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 28.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Vincent Jackson, WR2 Mike Williams, WR3 Kevin Ogletree, WR4 Tiquan Underwood, WR5 Steve Smith
2. New Orleans at St. Louis (allows 27.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Marques Colston, WR2 Lance Moore, WR3 Courtney Roby, WR4 Joseph Morgan, WR5 Chris Givens (IR)
3. Cleveland vs. Chicago (allows 27.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Josh Gordon, WR2 Davone Bess, WR3 Greg Little, WR4 Travis Benjamin, WR5 Josh Cooper
4. Washington at Atlanta (allows 25.5 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Pierre Garcon, WR2 Santana Moss, WR3 Josh Morgan (Pro), WR4 Leonard Hankerson, WR5 Aldrick Robinson
5. Houston at Indianapolis (allows 25.5 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Andre Johnson, WR2 DeAndre Hopkins, WR3 Lestar Jean, WR4 Keshawn Martin, WR5 DeVier Posey (Que)
6. Atlanta vs. (allows 25.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Julio Jones, WR2 Roddy White, WR3 Harry Douglas, WR4 Drew Davis
7. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (allows 24.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 A.J. Green, WR2 Andrew Hawkins, WR2 Mohamed Sanu (IR), WR4 Marvin Jones, WR5 Brandon Tate
8. Arizona at Tennessee (allows 24.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Larry Fitzgerald, WR2 Andre Roberts, WR3 Michael Floyd, WR4 Ryan Swope, WR5 Laron Byrd (Que)
9. St. Louis vs. New Orleans (allows 23.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Tavon Austin, WR2 Brian Quick, WR3 Chris Givens, WR4 Austin Pettis, WR5 Stedman Bailey
10. San Francisco at Tampa Bay (allows 23.7 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Michael Crabtree, WR2 Anquan Boldin, WR3 Mario Manningham (IR), WR4 A.J. Jenkins, WR5 Quinton Patton

Toughest Matchups

1. Buffalo at (allows 17.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Stevie Johnson, WR2 T.J. Graham, WR3 Robert Woods, WR4 Brad Smith, WR5 Marquise Goodwin
2. Baltimore at Detroit (allows 17.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Torrey Smith (Pro), WR2 Jacoby Jones, WR3 Tandon Doss, WR4 David Reed, WR5 Deonte Thompson (Out)
3. Philadelphia at Minnesota (allows 18.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Jeremy Maclin, WR2 DeSean Jackson (IR), WR3 Jason Avant, WR4 Arrelious Benn (IR), WR5 Riley Cooper
4. Tennessee vs. Arizona (allows 18.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Kenny Britt, WR2 Nate Washington, WR3 Kendall Wright, WR4 Justin Hunter, WR5 Kevin Walter
5. New England at Miami (allows 18.6 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Danny Amendola, WR2 Michael Jenkins, WR3 Donald Jones (IR), WR4 Aaron Dobson, WR5 Julian Edelman (IR)
6. New York Giants vs. Seattle (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Victor Cruz, WR2 Hakeem Nicks (Que), WR4 Rueben Randle, WR4 Louis Murphy, WR5 Jerrel Jernigan
7. Minnesota vs. Philadelphia (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   QB2 Joe Webb, WR1 Greg Jennings, WR2 Jerome Simpson, WR3 Cordarrelle Patterson, WR4 Jarius Wright
8. San Diego at Denver (allows 18.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Danario Alexander, WR2 Malcom Floyd (IR), WR2 Vincent Brown (IR), WR4 Eddie Royal, WR5 Keenan Allen
9. Dallas vs. Green Bay (allows 19.0 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Dez Bryant (Pro), WR2 Miles Austin (Pro), WR3 Dwayne Harris, WR4 Terrance Williams, WR5 Anthony Armstrong
10. Green Bay at Dallas (allows 20.5 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Jordy Nelson, WR2 Randall Cobb, WR3 James Jones, WR4 Jarrett Boykin, WR5 Kevin Dorsey