Fantasy Football Matchup Analyzer: Week 1

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. San Francisco at Tampa Bay (allows 22.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Jimmy Garoppolo (IR), QB2 Nick Mullens
2. Minnesota vs. Atlanta (allows 22.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Kirk Cousins, QB2 Sean Mannion, QB4 Jake Browning
3. Seattle vs. Cincinnati (allows 22.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Russell Wilson, QB2 Geno Smith, QB4 J.T. Barrett
4. Houston at New Orleans (allows 21.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Deshaun Watson, QB2 A.J. McCarron, QB4 Joe Webb
5. Denver at Oakland (allows 21.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Joe Flacco, QB2 Drew Lock, QB4 Brett Rypien
6. Buffalo at New York Jets (allows 21.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Josh Allen, QB2 Matt Barkley
7. Baltimore at Miami (allows 21.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Lamar Jackson, QB2 Robert Griffin III
8. Jacksonville vs. Kansas City (allows 21.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Nick Foles, QB4 Alex McGough
9. Tampa Bay vs. San Francisco (allows 20.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Jameis Winston, QB2 Blaine Gabbert
10. Washington at Philadelphia (allows 19.0 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Dwayne Haskins, QB2 Case Keenum

Toughest Matchups

1. New York Jets vs. Buffalo (allows 13.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Sam Darnold, QB2 Trevor Siemian
2. Atlanta at Minnesota (allows 14.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Matt Ryan (Que), QB2 Matt Schaub
3. Green Bay at Chicago (allows 15.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Aaron Rodgers, QB2 DeShone Kizer
4. Miami vs. Baltimore (allows 15.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Josh Rosen, QB2 Ryan Fitzpatrick
5. Indianapolis at Los Angeles Chargers (allows 16.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Andrew Luck, QB2 Jacoby Brissett, QB4 Phillip Walker
6. Detroit at Arizona (allows 16.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Matthew Stafford, QB2 Tom Savage, QB4 Josh Johnson
7. Cleveland vs. Tennessee (allows 16.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Baker Mayfield, QB2 Drew Stanton, QB4 David Blough
8. New York Giants at Dallas (allows 17.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Eli Manning, QB2 Daniel Jones
9. Oakland vs. Denver (allows 17.0 points per game to QBs)
   QB1 Derek Carr, QB2 Mike Glennon
10. Kansas City at Jacksonville (allows 17.0 points per game to QBs)
    QB1 Patrick Mahomes, QB2 Chad Henne, QB4 Kyle Shurmur