Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 16

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 (allows 28.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Dez Bryant (Pro), WR2 Miles Austin (Pro), WR3 Dwayne Harris, WR4 Terrance Williams, WR5 Anthony Armstrong
2. St. Louis vs. Tampa Bay (allows 27.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Tavon Austin, WR2 Brian Quick, WR3 Chris Givens, WR4 Austin Pettis, WR5 Stedman Bailey
3. Philadelphia vs. Chicago (allows 27.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Jeremy Maclin, WR2 DeSean Jackson (IR), WR3 Jason Avant, WR4 Arrelious Benn (IR), WR5 Riley Cooper
4. Denver at Houston (allows 25.5 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Wes Welker, WR1 Demaryius Thomas, WR2 Eric Decker, WR4 Andre Caldwell, WR5 Trindon Holliday
5. Kansas City vs. Indianapolis (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. Baltimore vs. New England (allows 25.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Torrey Smith (Pro), WR2 Jacoby Jones, WR3 Tandon Doss, WR4 David Reed, WR5 Deonte Thompson (Out)
7. Washington vs. Dallas (allows 24.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Pierre Garcon, WR2 Santana Moss, WR3 Josh Morgan (Pro), WR4 Leonard Hankerson, WR5 Aldrick Robinson
8. Atlanta at San Francisco (allows 24.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Julio Jones, WR2 Roddy White, WR3 Harry Douglas, WR4 Drew Davis
9. Houston vs. Denver (allows 23.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Andre Johnson, WR2 DeAndre Hopkins, WR3 Lestar Jean, WR4 Keshawn Martin, WR5 DeVier Posey (Que)
10. Jacksonville vs. Tennessee (allows 23.7 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Justin Blackmon, WR2 Cecil Shorts (IR), WR3 Mohamed Massaquoi (IR), WR4 Mike Brown, WR4 Jordan Shipley

Toughest Matchups

1. San Francisco vs. Atlanta (allows 17.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Michael Crabtree, WR2 Anquan Boldin, WR3 Mario Manningham (IR), WR4 A.J. Jenkins, WR5 Quinton Patton
2. Cleveland at New York Jets (allows 17.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Josh Gordon, WR2 Davone Bess, WR3 Greg Little, WR4 Travis Benjamin, WR5 Josh Cooper
3. Pittsburgh at Green Bay (allows 18.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Antonio Brown, WR2 Emmanuel Sanders, WR3 Jerricho Cotchery, WR4 Plaxico Burress, WR5 Markus Wheaton
4. San Diego vs. Oakland (allows 18.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Danario Alexander, WR2 Malcom Floyd (IR), WR2 Vincent Brown (IR), WR4 Eddie Royal, WR5 Keenan Allen
5. Seattle vs. Arizona (allows 18.6 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Percy Harvin (IR), WR2 Sidney Rice, WR3 Golden Tate, WR4 Doug Baldwin
6. Tampa Bay at St. Louis (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Vincent Jackson, WR2 Mike Williams, WR3 Kevin Ogletree, WR4 Tiquan Underwood, WR5 Steve Smith
7. Detroit vs. New York Giants (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Calvin Johnson (Pro), WR2 Nate Burleson (IR), WR3 Mike Thomas, WR3 Kris Durham, WR4 Ryan Broyles (IR)
8. Oakland at San Diego (allows 18.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Denarius Moore, WR2 Jacoby Ford (IR), WR3 Rod Streater, WR4 Juron Criner
9. Cincinnati vs. Minnesota (allows 19.0 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 A.J. Green, WR2 Andrew Hawkins, WR2 Mohamed Sanu (IR), WR4 Marvin Jones, WR5 Brandon Tate
10. Arizona at Seattle (allows 20.5 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Larry Fitzgerald, WR2 Andre Roberts, WR3 Michael Floyd, WR4 Ryan Swope, WR5 Laron Byrd (Que)