Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 2

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. Carolina at Buffalo (allows 21.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Cam Newton (Pro), QB2 Derek Anderson
2. New York Giants vs. Denver (allows 20.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Eli Manning, QB2 David Carr
3. Arizona vs. Detroit (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Carson Palmer (Pro), QB2 Drew Stanton, QB4 Ryan Lindley
4. Indianapolis vs. Miami (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Andrew Luck, QB2 Matt Hasselbeck
5. Baltimore vs. Cleveland (allows 19.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Joe Flacco, QB2 Tyrod Taylor
6. Kansas City vs. Dallas (allows 19.2 points per game to QBs)
   QB2 Alex Smith, QB2 Chase Daniel
7. St. Louis at Atlanta (allows 19.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Sam Bradford, QB2 Kellen Clemens
8. San Diego at Philadelphia (allows 19.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Philip Rivers, QB2 Charlie Whitehurst
9. Tampa Bay vs. New Orleans (allows 18.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Josh Freeman, QB2 Mike Glennon
10. Miami at Indianapolis (allows 18.6 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Ryan Tannehill, QB2 Matt Moore

Toughest Matchups

1. New York Jets at New England (allows 12.5 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Geno Smith, QB2 Mark Sanchez
2. Dallas at Kansas City (allows 13.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Tony Romo (Pro), QB2 Kyle Orton
3. New England vs. New York Jets (allows 13.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Tom Brady (Pro), QB2 Ryan Mallett
4. Green Bay vs. (allows 13.5 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Aaron Rodgers (Pro), QB2 Graham Harrell
5. Philadelphia vs. San Diego (allows 14.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Michael Vick, QB2 Matt Barkley, QB4 Dennis Dixon
6. Cleveland at Baltimore (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Brandon Weeden, QB2 Jason Campbell
7. Detroit at Arizona (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Matthew Stafford, QB2 Shaun Hill
8. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (allows 14.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Ben Roethlisberger, QB2 Bruce Gradkowski
9. Atlanta vs. St. Louis (allows 15.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Matt Ryan (Pro), QB2 Domanique Davis
10. Denver at New York Giants (allows 15.1 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Peyton Manning, QB2 Brock Osweiler