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The Footballguys IDP Matchup Spreadsheet is used to track trends around the league to help with evaluating IDP matchups. I’ll use this article to call out some interesting numbers in the data each week.

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SCHEDULE TAB

I’ve added in a new Schedule tab this year to try and quickly identify favorable matchups each week. I pulled in some key metrics for the defense as well as the offense they are facing this week.

When I look at matchups for this week, these are the matchups that look MOST FAVORABLE from a tackling perspective (with some notes if the matchup is particularly unfavorable for run vs pass):

• DETROIT (vs NY Giants) – Giants generating 54 tackle opps/game (33 rush attempts)
• INDIANAPOLIS (vs Philadelphia) – Eagles generating 54 tackle opps/game (32 rush attempts)
• ATLANTA (vs Chicago) – Falcons allowing 54 tackle opps/game (Bears avg 35 rush attempts)
• DALLAS (vs Minnesota) – Cowboys allowing 54 tackle opps/game (28 rush attempts)
• CAROLINA (vs Baltimore) – Panthers allowing 54 tackle opps/game (31 rush attempts)

In contrast, these matchups look LEAST FAVORABLE from a tackling perspective (with some notes if the matchup is particularly unfavorable for run vs pass):

• BALTIMORE (vs Carolina) – Panthers generating 43 tackle opps/game (16 pass completions)
• GREEN BAY (vs Tennessee) – Packers generating 46 tackle opps/game (14 pass completions)
• WASHINGTON (vs Houston) – Texans generating 46 tackle opps/game (23 rush attempts)
• DENVER (vs Las Vegas) – Raiders generating 46 tackle opps/game (21 rush attempts)
• NY GIANTS (vs Detroit) – Giants allowing 46 tackle opps/game (19 pass completions)
• NEW ENGLAND (vs NY Jets) – Jets generating 47 tackle opps/game (21 pass completions)

You may also want some help picking out matchups for pass rushers. These are some that look MOST FAVORABLE to me from a pass-rush perspective:

• PHILADELPHIA (vs Indianapolis) – Colts allow 3.6 sacks/game
• ATLANTA (vs Chicago) – Bears allow 3.6 sacks/game
• PITTSBURGH (vs Cincinnati) – Bengals allow 3.6 sacks/game
• NEW ORLEANS (vs LA Rams) – Rams allow 3.4 sacks/game
• LAS VEGAS (vs Denver) – Broncos allow 3.3 sacks/game