RosterWatch Week 6 Matchup Tool Now Available

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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.

RW PRO users can download the matchup tool (or access the online tool for use) in the downloads section of their profile by clicking HERE.

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 Panthers WR Tetairoa McMillan and would like to see how he matches up against the defense he faces this week.

First, look down the list and find the Panthers (Tet’s team). You will see that the Panthers’ opponent (OPP) is the Dallas Cowboys in Week 6, 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 PANTHERS, but rather, for the OPPONENT THEY FACE IN THIS GIVEN WEEK (the THE COWBOYS). In the “OPP vs. WRs” cell for the Panthers, you’ll notice a big, blue ‘No. 1’. This means that McMillan and his fellow receivers face our best possible matchup for opposing WRs in Week 6 (the Cowboys). This is a great indicator for fantasy managers of McMillan. 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

23 Comments

  1. ↓ Post By DeadlyBarrister

    Where do you see the weaknesses in my lineup to correct by trade or waiver wire or using bench

    .5 ppr 1 QB, 2 RB, 3WR, 1 TE, no flex.

    1st league: I’m 3-2

    Starters listed first

    QB – Dak, D Jones
    RB – B Robinson, Judkins
    Etienne, C Brown (former starter)
    WR – Egbuka, Sutton, McMillan
    McConkey, R Rice
    TE Benton Strange
    K – Prater
    DST – Seahawks – I always just try to find the best available who plays at home against a bad offense. Just dont want negative points

    2nd league league: 2-3

    Starters listed first
    QB – Dak D Jones
    RB – B Robinson, Etienne
    T Henderson, C Brown (former starter), pollard
    WR – Egbuka, Godwin, McMillan
    Kupp, Ayomanor,
    TE – Bowers, Fannin
    K – Reichard DST – Cardinals

    3rd League 5-0 (Thanks guys for helping me kick tail)(should I even attempt to improve this)

    Q – Daq, Darnold
    R – J Taylor – really saved me as I’m having mixed results between these other RBs
    Charbonnet, T Henderson, Ollie Gordon
    WR – Egbuka, G. Wilson, A St Brown (killing it thanks to you)
    McConkey, D Smith, M Washington
    TE – hunter Henry, J Johnson
    K-Prater DST Chargers

    1. ↓ Post By Alex Dunlap

      you’ve got a great team, see if you can pick up Theo or Mason Taylor to replace strange

      1. ↓ Post By DeadlyBarrister

        Thank you!

  2. ↓ Post By renourka

    10-team Dynasty, 1QB, PPR, Start: 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, 2 FLEX, 1 TE, FAAB ($160 remaining)

    2-3 (need wins now)

    **QB:** Jordan Love, Daniel Jones, Anthony Richardson
    **RB:** Bijan Robinson, Breece Hall, Omarion Hampton (OUT), Braelon Allen (IR), Kendre Miller, Brashard Smith, Sean Tucker, LeQuint Allen, Emanuel Wilson, Zonovan Knight
    **WR:** Emeka Egbuka, Nico Collins, A.J. Brown, Jaylen Waddle, DJ Moore, Khalil Shakir, Tory Horton, Cedric Tillman, Rashid Shaheed, Tre’ Harris, Darnell Mooney, Jalen McMillan, Tank Dell, Malik Washington, Joshua Palmer, Parker Washington
    **TE:** T.J. Hockenson, Cade Otton, Zach Ertz, Theo Johnson

    **Top Available Players:
    **RB:** Kimani Vidal, Hassan Haskins, Tyler Badie, Roschon Johnson
    **WR:** Calvin Austin, Dyami Brown
    **TE:** AJ Barner, Michael Mayer

    Should I target anyone and if so who do I drop respectively for each and how much FAAB should I spend?

    Thanks!

    1. ↓ Post By Alex Dunlap

      I would target Haskins or Vidal at 20-23 dollars each.

      1. ↓ Post By renourka

        Unfortunately this was too late and I lost out on my bid for each because I only spend $10… wish I knew you would have bid more sooner …

  3. ↓ Post By D Ron

    Got Coker on my IR spot but going to have to drop one of the defenses this week or Franklin our defense gets 1 point per sack so they are a little more valuable

    Who should I drop in order?

    Franklin
    Buffalo D currently has 29 points
    Greenbay D currently has 23 points
    Jax D currently has 69 points

    1. ↓ Post By D Ron

      My current Wr are
      London
      D adams
      Jordan Addison
      Pearsall
      Franklin
      Coker

    2. ↓ Post By Alex Dunlap

      if it’s an important league for D’s I would just drop franklin

  4. ↓ Post By justindyo

    12 team ppr 7 keepers I’m in 5th placr
    I give up Malik Neighbors
    I get Treveyon Henderson
    Should i do this trade?

  5. ↓ Post By Incognito

    Gotta say RW the most important night of the week when waivers roll, and you guys go silent.

    1. ↓ Post By renourka

      Yeah I was thinking the same thing … just some feedback from a Pro Member!

      1. ↓ Post By Alex Dunlap

        sorry, we do have the WWCS for that stuff, though. Also, all questions in pro threads are all always answered for sit starts, etc.

        1. ↓ Post By Incognito

          What is WWCS? Don’t recognize this acronym. Sorry

  6. ↓ Post By BleedsBurntOrange

    12-team, 0.5 PPR. I have two offers on the table from the same manager.

    Send – Ashton Jeanty, Jacory Croskey-Merritt
    Receive – Jahmyr Gibbs

    or

    Send – Jacory Croskey-Merritt
    Receive – A.J. Brown

    What’s a man to do? I lean A.J. Brown but Gibbs looks so tasty.

    1. ↓ Post By BleedsBurntOrange

      For additional insight I have:
      RB – Jonathan Taylor, Ashton Jeanty, JCM, Tyrone Tracy, Kendre Miller
      WR – Tet McMillan, George Pickens, Marvin Harrison Jr, Chris Olave
      TE – Hunter Henry, Darren Waller

      1. ↓ Post By Alex Dunlap

        Man I really like the state of your current roster. You have good balance now that this could throw off a little, but with Tracy coming back, maybe you could do the AJB thing? My prefernce would actually be to see if you could get a bigger WR upgrade than AJB by packaging JCM with MHJ or Olave for a bigger name WR.

        1. ↓ Post By BleedsBurntOrange

          Thanks Alex. I’m going to take a risk on AJ Brown. It Tet turns into the player we think he can be, TreVeon takes over the backfield in NE, and AJ Brown becomes AJ Brown, this could be a league winning move. Even if two out of three of those things happen I’m in great shape.

  7. ↓ Post By mendelbaum

    PPR League 2RBs 2WRs flex
    Send AJ Brown and Croskey-Merritt
    Get Puka Nacua

    RBs
    Cook
    Hall
    T Etienne
    Croskey-Merritt
    Montgomery
    Allgeier
    Haskins

    WR
    Chase
    Brown
    Rice
    Evans

  8. ↓ Post By Pacman

    Need a replacement for Strange

    1.5 ppr
    Waivers available Theo Johnson or AJ Barner?

  9. ↓ Post By Bigmanmike

    Why would you guys drop to pick up a kicker.
    Full PPR
    Nix , Fileds, Carter, Charbs, K Coleman, Harvey, Pacheco, Wandale Robinson..

  10. ↓ Post By [email protected]

    Start at Flex: Etienne (Jax), Olave or Jakobi Meyers….full PPR? Thanks!

  11. ↓ Post By [email protected]

    Dowdle, D Smith, M Carter
    Start 2…1 ppr

    I assume Dowdle is #1

    Espn hates Dowdle,
    I think Dowdle, Carter, because D Smith keeps killing me

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