Rushing Matchup Chart Week 3

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

Below is the Week 3 Rushing 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
Philadelphia
vs Cincinnati
Great
LA Chargers
vs Carolina
Great
Pittsburgh
vs Houston
Great
Arizona
vs Detroit
Great
Tampa Bay
at Denver
Great
Tennessee
at Minnesota
Great
Indianapolis
vs NY Jets
Good
Buffalo
vs LA Rams
Good
San Francisco
at NY Giants
Good
Baltimore
vs Kansas City
Good
Las Vegas
vs New England
Good
Chicago
at Atlanta
Good
Minnesota
vs Tennessee
Neutral
Cincinnati
at Philadelphia
Neutral
Cleveland
vs Washington
Neutral
Jacksonville
vs Miami
Neutral
Atlanta
vs Chicago
Neutral
Seattle
vs Dallas
Neutral
Detroit
at Arizona
Neutral
New Orleans
vs Green Bay
Neutral
Dallas
at Seattle
Neutral
LA Rams
at Buffalo
Tough
New England
vs Las Vegas
Tough
NY Giants
vs San Francisco
Tough
Carolina
at LA Chargers
Tough
Houston
at Pittsburgh
Tough
Kansas City
at Baltimore
Tough
Miami
at Jacksonville
Bad
Washington
at Cleveland
Bad
Green Bay
at New Orleans
Bad
Denver
vs Tampa Bay
Bad
NY Jets
at 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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