Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 9

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. Philadelphia at Oakland (allows 21.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Michael Vick, QB2 Nick Foles (IR), QB4 Matt Barkley
2. Oakland vs. Philadelphia (allows 20.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB2 Matt Flynn, QB2 Terrelle Pryor
3. Seattle vs. Tampa Bay (allows 19.9 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Russell Wilson, QB1 Brady Quinn
4. New Orleans at New York Jets (allows 19.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Drew Brees, QB2 Luke McCown
5. Houston vs. Indianapolis (allows 19.2 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Matt Schaub, QB2 T.J. Yates
6. Carolina vs. Atlanta (allows 19.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Cam Newton (Pro), QB2 Derek Anderson
7. Chicago at Green Bay (allows 19.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Jay Cutler, QB2 Josh McCown
8. Pittsburgh at New England (allows 18.8 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Ben Roethlisberger, QB2 Bruce Gradkowski
9. Tampa Bay at Seattle (allows 18.6 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Josh Freeman, QB2 Dan Orlovsky
10. San Diego at (allows 18.3 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Philip Rivers, QB2 Charlie Whitehurst

Toughest Matchups

1. New England vs. Pittsburgh (allows 0.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Tom Brady (Pro), QB2 Ryan Mallett
2. New York Jets vs. New Orleans (allows 0.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Mark Sanchez, QB2 Geno Smith, QB4 Greg McElroy
3. St. Louis vs. Tennessee (allows 0.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Sam Bradford, QB2 Kellen Clemens
4. Minnesota at Dallas (allows 13.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Christian Ponder (Que), QB2 Matt Cassel
5. Green Bay vs. Chicago (allows 13.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Aaron Rodgers (Pro), QB2 Graham Harrell
6. Tennessee at St. Louis (allows 13.5 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Jake Locker (Que), QB2 Ryan Fitzpatrick
7. Cleveland vs. Baltimore (allows 14.4 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Brandon Weeden, QB2 Jason Campbell
8. Cincinnati at Miami (allows 15.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Andy Dalton, QB2 Josh Johnson
9. Dallas vs. Minnesota (allows 15.1 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Tony Romo (Pro), QB2 Kyle Orton
10. Washington vs. San Diego (allows 15.9 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Robert Griffin III (Out), QB2 Kirk Cousins