RosterWatch Week 9 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 Rams WR Robert Woods, and would like to see how he matches up against the defense he faces this week.

First, look down the list and find the Rams (Woods’ team). You will see that the Rams’ opponent (OPP) is the Saints in Week 9, 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 Saints’) OFFICIAL ROSTERWATCH MATCHUP RANKINGS AGAINST THESE GIVEN POSITIONS.

AGAIN – They are not the rankings for the Rams, but rather, for the OPPONENT THEY FACE IN THIS GIVEN WEEK (the Saints). In the “OPP vs. WRs” cell for the Rams, you’ll notice a big, blue ‘No. 1’. This means Woods faces our best possible matchup for opposing WRs in Week 9 (the Saints). This is a great indicator for owners of Woods (as well as Brandin Cooks) and is a positive one for those thinking of rostering either of 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

48 Comments

  1. ↓ Post By Bmoneylove

    In a 12 team .5 PPR league. Thinking about trading Sammy Watkins or Emmanuel Sanders for an RB like AP or S Michel. Think I should be targeting other RB’s?

    1. ↓ Post By Byron Lambert

      Trade Watkins, not Sanders. Sure those are solid RB targets. Maybe a sell high on Watkins to buy high on AP. I like that.

  2. ↓ Post By Crazy Horse

    In my view the Demaryius trade to the Texans will likely increase Keke’s targets since D is not a good or as fast as Fuller. What do you think?

    Also would you drop Godwin for Keke? thanks

    RW rules!

    1. ↓ Post By Trashman

      i don’t know that targets will increase for Coutee, but they might stretch the field more with him and use Thomas more underneath. I would wait and see how fitz uses godwin. he liked him a lot more than winston did.

  3. ↓ Post By xraytakr

    Fitz was just dropped, in my 10 team half ppr league. Would you drop ARob or Ito Smith grab him?

    RB – Hunt, Lindsay, Kerryon, Yeldon, Ito
    WR – AB, Evans, Kupp, Watkins, ARob

  4. ↓ Post By boone1488

    Should I trade away White and Ertz for Sony and Njoku?

  5. ↓ Post By renourka

    12 team half-PPR league (4-4)
    2 RB, 2 WR, 1 FLEX

    QB: Big Ben, Mayfield
    WRs: K. Allen, Gordon, Kupp, Kirk, Sutton
    RBs: Zeke, Mixon, Kerryon, Howard, Drake
    TE: Jared Cook

    Got a couple teams trying to trade with me… like any of these offers? If not, what would you counter with?

    1. AB for my Zeke

    Other team:
    QB: Mahomes
    WRs: AB, Golladay, Shepard, Crabtree
    RBs: Miller, Collins, Brieda, Ito, Ekeler, Mostert, McGuire
    TE: McDonald

    2. Same team above also was offering Golladay and Ito for my Mixon and Sutton which is an obvious no, but I am curious which RB you’d offer straight up for Golladay?

    3. Another team said they’d trade me Diggs and Michel, and Clement/Godwin/Allison but I’d have to trade away KJ, Sutton and Kupp I think but based on who he is interested in what kind of offer would you make for Diggs, Evans or Michel?

    Other 3-5 team:
    WRs: Diggs, Evans, E. Sanders, Godwin, Allison, C. Davis
    RBs: Carson, Michel, DJ, Clement
    TE: Njoku

    1. ↓ Post By Trashman

      1. no, 2. howard 3. i’d move sutton, howard for one of them

  6. ↓ Post By mjgoodsman@live.com

    Just got offered a trade He wants Sanders from me and will give me Wentz. 1PPR

    My team is R Fitz, E Sanders, K Allen, K Johnson, P Lindsay, G Kittle, A Kamara, A Robinson, I Crowell, J Richard, D Cook, M Breida, R Mostert, C Sutton

    His team, C Newton, T Hill, J Jones, J White, K Drake, J Cook, A Ekeler, J Mixon, N Agholor, K Rudolph, C Wentz, D Martin, C Beasley.

    I am leaning to reject it would lessen my WRs and increase my QB, (which I been steaming all year long).

    Please advise,

  7. ↓ Post By gurpindersdeol@gmail.com

    12 team standard, 4-4 and playing the best team this week (he has Gurley :/)

    WRs: Juju, keenan, djax, MillerTime, david moore
    RBs: Fournette, yeldon, kerryon, lamar miller, ito.

    Is david moore a good piece ROS or should I pick up goodwin, larry fitz, or jamaal williams? All available on the waivers.

    Thanks RW

    1. ↓ Post By gurpindersdeol@gmail.com

      someone just dropped coutee as well so he’s available too

      1. ↓ Post By gurpindersdeol@gmail.com

        Fitz gone by the time I saw this damn it. Who would be the next man to get?

  8. ↓ Post By pjreil@hotmail.com

    which TE would you rather have the rest of the way – Ebron, E. Engram, or Jordan Reed?

    1. ↓ Post By pjreil@hotmail.com

      PPR

  9. ↓ Post By csb01

    Standard league pick 1 Alex Collins, or Matt Breida. Thanks

  10. ↓ Post By walleyeman31@yahoo.com

    Ppr league 1 point per Kenny Golladay or amari cooper

  11. ↓ Post By RTJB

    Ppr need 1 crowell, richard, amendola , ty williams?

  12. ↓ Post By Trashman

    amendola if no stills.

  13. ↓ Post By FF_Hookem

    Pick up Trequan or Godwin?

  14. ↓ Post By michaelnunn41@gmail.com

    I have the oprotunity to pick up Kirk in both my leagues. Who would you drop or if even drop any

    1st. Jamal Williams, Crabtree, or J Brown just picked up Coutee.
    2. A Robinson or Ebron, my other TE is J Cook. And I just picked up Amenedola and M Goodwin from waivers.

    1. ↓ Post By michael.l3wis@gmail.com

      1st – William’s. Aaron is taking over that backfield
      2nd – Ebron – jack doyle is back

  15. ↓ Post By sherinewkirk7@gmail.com

    1/2 pt PPR- Flex Kerryon, Drake, or Marvin Jones? And… in a full point PPR would you play Lindsay or Chubb and flex the other RB, Cohen, or DJax? Thanks so much!!

    1. ↓ Post By Trashman

      jones, lindsay, cohen

  16. ↓ Post By paulbwaiter@gmail.com

    need an RB2 this week…breida, collins, lewis, ito…yuck…PPR.

  17. ↓ Post By michael.l3wis@gmail.com

    Flex play this week – Lindsay vs HOU or Smith-Schuster @ BAL?

    1st in both my leagues because of you guys. Worth every penny!!!

  18. ↓ Post By Crazy Horse

    Good morning RW,
    A couple of lineup Qs

    1) Start Fitz or Wilson

    2) Of these players which one would you leave on your bench – K Johnson, Golladay, JuJu, Godwin or A Jones? One of these must sit this week. thanks

      1. ↓ Post By Crazy Horse

        Thanks for the advice T. Tempted to roll with Fitz since TBAY D is so bad that Fitz will have to throw the ball all game long.

  19. ↓ Post By jeremybarnard88@gmail.com

    Was offered either Sony Michel or dalvin cook for Aaron jones in a PPR. I would have to start the person I trade for because mixon is on bye.

  20. ↓ Post By DanMach

    Need two RB and two WR and a Flex out of the players below. Also would you trade any of these players and include E Ingram or J Doyle to improve TE with say an Ertz. One RB and a TE for Ertz?
    M Ingram
    Dion Lewis
    Nick Chubb
    Sammy Watkins
    Stephon Diggs
    Keenan Allen

    1. ↓ Post By DanMach

      Need two RB and two WR and a Flex out of the players below. Also would you trade any of these players and include E Ingram or J Doyle to improve TE with say an Ertz. One RB and a TE for Ertz?
      M Ingram
      Dion Lewis
      Nick Chubb
      Sammy Watkins
      Stephon Diggs
      Keenan Allen
      David Johsnon
      Tyler Boyd

    2. ↓ Post By Trashman

      sit lewis. could try to sell high on watkins

  21. ↓ Post By deeaye

    1 pt PPR league – start 1 TE and I have Kittle…. Offered Amari for my Doyle straight up, take it?

  22. ↓ Post By mallen8under@yahoo.com

    With Thompson being ruled out, I now have Sutton in my flex. Would you play Bibbs or Barber over Sutton?
    1/2 PPR

  23. ↓ Post By rw-dxaZF7PC9

    T-Bags (3-5) PPR Godwin, Miller or Scantling, need to choose two of the three. Thx!

  24. ↓ Post By rw-dxaZF7PC9

    Sophie’s Choice! Which Golden Son would you throw overboard? Anthony Miller or TQ Smith (NO)?

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