Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 3

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. Kansas City at Philadelphia (allows 21.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB2 Alex Smith, QB2 Chase Daniel
2. Dallas vs. St. Louis (allows 20.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Tony Romo (Pro), QB2 Kyle Orton
3. Baltimore vs. Houston (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Joe Flacco, QB2 Tyrod Taylor
4. San Francisco vs. Indianapolis (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Colin Kaepernick, QB2 Colt McCoy
5. Arizona at New Orleans (allows 19.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Carson Palmer (Pro), QB2 Drew Stanton, QB4 Ryan Lindley
6. Cleveland at Minnesota (allows 19.2 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Brandon Weeden, QB2 Jason Campbell
7. Cincinnati vs. Green Bay (allows 19.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Andy Dalton, QB2 Josh Johnson
8. Detroit at (allows 19.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Matthew Stafford, QB2 Shaun Hill
9. Carolina vs. New York Giants (allows 18.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Cam Newton (Pro), QB2 Derek Anderson
10. Pittsburgh vs. Chicago (allows 18.6 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Ben Roethlisberger, QB2 Bruce Gradkowski

Toughest Matchups

1. Oakland at Denver (allows 12.5 points per game to QBs)
   QB2 Matt Flynn
2. Green Bay at Cincinnati (allows 13.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Aaron Rodgers (Pro), QB2 Graham Harrell
3. Philadelphia vs. Kansas City (allows 13.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Michael Vick, QB2 Matt Barkley, QB4 Dennis Dixon
4. St. Louis at Dallas (allows 13.5 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Sam Bradford, QB2 Kellen Clemens
5. New England vs. Tampa Bay (allows 14.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Tom Brady (Pro), QB2 Ryan Mallett
6. Minnesota vs. Cleveland (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Christian Ponder (Que), QB2 Matt Cassel
7. Washington vs. Detroit (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Robert Griffin III (Out), QB2 Kirk Cousins
8. Miami vs. Atlanta (allows 14.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Ryan Tannehill, QB2 Matt Moore
9. Houston at Baltimore (allows 15.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Matt Schaub, QB2 T.J. Yates
10. San Diego at Tennessee (allows 15.1 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Philip Rivers, QB2 Charlie Whitehurst