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 a flawed 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 standard “fantasy points against” metrics, but also (and most importantly) weighted averages and medians of separate individual player and defensive-unit scouting grades for members of the 2020 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, Vegas indicators, volume of total snaps and much, much, more.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
To use the tool, think about your fantasy player.
Let’s say you own Dolphins WR Devante Parker, and would like to see how he matches up against the defense he faces this week.
First, look down the list and find the Dolphins (Parker’s team). You will see that the Dolpins’ opponent (OPP) is the Seahawks 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 Seahawks’) OFFICIAL ROSTERWATCH MATCHUP RANKINGS AGAINST THESE GIVEN POSITIONS.
They are not the rankings for the DOLPHINS, but rather, for the OPPONENT THEY FACE IN THIS GIVEN WEEK (the SEAHAWKS). In the “OPP vs. WRs” cell for the Dolphins, you’ll notice a big, blue ‘No. 1’. This means Parker faces our best possible matchup for opposing WRs in Week 4 (the Seahawks). This is a great indicator for owners of Parker and the Dolphins receiving corps in general – and is a positive one for those thinking of rostering them in DFS contests.
Repeat the same process for other players on your roster as you are trying to decide which players to start and which 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.
“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
++RW Proprietary Algorithm
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Melvin Gordon & Will Fuller for David Johnson. 1 point PPR. I am pretty loaded at WR.
I could also flip Melvin Gordon with Joe Mixon. I am optimistic of Gordon playing with a QB3.
I’d probably wait until after this week to trade them to get their value up as they both should have good games. (Den vs Jets,Hou vs Minn) Not a fan of Mixon’s upcoming schedule. Johnson’s is a lot easier.
Do you think I should do a 2 for 2 and try to stretch out to pick up 1 player?
Is it worth it for me to hold onto ruggs and snell or should I Put waivers in for this week.
current team
qb: Stafford
RBs: Mixon, Eckler, gurley, D Montgomery, gibson, moss, snell
WRS: Juju, Aj Green, Parker, Ruggs, shenault
Te: jonu smith
Depends on who is on your wire. I’d try to trade Snell to the Conner owner rather than drop him.
Time frame on the cheat sheet?
it’s up
Standard PPR my team is 1 -2, and I think it needs something any trade suggestions. I’m hoping to rid myself of Mixon.
Mahomes, Mixon, Carson, Golladay, D Johnson, J Cook, Gordon, Fuller, J Brown, Gage, Freeman, Shenault, Burkhead and Akers on the IR..
Thank you.
wait until after this upcoming week for Mixon, he gets JAX. THEN sell. Your team is better than 1-2 on paper, don’t panic.
3-0 Thank you! Waiver question (Highly owned players available on my waiver)
ME:
CRidley CGodwin JJ Smith-Schuster RWoods C Lamb
ZElliott AEkeler JRobinson AGibson LFournette JKelley
I play 3 WR 2RB 1 Flex
Available on my league’s Waiver are:
Mike Davis Dev Freeman, Justin Jefferson
Should I think of any of these instead of what I have above? I would have to drop a player.
you don’t have a player I’d drop for the players listed below.
Hey guys do I trade Chris Carson for Julio Jones ? I would be gettin Julio ppr league
Julio is at that point in his career arc, where the cliff is a real threat. I know Carson is dinged up too, but it should only be a week or 2. I understand if you do the deal, but I’d prefer Carson
Brady is my QB 4 points per pass TD
Should I keep rolling with him or consider available waiver wonders: Herbert Tannehill (but potential COVID issue for the team) Carr Foles or Fitzpatrick
or orchestrate a trade in the future?
Brady is starting to get into a groove and hasn’t been that bad for fantasy. I like holding Brady
In a 12 team ppr I have Stafford, Minshew, Cooper, McLaurin, Slayton, Ruggs, Miller, Chubb, McCaffrey, Fournette,
Gibson, Snell, Mattison, Kittle and Hockenson. Would you trade A. Gibson and Hockenson for TY Hilton and Mike Davis?
Need Advice half point PPR 14 team league nothing on Waiver wire
Trade Brees and Chark for Ryan and McKissic
Ryan moves to Staring QB, have Lockett and Robinson to start at WR, Chark is my Flex would Move Watkins to Flex
What are thoughts on cutting Emmanuel Sanders and/or Keelan Cole to pickup either: Preston Williams, Alshon Jeffery, or Randall Cobb? My WR stable is bleeding.