RosterWatch Week 8 Matchup Tool

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This is a proprietary weekly tool provided by RosterWatch for our PRO community. You can download it as always, or use the new, sortable and user-friendly online version.

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 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 2018 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 Bengals WR Tyler Boyd, and would like to see how he matches up against the defense he faces this week.

First, look down the list and find the Bengals (Boyd’s team). You will see that the Bengals’ opponent (OPP) is the Bucs in Week 8, 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 Bucs’) OFFICIAL ROSTERWATCH MATCHUP RANKINGS AGAINST THESE GIVEN POSITIONS.

AGAIN – They are not the rankings for the Bengals, but rather, for the OPPONENT THEY FACE IN THIS GIVEN WEEK (the Bucs). In the “OPP vs. WRs” cell for the Bengals, you’ll notice a big, blue ‘No. 1’. This means Boyd faces our best possible matchup for opposing WRs in Week 8 (the Bucs). This is a great indicator for owners of Boyd and A.J. Green 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.

“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

33 Comments

  1. ↓ Post By Big Wolf

    Have a trade question. I have an offer that would bring me TY and Hooper for my Burton Tre’quan Smith. TEs get 2 PPR and 1 pp 5 yards so they carry a premium. I do have Ertz as well. My WR group is as follows. Odell, Golden, Baldwin, Tre’quan and Cortland. Thoughts?

    1. ↓ Post By Byron Lambert

      Adding TY Hilton would be big for you, we’d do it

  2. ↓ Post By sdboor

    I have CChris Thompson as my 5th RB
    Would I rather have JRichard or Mostert or either one?

    I have MGordon, Kamara, Mixon, JConnor, Chubb as well

    Thank you

    1. ↓ Post By Byron Lambert

      Close call. If Thompson is healthy, we like him the most. If not- prob Richard.

  3. ↓ Post By rbrusuelas@consolidated.net

    Struggling with RB2 on my PPR team (Yeldon or Hyde). May avoid the whole mess by going with Mostert if Breida sits. But, which TE: McDonald vs CLE or Uzoma vs TB?

    1. ↓ Post By Byron Lambert

      Close call prob play the matchup w/ Uzomah

  4. ↓ Post By AbnerLofton

    .5 ppr

    Would you trade Ingram for Ertz?

    My TE is Jared Cook
    My RBs: Gurley, Ingram , Chubb, Kerryon, Shady, Fournette, Drake

    Can start 2 RB plus flex and 1 TE.

    He turned down Watkins and drake for Ertz

    1. ↓ Post By Byron Lambert

      No, might counter w/ Cook + something small for him though. Have to still like Cook, esp w/ Amari gone

  5. ↓ Post By IPAfanatic

    I’m 5-2 and first in my league thanks to your sage musings. Stacked at RB, but a little iffy at WR and looking to bolster my bench for the final stretch. Should I pick up Jordy or Cobb or Kirk off WW (gonna drop Wentz)?

    QB: Ben, Wentz
    RB: Saquan, Melvin, Connor, Kerryon, Cook
    WR: TY, Sanders, Gordon
    TE: Njoku, Olsen

    1. ↓ Post By IPAfanatic

      10-team, Standard League

      1. ↓ Post By IPAfanatic

        Or Calvin Ridley?

    2. ↓ Post By Byron Lambert

      Yeah , we’d consider dropping our backup TE and QBs for Jordy and Kirk

  6. ↓ Post By sdboor

    Trade question!
    I would like a great WR 2 to load me up for the play offs
    5-2. 2nd place. Highest point total – All because of all of your unbelievable advice!
    My team. PPR. Play 2RB. 3WR. And 1Flex
    RB Kamara. MGordon. Mixon. JConnor. CThompson. Chubb.
    WR. THill. JuJuSmith-Shuster. CRidley. MarvJones. Kirk.

    Possible trade partners who need RB help:
    Team A could use 2 of my RBs and would start both
    He has WR JulioJ. ESanders. AJeffery. THilton and TBoyd.
    Who to target and who should I give up?
    Connor for Sanders?

    Team B is LevBell owner and could use an RB
    He has DevAdams, JGordon. KCole. TGabriel. JNelson
    Connor and CThompson for DevAdams?
    Connor for JGordon?

    Thank you

    1. ↓ Post By Byron Lambert

      Jeez, that is a monster squad!

      1. ↓ Post By Byron Lambert

        Make sure and listen to this WK TradeCast. It should be up soon. Like where your head is at on Julio during a bye.

        That would be our target for Team A:

        I’d start w/ Conner or Chubb + Ridley and see where it goes. Could live w/ Conner + Thompson or Chubb if need be. Would also consider Kamara straight up for Julio.

        Team B:

        Yes, we like those options. Chubb in play too.

  7. ↓ Post By team gooch

    standaed scoring-start 2 RBs, 2 Wrs, 1 Flex. Guy has week 9 bye week issue. Should I offer Sanders & Ekeler for Fournette?
    My RBs-Conner/Bell, Howard, Chubb, Ekeler
    WRs-Thielen, Adams, Juju, Sanders

    1. ↓ Post By Byron Lambert

      Would rather Send Howard straight up. If not, that’s aggressive- but we can live with it

  8. ↓ Post By FF_Hookem

    Byron/Alex/Trashman – question below may have gotten lost in the other thread:

    Trequan, CGodwin, Martavis, AMiller, Sutton

    (1) which is the best pickup to start for just this week? (leaning Trequan based on podcast)
    (2) which is your favorite longer term stash?

    Thanks!

    1. ↓ Post By Byron Lambert

      1 – Think I’m leaning Tre’Quan as well. Check the matchup

      2- Prob Tre-Quan or Martavis at the moment

  9. ↓ Post By born2beast

    Add moster and drop royce? Ppr and am a breida owner as well.

    1. ↓ Post By Trashman

      only if you plan on using him now.

  10. ↓ Post By gurpindersdeol@gmail.com

    Start question in standard. 4-3 and playing one of the better teams this week. Need a WR and a flex play.

    Cobb, A. Miller, Martavis, Yeldon. Or should I drop one or multiple of these guys and try to pick up Djax, Goodwin, hogan, moncrief? All of them are available to bid on for Saturday morning waivers.

    Thoughts?

    Thanks!

    1. ↓ Post By Trashman

      if you need upside, djax, goodwin and moncrief are the plays

  11. ↓ Post By Pappahoops

    Would you drop Corey Clement to pick up Ronald Jones since Peyton Barber appears to be MÍA? This is for stash purposes only.

    .5 PPR. THANKS!

    1. ↓ Post By Trashman

      i don’t love jones’ prospects. it’s not a necessary move to me

  12. ↓ Post By McCombsWad

    Question: start two of these three RBs?

    One point PPR:

    Kamara
    Conner
    White

    Leaning toward starting White and Conner but it feels dirty sitting Kamara.

    1. ↓ Post By McCombsWad

      Microphone check. ; )

  13. ↓ Post By larrymac

    boys

    another tough one for you this week, full point PPR league and i need to start at least 1 RB and total of 4 players
    David Johnson, Tarik Cohen, AJ Green, Tyreek Hill, JuJu, Emanuel Sanders so sit 2 but can’t be both RB’s

    thanks for your help

    Lone Wolf 4-3

  14. ↓ Post By czech76

    .5 PPR starting 3 WR, no flex

    Trying to fill out my 3rd spot, starting Thielen and Hilton and have to decide between starting Crabtree, Kirk or Tre’Quan Smith?

    Also for the hell of it, any thoughts on which DST to start, Mia against Hou or AZ against SF?

    Thanks for y’alls hard work, 3rd straight year I’m killing it in my money leagues. Keep up the good work!

  15. ↓ Post By jessie22m@yahoo.com

    1/2 pt ppr: Need to start 2 of Fuller/Gordon/John Brown. Who do I go with?

  16. ↓ Post By wfudeac92@triad.rr.com

    Keenan Allen is on a bye this weekend, In a standard league which one of these WRs would you start? Moncrief, TreQuan Smith, Martavius Bryant or Christian Kirk

  17. ↓ Post By zevo82@yahoo.com

    Goff or Big Ben? Thanks

  18. ↓ Post By BLUCHIP

    Should I start Mark Ingram or Jordan Howard??

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