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

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SCHEDULE TAB

The Schedule tab was a recent addition to try and help someone 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 ones that look MOST FAVORABLE from a tackling perspective (with some notes if the matchup is particularly unfavorable for run vs pass):

• CHICAGO (vs Detroit) – Lions offense generates 54.9 tackle opps/game (28 rush/24 pass)
• DALLAS (vs Philadelphia) – Eagles offense generates 54.9 tackle opps/game (30 rush/23 pass)
• JACKSONVILLE (at Cleveland) – Browns offense generates 54.9 tackle opps/game (32 rush/20 pass)
• PHILADELPHIA (at Dallas) – Cowboys offense generates 54.2 tackle opps/game (27 rush/25 pass)
• CLEVELAND (vs Jacksonville) – Jaguars offense generates 53.8 tackle opps/game (28 rush/24 pass)
• CAROLINA (at New Orleans) – Saints offense generates 53.8 tackle opps/game (27 rush/24 pass)
• LA RAMS (at Baltimore) – Ravens offense generates 53.7 tackle opps/game (32 rush/19 pass)

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

• HOUSTON (at NY Jets) – Jets offense generating 45.2 tackle opps/game (21 rush/20 pass)
• MIAMI (vs Tennessee) – Titans offense generating 45.7 tackle opps/game (25 rush/18 pass)
• MINNESOTA (at Las Vegas) – Raiders offense generating 45.8 tackle opps/game (23 rush/21 pass)
• NEW ENGLAND (at Pittsburgh) – Steelers offense generating 46.3 tackle opps/game (25 rush/19 pass)
• SAN FRANCISCO (vs Seattle) – Seahawks offense generating 46.7 tackle opps/game (22 rush/22 pass)

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:

• GREEN BAY (at NY Giants) – Giants allowing 5.8 sacks/game
• HOUSTON (at NY Jets) – Jets allowing 4.3 sacks/game
• NEW ORLEANS (vs Carolina) – Panthers allowing 3.9 sacks/game
• MIAMI (vs Tennessee) – Titans allowing 3.5 sacks/game
• LA CHARGERS (vs Denver) – Broncos allowing 3.0 sacks/game