Fantasy Football – The worst, the best matches of QB, RB, WR and more for the 5th week

Matches are often one of the drivers of the weekly alignment decisions of Fantasy Football officials. When you choose between two or more players with the same talent, you know the first question that comes to mind: Which one has the best match?

Ah but what, exactly, constitutes a favorable or unfavorable match?

This is where the "Map of Correspondence" comes in. Every week, I will provide a calendar-independent method for determining the strength of positional confrontations, using the most recent and relevant data. Check the numbers updated weekly, including the strengths of the matches at each post – both favorable and unfavorable – based on these statistics. For these purposes, we will use PPR (point-by-point), although I have analyzed this data for PPR and non-PPR and the ranking would change little (if at all). These help in both formats.

The cards include two measures: the first, "Rk", is my personal ranking of how I consider this position confrontation favorable / unfavorable; the second, "FPA WO", indicates how far above or below the average of a player the defense has held his opponents to that position. For week 5, we will use the 2018 data (four weeks are already in the books), but starting from week 6, we will use the most recent five weeks.

Finally, a few caveats: the "FPA Adj." Statistics listed in this week's column represent only a sample smaller than four weeks, so my personal ranking ("Rk") will not quite match to the same line. will be in the next few weeks.

In addition, remember that confrontations are only a ingredient in my ranking formula. Every favorable match must not be exploited; we must not avoid all adverse matches. To get the most complete recipe to start and sit on, check out my weekly ranking.