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. Carolina at Atlanta (allows 28.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Steve Smith, WR2 Brandon LaFell, WR3 Domenik Hixon, WR4 Ted Ginn, WR5 Armanti Edwards
2. Atlanta vs. Carolina (allows 27.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Julio Jones, WR2 Roddy White, WR3 Harry Douglas, WR4 Drew Davis
3. Dallas vs. Philadelphia (allows 27.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Dez Bryant (Pro), WR2 Miles Austin (Pro), WR3 Dwayne Harris, WR4 Terrance Williams, WR5 Anthony Armstrong
4. Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland (allows 25.5 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Antonio Brown, WR2 Emmanuel Sanders, WR3 Jerricho Cotchery, WR4 Plaxico Burress, WR5 Markus Wheaton
5. Houston at Tennessee (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. Philadelphia at Dallas (allows 25.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Jeremy Maclin, WR2 DeSean Jackson (IR), WR3 Jason Avant, WR4 Arrelious Benn (IR), WR5 Riley Cooper
7. New York Giants vs. (allows 24.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Victor Cruz, WR2 Hakeem Nicks (Que), WR4 Rueben Randle, WR4 Louis Murphy, WR5 Jerrel Jernigan
8. Chicago vs. Green Bay (allows 24.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Brandon Marshall (Pro), WR2 Alshon Jeffery, WR3 Devin Hester, WR4 Earl Bennett
9. Green Bay at Chicago (allows 23.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Jordy Nelson, WR2 Randall Cobb, WR3 James Jones, WR4 Jarrett Boykin, WR5 Kevin Dorsey
10. Miami vs. New York Jets (allows 23.7 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Mike Wallace (IR), WR2 Brian Hartline, WR3 Brandon Gibson, WR4 Armon Binns

Toughest Matchups

1. St. Louis at Seattle (allows 17.1 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Tavon Austin, WR2 Brian Quick, WR3 Chris Givens, WR4 Austin Pettis, WR5 Stedman Bailey
2. Kansas City at San Diego (allows 17.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Dwayne Bowe (IR), WR2 Jon Baldwin, WR3 Dexter McCluster, WR4 Donnie Avery, WR5 Jamar Newsome
3. Baltimore at Cincinnati (allows 18.3 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Torrey Smith (Pro), WR2 Jacoby Jones, WR3 Tandon Doss, WR4 David Reed, WR5 Deonte Thompson (Out)
4. Buffalo at New England (allows 18.4 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Stevie Johnson, WR2 T.J. Graham, WR3 Robert Woods, WR4 Brad Smith, WR5 Marquise Goodwin
5. Arizona vs. San Francisco (allows 18.6 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Larry Fitzgerald, WR2 Andre Roberts, WR3 Michael Floyd, WR4 Ryan Swope, WR5 Laron Byrd (Que)
6. Seattle vs. St. Louis (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Percy Harvin (IR), WR2 Sidney Rice, WR3 Golden Tate, WR4 Doug Baldwin
7. Tampa Bay at New Orleans (allows 18.8 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Vincent Jackson, WR2 Mike Williams, WR3 Kevin Ogletree, WR4 Tiquan Underwood, WR5 Steve Smith
8. New Orleans vs. Tampa Bay (allows 18.9 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Marques Colston, WR2 Lance Moore, WR3 Courtney Roby, WR4 Joseph Morgan, WR5 Chris Givens (IR)
9. Cleveland at Pittsburgh (allows 19.0 points per game to WRs)
   WR1 Josh Gordon, WR2 Davone Bess, WR3 Greg Little, WR4 Travis Benjamin, WR5 Josh Cooper
10. San Francisco at Arizona (allows 20.5 points per game to WRs)
    WR1 Michael Crabtree, WR2 Anquan Boldin, WR3 Mario Manningham (IR), WR4 A.J. Jenkins, WR5 Quinton Patton