Passing Matchup Chart Week 5

Footballguys Staff's Passing Matchup Chart Week 5 Footballguys Staff Published 10/07/2020

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

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