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.

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• RB
• WR
• TE
• K
• DEF

Easiest Matchups

1. New York Giants at San Diego (allows 24.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 David Wilson, RB2 Andre Brown (IR), RB3 Da'Rel Scott (IR), RB4 Henry Hynoski, RB5 Ryan Torain
2. New York Jets vs. Oakland (allows 23.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Christopher Ivory, RB2 Bilal Powell, RB3 Joe McKnight, RB4 Mike Goodson, RB5 Lex Hilliard
3. St. Louis at Arizona (allows 23.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 Isaiah Pead, RB2 Daryl Richardson, RB3 Zac Stacy
4. Indianapolis at Cincinnati (allows 22.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Vick Ballard, RB2 Donald Brown (IR), RB3 Delone Carter, RB4 Kerwynn Williams
5. Cincinnati vs. Indianapolis (allows 20.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 BenJarvus Green-Ellis, RB2 Giovani Bernard, RB3 Rex Burkhead, RB5 Cedric Peerman
6. Tennessee at Denver (allows 20.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Chris Johnson, RB2 Shonn Greene, RB4 Darius Reynaud
7. Jacksonville vs. Houston (allows 20.4 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Maurice Jones-Drew (IR), RB3 Denard Robinson, RB3 Justin Forsett
8. Cleveland at New England (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Trent Richardson (Pro), RB2 Montario Hardesty, RB3 Dion Lewis, RB4 Chris Ogbonnaya
9. Kansas City at (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jamaal Charles, RB2 Knile Davis, RB4 Shaun Draughn, RB4 Cyrus Gray
10. Denver vs. Tennessee (allows 19.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Montee Ball, RB2 Knowshon Moreno (Pro), RB3 Ronnie Hillman, RB4 Willis McGahee (IR)

Toughest Matchups

1. Miami at Pittsburgh (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Lamar Miller, RB2 Mike Gillislee, RB2 Daniel Thomas (IR)
2. San Diego vs. New York Giants (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ryan Mathews (IR), RB2 Danny Woodhead, RB3 Ronnie Brown, RB4 Le'Ron McClain
3. Oakland at New York Jets (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Darren McFadden, RB2 Marcel Reece, RB3 Latavius Murray, RB4 Taiwan Jones, RB5 Jeremy Stewart
4. New England vs. Cleveland (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Stevan Ridley (Pro), RB2 Shane Vereen, RB3 LeGarrette Blount, RB4 Leon Washington, RB5 Brandon Bolden
5. Minnesota at Baltimore (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Adrian Peterson, RB2 Toby Gerhart
6. Arizona vs. St. Louis (allows 15.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Rashard Mendenhall, RB2 Ryan Williams (IR), RB3 Andre Ellington, RB3 Stepfan Taylor
7. Chicago vs. Dallas (allows 16.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Matt Forte, RB2 Michael Bush (IR), RB3 Armando Allen
8. Baltimore vs. Minnesota (allows 16.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ray Rice, RB2 Bernard Pierce, RB3 Vonta Leach, RB4 Anthony Allen
9. Houston at (allows 16.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Arian Foster (Pro), RB2 Ben Tate, RB3 Greg Jones, RB3 Javarris Williams, RB4 Tyler Clutts
10. Philadelphia vs. Detroit (allows 16.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 LeSean McCoy, RB2 Bryce Brown, RB3 Felix Jones, RB4 Chris Polk