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Usually on Thursday morning you wake up to my explanation of my weekly rankings on Fantasy Alarm. But this week I am switching things up. As I have said all week on the SiriusXM show, these next three weeks are absolutely vital to each of our fantasy football seasons. Whether you are 1-5 or 5-1, the next three weeks will determine if you are a contender this season. If you are struggling at 1-5 or 2-4 right now, you can still win this thing I promise you. But you’re going to have to treat each week like it is a playoff week. You need to enter week 10 with four wins. At that point we can make a push for the final playoffs spot(s) in our league and then it is all about surviving and advancing in the playoffs.

So with this in mind I have poured over all of the matchups for the next three weeks and present them to you here. Basically, I took the previous six weeks of data and broke it down position-by-position to uncover which teams and players have the best upcoming matchups.

The values in each column represent the total matchup value for each team each week. The total matchup value is the sum of the QB, RB, WR & TE rankings against. The lower the number, the better the matchup.

 

TEAM

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Total

Browns

30

86

15

131

Vikings

75

15

69

159

Eagles

80

61

61

202

Packers

47

76

80

203

Titans

69

61

80

210

Bengals

92

90

29

211

Texans

98

57

56

211

Cowboys

82

69

61

212

Raiders

61

64

88

213

Lions

76

69

80

225

Seahawks

99

47

86

232

Jaguars

64

96

73

233

Dolphins

84

29

122

235

Cardinals

86

56

95

237

Ravens

69

73

98

240

Steelers

61

92

90

243

Buccaneers

80

101

64

245

Patriots

67

84

96

247

Bills

101

67

80

248

Redskins

57

95

101

253

Colts

73

98

82

253

Panthers

98

88

76

262

Giants

95

80

92

267

49ers

96

80

99

275

Saints

135

98

47

280

Chiefs

122

99

67

288

Bears

96

113

80

289

Falcons

90

135

80

305

Jets

113

75

117

305

Chargers

117

96

96

309

Rams

88

117

129

334

Broncos

129

122

113

364

As you can see the Browns are the team to invest in over the next three weeks. With games against the Jaguars, Raiders and Buccaneers Brian Hoyer, Ben Tate and company should be able to run wild.

The Vikings are also going to have an easy time especially in week eight against the Buccaneers. This should be great for newly anointed RB Jerick McKinnon.

The Eagles are on bye this week but draw the Cardinals and the Texans in weeks eight and nine. Nick Foles should be able to get on track during this stretch.

I know that Eddie Lacy hasn’t been nearly as good as many had hoped but in the next two weeks he draws the 31st and 23rd ranked defense against fantasy RB’s in the Panthers and Saints. If you are able to make a deal for Lacy now he could lead you to consecutive victories and catapult you back into the playoff race.

On the flipside, the Broncos have an extremely tough time coming up. The 49ers, Chargers and Patriots are all aggressive defenses that have given Peyton Manning problems in the past.

Maybe Jon Gruden will ease his chubby of Austin Davis in week 10 once the Rams have gone though the Seahawks, Chiefs and 49ers defenses. Davis isn’t worth owning at this point nor is RB Zac Stacy or any of the Rams RB’s for that matter.

The Chargers have benefitted from the easiest schedule in the NFL thus far but it gets much tougher beginning this week against Chiefs. We have likely seen the best out of Philip Rivers and company this season.