RosterWatch Week 4 Matchup Tool Now Available
Welcome back.
This is a proprietary weekly tool provided by RosterWatch for our PRO community.
It is designed to be a decision-making tool for gauging the defensive opponents your fantasy players face. If you are new to this, our time-tested and most popular flagship in-season tool, the instructions for use couldn’t be simpler, and can be found below.
DO NOT RELY ON “FANTASY POINTS AGAINST” as your primary indicator for player matchups ever again. It is not an all-encompassing metric, as you’ll see, which will cause you heartache and struggle.
The rankings represented here are derived via a proprietary algorithm which takes into account not only traditional “fantasy points against” metrics (schedule-adjusted after 4 weeks of play), but also (and most importantly) weighted averages and medians of separate individual player and defensive-unit scouting grades for members of the 2025 unit that will be run-stopping, pass-rushing, or covering against the position in question, along with other analytic trends including projected game-script, game-flow/pace, sportsbook indicators, volume of total projected snaps and much, much, more.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
To use the tool, think about your fantasy player.
Let’s say you roster Packers QB Jordan Love and would like to see how he matches up against the defense he faces this week.
First, look down the list and find the Packers (Love’s team). You will see that the Packers’ opponent (OPP) is the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4, and there are four color-coded cells in the horizontal columns marked “OPP vs. QBs,” “OPP vs. RBs,” “OPP vs. WRs” and “OPP vs. TEs.”
These are the OPPONENT’S (in this case the COWBOYS’) OFFICIAL ROSTERWATCH MATCHUP RANKINGS AGAINST THESE GIVEN POSITIONS.
They are not the rankings for the PACKERS, but rather, for the OPPONENT THEY FACE IN THIS GIVEN WEEK (the THE COWBOYS). In the “OPP vs. QBs” cell for the Packers, you’ll notice a big, blue ‘No. 1’. This means that Love faces our best possible matchup for opposing QBs in Week 4 (the Cowboys). This is a great indicator for fantasy managers of Love. It is also a positive one for those thinking of rostering him in DFS contests.
Repeat the same process for other players on your roster as you are trying to break ties with closely ranked players regarding who to start and who to sit in season-long leagues. Also use it to identify which upside-plays to roster in DFS contests based on matchup.
With the launch of the online tool, you can now sort by any column: Vegas line, over/under, and matchup ranks vs. each position for easy reference. The Vegas lines are updated hourly for your reference and research. Please note that matchup ratings can change slightly through the week as lines and totals shift, or as injuries to key defensive personnel occur.
1 is the best (easiest) matchup, 32 is the worst (toughest).
COLOR-CODES
(you like blue matchups best)
BLUE: Best Matchups
LIGHT BLUE: Borderline Top Matchups
WHITE: Neutral Matchups
LIGHT RED: Borderline Bottom Matchups
RED: Worst Matchups
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10-team keeper .5ppr — is Golden a hold?
My other WRs: London, JSN, Egbuka, Tetairoa, Godwin.
Probably just a homer hold right now, but yeah, things would have to go pretty sideways for me to play Golden. I just feel like his breakout is coming.
Thinking of dropping for Ayomanor.
hold on to Golden, he could have a nice week versus Dallas and his involvement will increase with Reed out
As always…Roster Watch is the best!!
Just wondering if the trade articles and/or tradecast is coming back this year?
We appreciate ya – I think Byron is cooking something up but I don’t know exact details at this time. I don’t think he’s going back to doing the old tradecast pod, but was talking about making a trade spreadsheet, I’ll hit him up.
Full PPR Elic or Addison.
ROS? I think I would still lean Addison
Yes Thank yiu
With the qb play in atlanra, is drake london still startable?
Full PPR
Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Christian Kirk?
Thanks in advance
I’m still playing London, hopefully it doesn’t sink me. It’s hard to have that many better options to go with.
Do we hold Jayden blue or is he even going to play this year.
Same goes for Christian Kirk or kayshon boutte
Out of the 3 who would you cut or are any of them worth keeping?
you could cut any of them for better options. But I don’t consider blue a hold at this point unless you want to hold him as a pure handcuff. I think he’s in the basement all season unless Javonte gets hurt.
Full PPR
Jacory Croskey-Merritt or Christian Kirk?
Thanks in advance
don’t know yet, JCM is on the injury report. You won’t have to make the decision until Sunday, so if you’re still wondering then, ask in the PRO sit/start thread on SUN am.
Need two 0.5 PPR:
Etienne / Hubbard / TreVeyon / Judkins
Is it crazy to roll with the rookies?!? Seems like it’s Tre Time