NFL Fantasy Football Matchup Cheat Sheet: Buffalo Bills
In NFL daily fantasy leagues, matchups are important. Pay attention to favorable matchups rather than the overall quality of individual players. It is better to select an above-average offensive player facing poor or average defense than an elite talent facing above-average or elite defense.
Each position in ranked according to one of these four ratings: Elite, Above-average, Average, and Poor.
Offense
QB E.J. Manuel: Poor
RB C.J. Spiller, Fred Jackson: Elite
WR1 Sammy Watkins: Above-average
WR2 Marquise Goodwin: Average
Slot WR Robert Woods: Average
TE Lee Smith, Scott Chandler: Poor
O-line: LT Cordy Glenn, LG Chris Williams, C Eric Wood, RG Kraig Urbik, RT Cyrus Kouandjio: Poor
The Bills may believe Manuel is their QB of the future, but I don’t. He never lived up to his hype at Florida State and I doubt he will do so in the NFL. It’s a shame to waste incredible weapons like Spiller and Watkins, but unless Manuel makes incredible strides in his sophomore season, the Bills may regret trading away next year’s first round pick for Watkins instead of sitting tight and selecting Johnny Manziel or Teddy Bridgewater.
Spiller and Jackson are both good enough to limit the other’s production. It’s impossible to tell on any given week which one will go off and which will only get a thimbleful of carries, but when one of these two backs is cheap and matched up against a poor run defense, it will be a good sleeper pick and allow you to free up some salary to put more elite players on your roster.
Defense
CB1 Stephon Gilmore: Average
CB2 Leodis McKelvin: Average
Nickel CB Corey Graham: Average
Safeties: SS Aaron Williams, FS Da’Norris Searcy: Average
Linebackers: WLB Kiko Alonso, MLB Brandon Spikes, SLB Keith Rivers: Above-average
D-line: DE Mario Williams, DT Marcell Dareus, DT Kyle Williams, DE Manny Lawson: Elite
Don’t be baited by the average secondary: Buffalo’s exceptional front 7 will force opposing QBs to make mistakes, and Alonso is dangerous when the ball is in the air. Disregard all offensive players except elite receivers when they are matched up against Buffalo.
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