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.

• QB
• RB
• WR
• TE
• K
• DEF

Easiest Matchups

1. New York Giants at San Diego (allows 28.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Victor Cruz, WR2 Hakeem Nicks (Que), WR4 Rueben Randle, WR4 Louis Murphy, WR5 Jerrel Jernigan
2. Philadelphia vs. Detroit (allows 27.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Jeremy Maclin, WR2 DeSean Jackson (IR), WR3 Jason Avant, WR4 Arrelious Benn (IR), WR5 Riley Cooper
3. Baltimore vs. Minnesota (allows 27.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Torrey Smith (Pro), WR2 Jacoby Jones, WR3 Tandon Doss, WR4 David Reed, WR5 Deonte Thompson (Out)
4. Tennessee at Denver (allows 25.5 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Kenny Britt, WR2 Nate Washington, WR3 Kendall Wright, WR4 Justin Hunter, WR5 Kevin Walter
5. Kansas City at (allows 25.5 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Dwayne Bowe (IR), WR2 Jon Baldwin, WR3 Dexter McCluster, WR4 Donnie Avery, WR5 Jamar Newsome
6. New Orleans vs. Carolina (allows 25.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Marques Colston, WR2 Lance Moore, WR3 Courtney Roby, WR4 Joseph Morgan, WR5 Chris Givens (IR)
7. Tampa Bay vs. Buffalo (allows 24.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Vincent Jackson, WR2 Mike Williams, WR3 Kevin Ogletree, WR4 Tiquan Underwood, WR5 Steve Smith
8. Green Bay vs. Atlanta (allows 24.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Jordy Nelson, WR2 Randall Cobb, WR3 James Jones, WR4 Jarrett Boykin, WR5 Kevin Dorsey
9. Chicago vs. Dallas (allows 23.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Brandon Marshall (Pro), WR2 Alshon Jeffery, WR3 Devin Hester, WR4 Earl Bennett
10. Houston at (allows 23.7 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Andre Johnson, WR2 DeAndre Hopkins, WR3 Lestar Jean, WR4 Keshawn Martin, WR5 DeVier Posey (Que)

Toughest Matchups

1. Arizona vs. St. Louis (allows 17.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Larry Fitzgerald, WR2 Andre Roberts, WR3 Michael Floyd, WR4 Ryan Swope, WR5 Laron Byrd (Que)
2. Oakland at New York Jets (allows 17.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Denarius Moore, WR2 Jacoby Ford (IR), WR3 Rod Streater, WR4 Juron Criner
3. Dallas at Chicago (allows 18.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Dez Bryant (Pro), WR2 Miles Austin (Pro), WR3 Dwayne Harris, WR4 Terrance Williams, WR5 Anthony Armstrong
4. Jacksonville vs. Houston (allows 18.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Justin Blackmon, WR2 Cecil Shorts (IR), WR3 Mohamed Massaquoi (IR), WR4 Mike Brown, WR4 Jordan Shipley
5. Miami at Pittsburgh (allows 18.6 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Mike Wallace (IR), WR2 Brian Hartline, WR3 Brandon Gibson, WR4 Armon Binns
6. Carolina at New Orleans (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Steve Smith, WR2 Brandon LaFell, WR3 Domenik Hixon, WR4 Ted Ginn, WR5 Armanti Edwards
7. Buffalo at Tampa Bay (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Stevie Johnson, WR2 T.J. Graham, WR3 Robert Woods, WR4 Brad Smith, WR5 Marquise Goodwin
8. Atlanta at Green Bay (allows 18.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Julio Jones, WR2 Roddy White, WR3 Harry Douglas, WR4 Drew Davis
9. San Diego vs. New York Giants (allows 19.0 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Danario Alexander, WR2 Malcom Floyd (IR), WR2 Vincent Brown (IR), WR4 Eddie Royal, WR5 Keenan Allen
10. Seattle at San Francisco (allows 20.5 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Percy Harvin (IR), WR2 Sidney Rice, WR3 Golden Tate, WR4 Doug Baldwin