Passing Matchup Chart Week 3

Footballguys Staff's Passing Matchup Chart Week 3 Footballguys Staff Published 09/23/2020

Below is the Week 3 Passing Matchup 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 3 Matchup content, please see the links below:
Top 5 Passing Matchups Week 3
Bottom 5 Passing Matchups Week 3
Top 5 Rushing Matchups Week 3
Bottom 5 Rushing Matchups Week 3
Rushing Matchup Chart Week 3
Passing Matchup Chart Week 3

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