Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 17

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 vs. Philadelphia (allows 10.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jason Witten, TE2 Gavin Escobar
2. Kansas City at San Diego (allows 10.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Tony Moeaki, TE2 Anthony Fasano, TE3 Travis Kelce
3. Jacksonville at Indianapolis (allows 9.8 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Marcedes Lewis, TE2 Brett Brackett (IR)
4. Indianapolis vs. (allows 9.1 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Coby Fleener, TE2 Dwayne Allen
5. Miami vs. New York Jets (allows 9.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Dustin Keller, TE2 Charles Clay (IR), TE3 Michael Egnew
6. Atlanta vs. Carolina (allows 8.9 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Tony Gonzalez, TE2 Chase Coffman, TE3 Levine Toilolo
7. San Diego vs. Kansas City (allows 8.6 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Antonio Gates, TE2 Ladarius Green, TE2 John Phillips (Pro)
8. New Orleans vs. Tampa Bay (allows 8.3 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jimmy Graham (Pro), TE2 Ben Watson
9. Carolina at Atlanta (allows 8.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Greg Olsen, TE2 Ben Hartsock
10. Tampa Bay at New Orleans (allows 8.0 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Luke Stocker, TE2 Tom Crabtree

Toughest Matchups

1. Cincinnati vs. Baltimore (allows 5.9 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jermaine Gresham, TE3 Alex Smith, TE4 Orson Charles, TE4 Tyler Eifert
2. Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland (allows 6.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Heath Miller (IR), TE2 Matt Spaeth
3. Houston at Tennessee (allows 6.2 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Owen Daniels, TE2 Garrett Graham
4. Minnesota vs. Detroit (allows 6.3 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Kyle Rudolph, TE2 John Carlson, TE3 Rhett Ellison
5. Cleveland at Pittsburgh (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jordan Cameron, TE2 Kellen Davis
6. St. Louis at Seattle (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jared Cook (IR), TE2 Lance Kendricks
7. Denver at Oakland (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jacob Tamme, TE2 Joel Dreessen, TE3 Virgil Green
8. Tennessee vs. Houston (allows 6.4 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Craig Stevens, TE2 Delanie Walker
9. New York Giants vs. (allows 6.5 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Brandon Myers, TE2 Bear Pascoe
10. Oakland vs. Denver (allows 6.7 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Richard Gordon, TE2 David Ausberry