Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 13

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. Atlanta at Buffalo (allows 24.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Steven Jackson, RB2 Jacquizz Rodgers, RB3 Jason Snelling, RB4 Ronnie Wingo, RB5 Antone Smith
2. Buffalo vs. Atlanta (allows 23.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 C.J. Spiller, RB2 Fred Jackson (IR), RB3 Tashard Choice
3. Jacksonville at Cleveland (allows 23.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Maurice Jones-Drew (IR), RB3 Justin Forsett, WR6 Denard Robinson
4. Houston vs. New England (allows 22.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Arian Foster (Pro), RB2 Ben Tate, RB3 Greg Jones, RB3 Javarris Williams, RB4 Tyler Clutts
5. Philadelphia vs. Arizona (allows 20.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 LeSean McCoy, RB2 Bryce Brown
6. Detroit vs. Green Bay (allows 20.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Reggie Bush, RB1 Mikel Leshoure, RB3 Joique Bell
7. Arizona at Philadelphia (allows 20.4 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 Rashard Mendenhall, RB2 Ryan Williams (IR), RB3 Stepfan Taylor, RB4 Andre Ellington, RB5 William Powell
8. Carolina vs. Tampa Bay (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jonathan Stewart (Pro), RB2 DeAngelo Williams, RB3 Mike Tolbert, RB4 Kenjon Barner
9. Oakland at Dallas (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Darren McFadden, RB3 Marcel Reece, RB4 Jeremy Stewart, RB5 Taiwan Jones
10. New Orleans at Seattle (allows 19.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Darren Sproles, RB2 Mark Ingram, RB2 Pierre Thomas (IR), RB4 Jed Collins

Toughest Matchups

1. Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ray Rice, RB2 Bernard Pierce, RB3 Vonta Leach, RB4 Anthony Allen
2. St. Louis at San Francisco (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Daryl Richardson, RB2 Isaiah Pead, RB3 Zac Stacy
3. Tampa Bay at Carolina (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Doug Martin, RB3 Mike James, RB3 Brian Leonard, RB4 Michael Smith
4. Seattle vs. New Orleans (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Marshawn Lynch, RB2 Robert Turbin, RB3 Christine Michael, RB4 Michael Robinson
5. Tennessee at Indianapolis (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Chris Johnson, RB2 Shonn Greene, RB4 Darius Reynaud
6. Chicago at Minnesota (allows 15.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Matt Forte, RB2 Michael Bush (IR), RB3 Armando Allen
7. Green Bay at Detroit (allows 16.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Eddie Lacy, RB2 Johnathan Franklin, RB4 James Starks, RB5 DuJuan Harris, RB5 Alex Green (Pro)
8. New York Giants at (allows 16.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 David Wilson, RB2 Andre Brown (IR), RB3 Da'Rel Scott (IR), RB4 Henry Hynoski, RB5 Ryan Torain
9. Miami at New York Jets (allows 16.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 Mike Gillislee, RB2 Lamar Miller, RB3 Daniel Thomas (IR)
10. Denver at Kansas City (allows 16.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Willis McGahee (IR), RB2 Knowshon Moreno (Pro), RB3 Montee Ball, RB4 Ronnie Hillman, RB5 Jacob Hester