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RosterWatch Week 8 Matchup Tool Now Available

alex bylineWelcome 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 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 49ers WR Brandon Aiyuk, and would like to see how he matches up against the defense he faces this week.

First, look down the list and find the 49ers (Aiyuk’s team). You will see that the 49ers’ opponent (OPP) is the Seahawks 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 Seahawks’) OFFICIAL ROSTERWATCH MATCHUP RANKINGS AGAINST THESE GIVEN POSITIONS.

They are not the rankings for the 49ERS, but rather, for the OPPONENT THEY FACE IN THIS GIVEN WEEK (the SEAHAWKS). In the “OPP vs. WRs” cell for the 49ers, you’ll notice a big, blue ‘No. 1’. This means Aiyuk faces our best possible matchup for opposing WRs in Week 8 (the Seahawks). This is a great indicator for owners Aiyuk and other healthy SF wideouts, 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

12 Comments

  1. ↓ Post By D Ron

    (ppr) I was previously green lighted to drop moss for Jk dobbins. I’m just wondering if that’s still true as moss did outplay Singletary Sunday? Also, would you suggest that instead of dobbins, grab reagor or Hollywood Higgins?
    Current team is
    Wentz
    Wrs: juju, hill, Parker, shenault
    Rb : mixon, eckler, d Montgomery, Gibson, moss, Harris, swift
    Te : jonu Smith

    1. ↓ Post By D Ron

      And I have cam akers

  2. ↓ Post By team gooch

    Standard scoring. Someone dropped Ekeler. Do we know how much longer he is going to be out? Should I pick him up and stash him? I was thinking about dropping Matt Ryan. What do y’all think?
    QBs Herbert, Ryan
    RBs Cook, Jacobs, Hunt, Ronald Jones
    WR Ridley, Moore, Boyd, Diontae Johnson, Michael Thomas
    TE Waller.
    K Prater
    Def Steelers

  3. ↓ Post By Chelo Méndez

    .5 PPR

    I need to start to out of Aiyuk, Fournette, Dobbins and Marquise Brown.

    I’m thinking Aiyuk and Fournette, what do you guys think?

    1. ↓ Post By paul_panepinto@yahoo.com

      I would agree w u

  4. ↓ Post By sdboor

    Me In PPR Play 2RB 3WR 1Flex
    Brady
    CRidley CGodwin JJ Smith-Schuster RWoods C Lamb
    ZElliott JRobinson AGibson Justin Jackson LFournette JWilliams AEkeler
    Waller

    PPR
    Time to sell JRobinson high? Or Drop one of the RBs and pick up: WR: MWilliams JJeudy Aiyuk Ruggs or MarvJones?

  5. ↓ Post By gurpindersdeol@gmail.com

    Is CeeDee droppable for agholor if you need a play this week?

    1. ↓ Post By gurpindersdeol@gmail.com

      Or should I aim for scotty miller first? 0.5 PPR

  6. ↓ Post By DillymyPhily

    Dynasty 12 team Super flex guy just offered up either Lamar Jackson or deshaun Watson for trade he wants a starting rb and draft pick for next year. My qbs- Russell Wilson and kyler Murray. My rbs j. Conner, C . Carson, Ronald Jones, Fournette, Hyde, Gus Edwards, Phillip Lindsey. I’m wondering if I just stay put or do I offer Conner and a pick? For one of his QBs and maybe then trade Wilson since he’s older for a new a RB? Iam brand new to dynasty amd superflex

  7. ↓ Post By johnfish01@comcast.net

    Burrow or Bridgewater

  8. ↓ Post By Dan

    Hey your matchup tool for week 8 doesn’t seem to be loading.

    Please help?

  9. ↓ Post By Crnacoupe@yahoo.com

    Full point PPr. Need 2 qb’s, 3 WR’s

    Lamar Jackson
    Justin Herbert
    Jimmy G

    AJ Brown
    Allen Robinson
    Justin Jefferson
    Brandon Aiyuk

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