Below is the Week 12 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.
To view all of our Week 12 Matchup content, please see the links below:
Top 5 Passing Matchups Week 12
Bottom 5 Passing Matchups Week 12
Top 5 Rushing Matchups Week 12
Bottom 5 Rushing Matchups Week 12
Rushing Matchup Chart Week 12
Passing Matchup Chart Week 12
Team
|
Opponent
|
Matchup Grade
|
Detroit
|
vs Houston
|
Great
|
Washington
|
at Dallas
|
Great
|
Houston
|
at Detroit
|
Great
|
Pittsburgh
|
vs Baltimore
|
Great
|
NY Giants
|
vs Cincinnati
|
Great
|
Minnesota
|
vs Carolina
|
Good
|
NY Jets
|
vs Miami
|
Good
|
Chicago
|
at Green Bay
|
Good
|
LA Chargers
|
at Buffalo
|
Good
|
Buffalo
|
vs LA Chargers
|
Good
|
Carolina
|
at Minnesota
|
Good
|
New Orleans
|
at Denver
|
Good
|
Arizona
|
at New England
|
Neutral
|
New England
|
vs Arizona
|
Neutral
|
Atlanta
|
vs Las Vegas
|
Neutral
|
Cincinnati
|
vs NY Giants
|
Neutral
|
Cleveland
|
at Jacksonville
|
Neutral
|
Indianapolis
|
vs Tennessee
|
Neutral
|
Miami
|
at NY Jets
|
Neutral
|
Dallas
|
vs Washington
|
Tough
|
Baltimore
|
at Pittsburgh
|
Tough
|
Green Bay
|
vs Chicago
|
Tough
|
Tampa Bay
|
vs Kansas City
|
Tough
|
Seattle
|
at Philadelphia
|
Tough
|
Philadelphia
|
vs Seattle
|
Tough
|
LA Rams
|
vs San Francisco
|
Tough
|
Las Vegas
|
at Atlanta
|
Bad
|
Tennessee
|
at Indianapolis
|
Bad
|
San Francisco
|
at LA Rams
|
Bad
|
Jacksonville
|
vs Cleveland
|
Bad
|
Kansas City
|
at Tampa Bay
|
Bad
|
Denver
|
vs New Orleans
|
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.