IDP Matchups and Stat Trends - Week 06

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

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SCHEDULE TAB

Consider this a work in progress, but I’ve added in a new Schedule tab to try and 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 matchups that look MOST FAVORABLE from a tackling perspective (with some notes if the matchup is particularly unfavorable for run vs pass):

• DALLAS (vs Philadelphia) – Eagles generating 60 tackle opps/game (36 rush attempts)
• NEW ENGLAND (vs Cleveland) – Browns generating 57 tackle opps/game (36 rush attempts)
• SEATTLE (vs Arizona) – Arizona generating 56 tackle opps/game (29 pass completions)
• NEW ORLEANS (vs Cincinnati) – Bengals generating 55 tackle opps/game
• BALTIMORE (vs NY Giants) – Giants averaging 53 tackle opps/game (32 rush attempts)

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

• LOS ANGELES RAMS (vs Carolina) – Panthers generating 41 tackle opps/game (18 pass completions)
• WASHINGTON (vs Chicago) – Bears generating 44 tackle opps/game (10 pass completions)
• MINNESOTA (vs Miami) – Dolphins generating 45 tackle opps/game (21 rush attempts)
• NY GIANTS (vs Baltimore) – Ravens generating 46 tackle opps/game (19 pass completions)
• PHILADELPHIA (vs Dallas) – Cowboys generating 46 tackle opps/game (17 pass completions)

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:

• WASHINGTON (vs Chicago) – pressure allowed on 27% of dropbacks (4 sacks/game)
• BALTIMORE (vs NY Giants) – pressure allowed on 24% of dropbacks (3 sacks/game)
• CHICAGO (vs Washington) – pressure allowed on 22% of dropbacks (4 sacks/game)
• JACKSONVILLE (vs Indianapolis) – pressure allowed on 21% of dropbacks (4.2 sacks/game)
• LOS ANGELES RAMS (vs Carolina) – pressure allowed on 17% of dropbacks (3.2 sacks/game)

On the flip side, here are some matchups that look LEAST FAVORABLE from a pass-rush perspective:

• SEATTLE (vs Arizona) – pressure allowed on 8% of dropbacks (1.8 sacks/game)
• PITTSBURGH (vs Tampa Bay) – pressure allowed on 9% of dropbacks (1.4 sacks/game)
• INDIANAPOLIS (vs Jacksonville) – pressure allowed on 10% of dropbacks (1.2 sacks/game)
• KANSAS CITY (vs Buffalo) – pressure allowed on 10% of dropbacks (1.8 sacks/game)
• DENVER (vs LA Chargers) – pressure allowed on 10% of dropbacks (1.0 sacks/game)