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 21.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Cam Newton, QB2 Derek Anderson
2. Atlanta vs. Carolina (allows 20.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Matt Ryan, QB2 Dominique Davis
3. Miami vs. New York Jets (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Ryan Tannehill, QB2 Matt Moore
4. Green Bay at Chicago (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Aaron Rodgers, QB2 Graham Harrell
5. New York Giants vs. Washington (allows 19.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Eli Manning, QB2 David Carr
6. New York Jets at Miami (allows 19.2 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Geno Smith, QB2 Mark Sanchez
7. Dallas vs. Philadelphia (allows 19.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Tony Romo, QB2 Kyle Orton
8. Jacksonville at Indianapolis (allows 19.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Blaine Gabbert, QB2 Chad Henne
9. Philadelphia at Dallas (allows 18.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Michael Vick, QB2 Matt Barkley, QB4 Dennis Dixon
10. San Diego vs. Kansas City (allows 18.6 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Philip Rivers, QB2 Charlie Whitehurst

Toughest Matchups

1. Cleveland at Pittsburgh (allows 12.5 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Brandon Weeden, QB2 Jason Campbell
2. St. Louis at Seattle (allows 13.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Sam Bradford, QB2 Kellen Clemens
3. San Francisco at Arizona (allows 13.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Colin Kaepernick, QB2 Colt McCoy
4. Detroit at Minnesota (allows 13.5 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Matthew Stafford, QB2 Shaun Hill
5. Cincinnati vs. Baltimore (allows 14.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Andy Dalton, QB2 Josh Johnson
6. Arizona vs. San Francisco (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Carson Palmer, QB2 Drew Stanton, QB4 Ryan Lindley
7. Baltimore at Cincinnati (allows 14.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Joe Flacco, QB2 Tyrod Taylor
8. Buffalo at New England (allows 14.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 E.J. Manuel, QB2 Kevin Kolb
9. Kansas City at San Diego (allows 15.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Alex Smith, QB2 Chase Daniel
10. Tampa Bay at New Orleans (allows 15.1 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Josh Freeman, QB2 Mike Glennon