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. Washington DC vs. New York Giants (allows 27.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jacory Croskey-Merritt, RB2 Chris Rodriguez, RB3 Jeremy McNichols, RB6 Austin Ekeler (IR)
2. Las Vegas at New England (allows 27.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Ashton Jeanty, RB2 Raheem Mostert (Que), RB3 Zamir White, RB4 Dylan Laube
3. Arizona at New Orleans (allows 26.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Michael Carter, RB2 Emari Demercado, RB3 Corey Kiner, RB6 James Conner (IR), RB6 Bam Knight (IR)
4. Los Angeles Rams vs. Houston (allows 26.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Kyren Williams, RB2 Blake Corum, RB3 Ronnie Rivers, RB4 Jarquez Hunter
5. Jacksonville vs. Carolina (allows 26.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Travis Etienne, RB2 Bhayshul Tuten, RB3 LeQuint Allen, RB4 DeeJay Dallas
6. Atlanta vs. Tampa Bay (allows 25.7 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Bijan Robinson, RB2 Tyler Allgeier
7. Buffalo at Baltimore (allows 25.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 James Cook, RB2 Ray Davis, RB3 Ty Johnson (Que)
8. Green Bay vs. Detroit (allows 24.1 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Josh Jacobs, RB2 MarShawn Lloyd (IR), RB3 Emanuel Wilson, RB4 Chris Brooks
9. Denver vs. Tennessee (allows 23.8 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 RJ Harvey, RB2 J.K. Dobbins (IR), RB3 Jaleel McLaughlin, RB4 Tyler Badie
10. Miami at Indianapolis (allows 23.4 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 De'Von Achane (Que), RB2 Ollie Gordon, RB3 Jaylen Wright, RB4 Alec Ingold

Toughest Matchups

1. Seattle vs. San Francisco (allows 17.4 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Kenneth Walker III, RB2 Zach Charbonnet, RB3 George Holani (IR), RB4 Robbie Ouzts
2. Kansas City at Los Angeles Chargers (allows 17.6 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Isiah Pacheco, RB2 Dameon Pierce, RB3 Kareem Hunt, RB4 Brashard Smith
3. Detroit at Green Bay (allows 18.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Jahmyr Gibbs, RB2 David Montgomery, RB4 Sione Vaki
4. Minnesota at Chicago (allows 18.5 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Aaron Jones (Que), RB2 Ty Chandler, RB3 Zavier Scott, RB6 C.J. Ham, RB6 Jordan Mason
5. Carolina at Jacksonville (allows 18.9 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Rico Dowdle, RB2 Chuba Hubbard, RB3 Trevor Etienne
6. New Orleans vs. Arizona (allows 19.0 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Devin Neal (IR), RB2 Audric Estime, RB3 Nyheim Hines, RB3 Evan Hull, RB6 Alvin Kamara (Que)
7. New England vs. Las Vegas (allows 19.2 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Rhamondre Stevenson, RB2 TreVeyon Henderson, RB3 D'Ernest Johnson, RB4 Antonio Gibson (IR)
8. Tennessee at Denver (allows 19.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Tony Pollard, RB2 Tyjae Spears, RB3 Julius Chestnut
9. Los Angeles Chargers vs. Kansas City (allows 19.3 points per game to RBs)
   RB1 Omarion Hampton, RB2 Jaret Patterson, RB6 Najee Harris (IR), RB6 Hassan Haskins, RB6 Kimani Vidal
10. Pittsburgh at New York Jets (allows 19.4 points per game to RBs)
    RB1 Jaylen Warren, RB2 Kenneth Gainwell, RB3 Kaleb Johnson