Passing Matchup Chart Week 1

Footballguys Staff's Passing Matchup Chart Week 1 Footballguys Staff Published 09/10/2020

Below is the Week 1 Passing Matchup Ranking Chart. While this is intended to be a true ranking, the tiers are ultimately the more important factor here as many of the teams within the same tier are incredibly close.

To view all of our Week 1 Matchup content, please see the links below:
Top 5 Passing Matchups Week 1
Bottom 5 Passing Matchups Week 1
Top 5 Rushing Matchups Week 1
Bottom 5 Rushing Matchups Week 1
Rushing Matchup Chart Week 1
Passing Matchup Chart Week 1

Team Opponent Matchup Grade
Kansas City Houston Great
Pittsburgh New York Giants Great
Seattle Atlanta Great
Indianapolis Jacksonville Great
Philadelphia Washington Great
Las Vegas Carolina Good
Houston Kansas City Good
Buffalo New York Jets Good
Jacksonville Indianapolis Good
New Orleans Tampa Bay Good
San Francisco Arizona Good
Los Angeles Chargers Cincinnati Good
Carolina Las Vegas Good
Los Angeles Rams Dallas Neutral
Green Bay Minnesota Neutral
Detroit Chicago Neutral
Tennessee Denver Neutral
Chicago Detroit Neutral
Baltimore Cleveland Neutral
Minnesota Green Bay Neutral
Arizona San Francisco Neutral
Denver Tennessee Tough
Atlanta Seattle Tough
Dallas Los Angeles Rams Tough
New York Giants Pittsburgh Tough
New England Miami Tough
Tampa Bay New Orleans Tough
Cincinnati Los Angeles Chargers Bad
Washington Philadelphia Bad
New York Jets Buffalo Bad
Cleveland Baltimore Bad
Miami New England Bad

Methodology: Best matchup does not mean the players who are projected for the most amount of points. We try to balance the impact that the defense will have on the offense as we start with a baseline for each team and try to determine which defenses will have the biggest impact on the offense. More often than not, bad offenses will show up on the worst matchups and good offenses will show up on the top matchups but occasionally you will have a scenario where the top offense is facing the top defense, therefore, making it a difficult matchup for that offense.

You should always start elite players even if they are in one of the more difficult matchups of the week.

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