Fantasy Football Week 13 Start/Sit: Matchups to Target and Avoid

Welcome to Club Fantasy’s Weekly Start/Sit Matchup Report, a data-driven guide to setting winning lineups. Each week, we highlight the defenses allowing the most and fewest fantasy points to quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, and tight ends over the last four weeks.

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Here are the fantasy matchups to target and avoid for NFL Week 13.

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Fantasy Football Week 13 Start Sit Advice

Scoring Note: These rankings use the full PPR scoring format. However, there is not a big difference between the rankings in .5 or non-PPR scoring.

Most Points Allowed Last 4 Weeks (Matchups to Target)

1. TB: plays ARI, consider Jacoby Brissett
2. CIN: plays @ BAL, consider Lamar Jackson
3. DAL: plays KC, consider Patrick Mahomes
4. SF: plays @ CLE, consider Shedeur Sanders
5. MIA: plays NO, consider Tyler Shough
6. DET: plays GB, consider Jordan Love
7. TEN: plays JAX, consider Trevor Lawrence
8. NYG: plays @ NE, consider Drake Maye
9. WAS: plays DEN, consider Bo Nix
10. KC: plays @ DAL, consider Dak Prescott

Fewest Points Allowed Last 4 Weeks (Matchups to Fade)

1. GB: plays @ DET, fade Jared Goff
2. LAC: plays LV, fade Geno Smith
3. CLE: plays SF, fade Brock Purdy
4. DEN: plays WAS, fade Jayden Daniels or Marcus Mariota
5. BAL: plays CIN, fade Joe Burrow or Joe Flacco

Running Back Matchups

Most Points Allowed Last 4 Weeks (Matchups to Target)

1. NYG: plays @ NE, consider TreVeyon Henderson and Rhamondre Stevenson
2. WAS: plays DEN, consider RJ Harvey and Jaleel McLaughlin
3. CAR: plays LAR, consider Kyren Williams
4. IND: plays HOU, consider Woody Marks
5. CIN: plays @ BAL, consider Derrick Henry
6. ATL: plays @ NYJ, consider Breece Hall
7. BUF: plays @ PIT, consider Jaylen Warren and Kenneth Gainwell
8. CLE: plays SF, consider Christian McCaffrey
9. ARI: plays @ TB, consider Bucky Irving or Sean Tucker
10. GB: plays @ DET, consider Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery

Fewest Points Allowed Last 4 Weeks (Matchups to Fade)

1. TEN: plays JAX, fade Travis Etienne and Bhayshul Tuten
2. DEN: plays WAS, fade Chris Rodriguez and Jacory Croskey-Merritt
3. DAL: plays KC, fade Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt
4. NE: plays NYG, fade Tyrone Tracy and Devin Singletary
5. BAL: plays CIN, fade Chase Brown

Wide Receiver Matchups

Most Points Allowed Last 4 Weeks (Matchups to Target)

1. TB: plays ARI, consider Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Wilson
2. WAS: plays DEN, consider Courtland Sutton and Troy Franklin
3. PIT: plays BUF, consider Khalil Shakir
4. TEN: plays JAX, consider Brian Thomas Jr, Jakobi Meyers, and Parker Washington
5. SF: plays @ CLE, consider Jerry Jeudy and Cedric Tillman
6. ATL: plays @ NYJ, consider John Metchie and Adonai Mitchell
7. CHI: plays @ PHI, consider A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith
8. NE: plays NYG, consider Wan’Dale Robinson and Darius Slayton
9. DAL: plays KC, consider Rashee Rice and Xavier Worthy
10. NYG: plays @ NE, consider Stefon Diggs and Kayshon Boutte

Fewest Points Allowed Last 4 Weeks (Matchups to Fade)

1. CLE: plays SF, fade Ricky Pearsall and Jauan Jennings
2. GB: plays DET, fade Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams
3. LAC: plays LV, fade Tre Tucker and Tyler Lockett
4. MIN: plays SEA, fade Jaxon Smith-Njigba
5. HOU: plays IND, fade Michael Pittman Jr, Josh Downs, and Alec Pierce

Tight End Matchups

Most Points Allowed Last 4 Weeks (Matchups to Target)

1. CIN: plays @ BAL, consider Mark Andrews
2. JAX: plays @ TEN, consider Chigoziem Okonkwo or Gunnar Helm
3. MIA: plays NO, consider Juwan Johnson
4. KC: plays @ DAL, consider Jake Ferguson
5. SF: plays @ CLE, consider Harold Fannin or David Njoku
6. SEA: plays MIN, consider T.J. Hockenson
7. LAR: plays @ CAR, consider Ja’Tavian Sander or Tommy Tremble
8. DEN: plays @ WAS, consider Zach Ertz
9. DAL: plays KC, consider Travis Kelce
10. MIN: plays @ SEA, consider AJ Barner

Fewest Points Allowed Last 4 Weeks (Matchups to Fade)

1. BUF: plays @ PIT, fade Pat Freiermuth and Jonnu Smith
2. GB: plays DET, fade Brock Wright
3. BAL: plays CIN, fade Mike Gesicki and Noah Fant
4. LV: plays @ LAC, fade Oronde Gadsden
5. LAC: plays LV, fade Brock Bowers

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