Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 16

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. Dallas at (allows 21.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Tony Romo (Pro), QB2 Kyle Orton
2. St. Louis vs. Tampa Bay (allows 20.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Sam Bradford, QB2 Kellen Clemens
3. Jacksonville vs. Tennessee (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Blaine Gabbert (IR), QB2 Chad Henne
4. Houston vs. Denver (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Matt Schaub, QB2 T.J. Yates
5. Washington vs. Dallas (allows 19.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Robert Griffin III (Out), QB2 Kirk Cousins
6. Miami at Buffalo (allows 19.2 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Ryan Tannehill, QB2 Matt Moore
7. Philadelphia vs. Chicago (allows 19.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Michael Vick, QB2 Matt Barkley, QB4 Dennis Dixon
8. Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh (allows 19.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Aaron Rodgers (Pro), QB2 Graham Harrell
9. Baltimore vs. New England (allows 18.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Joe Flacco, QB2 Tyrod Taylor
10. Carolina vs. New Orleans (allows 18.6 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Cam Newton (Pro), QB2 Derek Anderson

Toughest Matchups

1. Cincinnati vs. Minnesota (allows 12.5 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Andy Dalton, QB2 Josh Johnson
2. San Francisco vs. Atlanta (allows 13.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Colin Kaepernick, QB2 Colt McCoy
3. Chicago at Philadelphia (allows 13.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Jay Cutler, QB2 Josh McCown
4. Arizona at Seattle (allows 13.5 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Carson Palmer (Pro), QB2 Drew Stanton, QB4 Ryan Lindley
5. New York Giants at Detroit (allows 14.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Eli Manning, QB2 David Carr
6. Seattle vs. Arizona (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Russell Wilson, QB2 Brady Quinn
7. Pittsburgh at Green Bay (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Ben Roethlisberger, QB2 Bruce Gradkowski
8. San Diego vs. Oakland (allows 14.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Philip Rivers, QB2 Charlie Whitehurst
9. Cleveland at New York Jets (allows 15.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Brandon Weeden, QB2 Jason Campbell
10. Detroit vs. New York Giants (allows 15.1 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Matthew Stafford, QB2 Shaun Hill