Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 12

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. Dallas at New York Giants (allows 10.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jason Witten, TE2 Gavin Escobar
2. Kansas City vs. San Diego (allows 10.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Tony Moeaki, TE2 Anthony Fasano, TE3 Travis Kelce
3. Jacksonville at Houston (allows 9.8 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Marcedes Lewis, TE2 Brett Brackett (IR)
4. Detroit vs. Tampa Bay (allows 9.1 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Brandon Pettigrew, TE2 Tony Scheffler
5. New York Jets at Baltimore (allows 9.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jeff Cumberland
6. Atlanta vs. New Orleans (allows 8.9 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Tony Gonzalez, TE2 Chase Coffman, TE3 Levine Toilolo
7. San Francisco at (allows 8.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Vernon Davis, TE2 Vance McDonald
8. Tampa Bay at Detroit (allows 8.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Luke Stocker, TE2 Tom Crabtree
9. Houston vs. (allows 7.7 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Owen Daniels, TE2 Garrett Graham
10. Chicago at St. Louis (allows 7.6 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Martellus Bennett, TE2 Steve Maneri, TE3 Evan Rodriguez

Toughest Matchups

1. San Diego at Kansas City (allows 5.9 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Antonio Gates, TE2 Ladarius Green, TE2 John Phillips (Pro)
2. Pittsburgh at Cleveland (allows 6.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Heath Miller (IR), TE2 Matt Spaeth
3. New York Giants vs. Dallas (allows 6.3 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Brandon Myers, TE2 Bear Pascoe
4. Tennessee at Oakland (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Craig Stevens, TE2 Delanie Walker
5. Denver at New England (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jacob Tamme, TE2 Joel Dreessen, TE3 Virgil Green
6. Miami vs. Carolina (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Dustin Keller, TE2 Charles Clay (IR), TE3 Michael Egnew
7. Cleveland vs. Pittsburgh (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jordan Cameron, TE2 Kellen Davis
8. Carolina at Miami (allows 6.5 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Greg Olsen, TE2 Ben Hartsock
9. Baltimore vs. New York Jets (allows 6.7 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Dennis Pitta, TE2 Ed Dickson
10. Indianapolis at Arizona (allows 6.8 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Coby Fleener, TE2 Dwayne Allen