Christopher Harris, Fantasy 9y

Why you should start Kaepernick

NFL, Fantasy NFL

Matchups are often a deciding factor for fantasy owners making lineup decisions between two or more players, but gauging the difficulty of each player's opponent can be tricky. That's where the Harris Index come in -- providing fantasy owners with a schedule-independent way to assess how strong opponents really are.

Each week, I'll update the Harris Index and offer a few nuggets about possible starts and sits based on the numbers. But please scroll down and play with the chart, sorting by various columns to discover which opponents are best and worst for your players to face.

Finally, please realize that this index is just one instrument I use in creating my weekly ranks. To get a direct sense of which players I think you should start and sit, please consult those rankings.

Here are some players whom I have identified as good or bad matchups using the data in the chart:


Quarterbacks

Good matchup: Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers. Generally speaking, Kaep is a borderline fantasy starter (he is currently 12th among QBs in fantasy points per game), but this looks like a week to fire him up. He gets a home game against the St. Louis Rams, who allowed him to throw for 343 yards and three TDs back in Week 6.

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