2013 Week 9 Fantasy Football Matchup Tool
Alex Dunlap, Rosterwatch.com

This is a weekly tool provided by RosterWatch.

It is designed to be a decision-making tie-breaker for gauging the defensive opponents your fantasy players face.

The tool is easy to use when following the simple rules outlined below the chart.

To use the tool, think about your fantasy player.

Let’s say you own Raiders WR Denarius Moore, and would like to see how he matches up against the defense he faces this week.

First look at the Raiders’ matchup for the week, and see what the number is inside the “vs. WRs” cell for the Raiders’ OPPONENT.

(Denarius Moore is a WR, and you would like to know his OPPONENT’s rank vs. that position.)

As you will see, the Raiders are playing the Eagles, who have a big, blue ‘No. 1’ in their “vs. WRs” cell for both the entirety of 2013, and judging on recent trend data from the last five weeks. This is a great indicator for Moore owners.

Repeat the same process for other players on your roster as you are trying to decide which players to start and which to sit.

Always consult RW rankings for final decisions, and use RosterNow for decisions needing extra time and consultation.

“1″ is the best matchup, “32″ is the worst.

The rankings represented here are derived via a proprietary algorithm which takes into account not only standard “fantasy points against” metrics from 2013, but also weighted averages of separate individual player scouting grades for members of the unit that will be defending, pass rushing, or covering against the position in question. The 2013 rank is the overall rank for the season, while the last 5 weeks rank represents the how the defense has fared versus the opponent by the same metrics, only over the last five weeks to indicate which way the unit may be trending.

+Based on Standard Scoring
++RW Proprietary Algorithm