Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 15

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. Tampa Bay vs. San Francisco (allows 24.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Doug Martin, RB3 Mike James, RB3 Brian Leonard, RB4 Michael Smith
2. Miami vs. New England (allows 23.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Lamar Miller, RB2 Mike Gillislee, RB2 Daniel Thomas (IR)
3. Seattle at New York Giants (allows 23.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Marshawn Lynch, RB2 Robert Turbin, RB3 Christine Michael, RB4 Michael Robinson
4. New York Jets at Carolina (allows 22.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Christopher Ivory, RB2 Bilal Powell, RB3 Joe McKnight, RB4 Mike Goodson, RB5 Lex Hilliard
5. Pittsburgh vs. Cincinnati (allows 20.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Le'Veon Bell, RB2 Jonathan Dwyer, RB3 LaRod Stephens-Howling, RB4 Isaac Redman
6. Houston at Indianapolis (allows 20.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Arian Foster (Pro), RB2 Ben Tate, RB3 Greg Jones, RB3 Javarris Williams, RB4 Tyler Clutts
7. Tennessee vs. Arizona (allows 20.4 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Chris Johnson, RB2 Shonn Greene, RB4 Darius Reynaud
8. Oakland vs. Kansas City (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Darren McFadden, RB2 Marcel Reece, RB3 Latavius Murray, RB4 Taiwan Jones, RB5 Jeremy Stewart
9. Washington at Atlanta (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Alfred Morris, RB2 Roy Helu (IR), RB3 Evan Royster, RB4 Chris Thompson, RB5 Darrel Young
10. New York Giants vs. Seattle (allows 19.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 David Wilson, RB2 Andre Brown (IR), RB3 Da'Rel Scott (IR), RB4 Henry Hynoski, RB5 Ryan Torain

Toughest Matchups

1. Baltimore at Detroit (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ray Rice, RB2 Bernard Pierce, RB3 Vonta Leach, RB4 Anthony Allen
2. New England at Miami (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Stevan Ridley (Pro), RB2 Shane Vereen, RB3 LeGarrette Blount, RB4 Leon Washington, RB5 Brandon Bolden
3. Dallas vs. Green Bay (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 DeMarco Murray, RB2 Joseph Randle, RB3 Phillip Tanner, RB4 Lance Dunbar
4. Green Bay at Dallas (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Eddie Lacy, RB2 Johnathan Franklin, RB3 DuJuan Harris, RB4 John Kuhn, RB5 Alex Green (Pro)
5. Indianapolis vs. Houston (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Vick Ballard, RB2 Donald Brown (IR), RB3 Delone Carter, RB4 Kerwynn Williams
6. Buffalo at (allows 15.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 C.J. Spiller, RB2 Fred Jackson (IR), RB3 Tashard Choice
7. St. Louis vs. New Orleans (allows 16.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 Isaiah Pead, RB2 Daryl Richardson, RB3 Zac Stacy
8. Cleveland vs. Chicago (allows 16.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Trent Richardson (Pro), RB2 Montario Hardesty, RB3 Dion Lewis, RB4 Chris Ogbonnaya
9. San Francisco at Tampa Bay (allows 16.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Frank Gore, RB2 Kendall Hunter (IR), RB3 LaMichael James
10. New Orleans at St. Louis (allows 16.9 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Darren Sproles, RB3 Mark Ingram, RB3 Pierre Thomas (IR)