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. Detroit vs. Chicago (allows 19.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 T.J. Hockenson, TE2 Jesse James, TE3 Hunter Bryant
2. New York Giants vs. Pittsburgh (allows 16.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Evan Engram, TE2 Kaden Smith, TE3 Levine Toilolo
3. Cincinnati vs. Los Angeles Chargers (allows 15.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Drew Sample, TE2 Mason Schreck, TE3 Cethan Carter, TE4 C.J. Uzomah (IR)
4. New Orleans vs. Tampa Bay (allows 14.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jared Cook, TE2 Adam Trautman, TE3 Josh Hill
5. Cleveland at Baltimore (allows 14.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Austin Hooper, TE2 David Njoku, TE3 Harrison Bryant, TE4 Stephen Carlson
6. Los Angeles Chargers at Cincinnati (allows 14.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Hunter Henry, TE2 Virgil Green (IR)
7. Philadelphia at Washington (allows 14.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Zach Ertz, TE2 Dallas Goedert (Que), TE3 Joshua Perkins (IR)
8. San Francisco vs. Arizona (allows 14.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 George Kittle, TE2 Jordan Reed, TE3 Ross Dwelley, TE4 Charlie Woerner
9. Tennessee at Denver (allows 14.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Jonnu Smith, TE2 Anthony Firkser, TE3 MyCole Pruitt
10. Jacksonville vs. Indianapolis (allows 14.0 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Tyler Eifert, TE2 James O'Shaughnessy, TE3 Tyler Davis, TE4 Josh Oliver (IR)

Toughest Matchups

1. Miami at New England (allows 8.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Mike Gesicki, TE2 Adam Shaheen, TE3 Durham Smythe
2. New York Jets at Buffalo (allows 9.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Chris Herndon, TE2 Ryan Griffin, TE3 Trevon Wesco
3. Washington vs. Philadelphia (allows 10.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Logan Thomas, TE2 Jeremy Sprinkle
4. Kansas City vs. Houston (allows 10.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Travis Kelce, TE3 Deon Yelder (IR)
5. New England vs. Miami (allows 10.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Devin Asiasi, TE2 Dalton Keene, TE3 Ryan Izzo (IR)
6. Los Angeles Rams vs. Dallas (allows 10.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Tyler Higbee, TE2 Gerald Everett, TE3 Brycen Hopkins, TE4 Johnny Mundt
7. Buffalo vs. New York Jets (allows 10.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Dawson Knox, TE2 Tyler Kroft, TE3 Lee Smith
8. Atlanta vs. Seattle (allows 10.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE1 Hayden Hurst, TE2 Jaeden Graham
9. Seattle at Atlanta (allows 11.0 points per game to TEs)
   TE2 Will Dissly, TE3 Jacob Hollister, TE4 Colby Parkinson
10. Pittsburgh at New York Giants (allows 11.0 points per game to TEs)
    TE1 Eric Ebron (Que), TE3 Zach Gentry (IR)