Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 5

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. San Diego at Oakland (allows 24.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ryan Mathews (IR), RB2 Danny Woodhead, RB3 Ronnie Brown, RB4 Le'Ron McClain
2. Chicago vs. New Orleans (allows 23.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Matt Forte, RB2 Michael Bush (IR), RB3 Armando Allen
3. San Francisco vs. Houston (allows 23.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Frank Gore, RB2 Kendall Hunter (IR), RB3 LaMichael James, RB4 Marcus Lattimore
4. Green Bay vs. Detroit (allows 20.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Eddie Lacy, RB2 Johnathan Franklin, RB4 James Starks, RB5 DuJuan Harris, RB5 Alex Green (Pro)
5. Houston at San Francisco (allows 20.4 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Arian Foster (Pro), RB2 Ben Tate, RB3 Greg Jones, RB3 Javarris Williams, RB4 Tyler Clutts
6. New York Giants vs. Philadelphia (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 David Wilson, RB2 Andre Brown (IR), RB3 Da'Rel Scott (IR), RB4 Henry Hynoski, RB5 Ryan Torain
7. Baltimore at Miami (allows 20.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ray Rice, RB2 Bernard Pierce, RB3 Vonta Leach, RB4 Anthony Allen
8. Seattle at Indianapolis (allows 19.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Marshawn Lynch, RB2 Robert Turbin, RB3 Christine Michael, RB4 Michael Robinson
9. Arizona vs. Carolina (allows 19.1 points per game to RBs)
   RB2 Rashard Mendenhall, RB2 Ryan Williams (IR), RB3 Stepfan Taylor, RB4 Andre Ellington, RB5 William Powell
10. St. Louis vs. (allows 19.1 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Daryl Richardson, RB2 Isaiah Pead, RB3 Zac Stacy

Toughest Matchups

1. Oakland vs. San Diego (allows 0.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Darren McFadden, RB3 Marcel Reece, RB4 Jeremy Stewart, RB5 Taiwan Jones
2. Dallas vs. Denver (allows 0.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 DeMarco Murray, RB2 Phillip Tanner, RB3 Lance Dunbar, RB4 Lawrence Vickers
3. Detroit at Green Bay (allows 0.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Reggie Bush, RB1 Mikel Leshoure, RB3 Joique Bell
4. Philadelphia at New York Giants (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 LeSean McCoy, RB2 Bryce Brown
5. Buffalo at Cleveland (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 C.J. Spiller, RB2 Fred Jackson (IR), RB3 Tashard Choice
6. New England at Cincinnati (allows 13.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Stevan Ridley (Pro), RB2 Shane Vereen, RB3 LeGarrette Blount, RB4 Leon Washington, RB5 Brandon Bolden
7. Jacksonville at St. Louis (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Maurice Jones-Drew (IR), RB3 Justin Forsett, WR6 Denard Robinson
8. New York Jets at Atlanta (allows 14.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Christopher Ivory, RB2 Mike Goodson, RB3 Bilal Powell, RB4 Joe McKnight, RB5 Lex Hilliard
9. Carolina at Arizona (allows 15.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jonathan Stewart (Pro), RB2 DeAngelo Williams, RB3 Mike Tolbert, RB4 Kenjon Barner
10. Tennessee vs. Kansas City (allows 16.5 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Chris Johnson, RB2 Shonn Greene, RB4 Darius Reynaud