Wide receiver-cornerback showdowns might be the most important individual matchups in football.
In this piece, I leverage snap data from Pro Football Focus to project NFL Week 10 WR/CB matchups.
For more, see the FantasyLabs Matchups page, where we provide basic and advanced data — including fantasy and red-zone performance — for each offensive skill-position player based on his matchup.
Also consult our Week 10 injury report for status updates on receivers and corners. I will update this piece over the weekend.
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Let’s start with this week’s featured matchup and then run through all the wide receiver situations and sort through my matrix featuring every matchup.
WR/CB Matchup of the Week
Buccaneers WR Mike Evans vs. Cardinals CB Patrick Peterson
In past seasons, if a wide receiver — any wide receiver — were facing Patrick Peterson, he’d get an automatic downgrade in projections and rankings.
But in his three games this year since returning from a six-game suspension, Peterson has been rough, allowing an 82.4% catch rate, 204 yards and two touchdowns.
Granted, two of his games came against wide receivers Michael Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders — but in the past he was rarely embarrassed the way he has been this year, and that was with him shadowing No. 1 receivers almost every week.
And this week he isn’t facing just any No. 1 receiver: He’s facing THE No. 1 receiver.
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