WR2 Malcom Floyd (IR), WR2 Vincent Brown (IR), WR4 Eddie Royal, WR5 Keenan Allen
  7. Cleveland vs. Detroit (allows 18.3 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Josh Gordon, WR2 Davone Bess, WR3 Greg Little, WR4 Travis Benjamin, WR5 Josh Cooper
  8. Indianapolis at San Diego (allows 18.4 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Reggie Wayne, WR2 Darrius Heyward-Bey, WR3 T.Y. Hilton, WR4 LaVon Brazill
  9. New York Giants at Chicago (allows 18.6 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Victor Cruz, WR2 Hakeem Nicks (Que), WR4 Rueben Randle, WR4 Louis Murphy, WR5 Jerrel Jernigan
  10. Oakland at Kansas City (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Denarius Moore, WR2 Jacoby Ford (IR), WR3 Rod Streater, WR4 Juron Criner
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