Rushing Matchup Chart Week 4

Footballguys Staff's Rushing Matchup Chart Week 4 Footballguys Staff Published 09/30/2020

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.

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