Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 14

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. New York Giants at San Diego (allows 21.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Eli Manning, QB2 David Carr
2. Philadelphia vs. Detroit (allows 20.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Michael Vick, QB2 Matt Barkley, QB4 Dennis Dixon
3. Chicago vs. Dallas (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Jay Cutler, QB2 Josh McCown
4. Houston at (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Matt Schaub, QB2 T.J. Yates
5. Tampa Bay vs. Buffalo (allows 19.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Josh Freeman, QB2 Mike Glennon
6. St. Louis at Arizona (allows 19.2 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Sam Bradford, QB2 Kellen Clemens
7. Baltimore vs. Minnesota (allows 19.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Joe Flacco, QB2 Tyrod Taylor
8. Indianapolis at Cincinnati (allows 19.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Andrew Luck, QB2 Matt Hasselbeck
9. New Orleans vs. Carolina (allows 18.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Drew Brees, QB2 Luke McCown
10. Denver vs. Tennessee (allows 18.6 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Peyton Manning, QB2 Brock Osweiler

Toughest Matchups

1. San Diego vs. New York Giants (allows 12.5 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Philip Rivers, QB2 Charlie Whitehurst
2. Arizona vs. St. Louis (allows 13.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Carson Palmer (Pro), QB2 Drew Stanton, QB4 Ryan Lindley
3. Seattle at San Francisco (allows 13.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Russell Wilson, QB2 Brady Quinn
4. Minnesota at Baltimore (allows 13.5 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Christian Ponder (Que), QB2 Matt Cassel
5. Washington vs. Kansas City (allows 14.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Robert Griffin III (Out), QB2 Kirk Cousins
6. Miami at Pittsburgh (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Ryan Tannehill, QB2 Matt Moore
7. Dallas at Chicago (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Tony Romo (Pro), QB2 Kyle Orton
8. Jacksonville vs. Houston (allows 14.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Blaine Gabbert (IR), QB2 Chad Henne
9. Oakland at New York Jets (allows 15.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB2 Matt Flynn
10. Carolina at New Orleans (allows 15.1 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Cam Newton (Pro), QB2 Derek Anderson