Rushing Matchup Chart Week 17

Footballguys Staff's Rushing Matchup Chart Week 17 Footballguys Staff Published 12/31/2020

Below is the Week 17 Rushing Matchup Chart. While this 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 close.

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Top 5 Passing Matchups Week 17
Bottom 5 Passing Matchups Week 17
Top 5 Rushing Matchups Week 17
Bottom 5 Rushing Matchups Week 17
Rushing Matchup Chart Week 17
Passing Matchup Chart Week 17

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