2009 Hot Spots

September 15, 2009

Optimize your team for the playoffs and win!

Plain and simple, to win your league championship, you must get hot at the end of the season. Leverage "Hot Spots" and increase your odds of winning. Having just one or two extra favorable matchups during the playoffs is often all it takes to gain an edge --- and walk off with a championship.

To plan out what team defenses you should start each week, be sure to see Team Defense Hot Spots. In addition, our Player-level Hot Spots analysis is also very popular with those playing Tournament-Style Fantasy Football and planning out matchup opportunities.

PLEASE NOTE: the below chart provides a high level strategic overview. For a more detailed tactical view, check out Hot Spots-Rushing and Hot Spots-Passing.

Strength of Schedule

Team	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
ARI	21	19	13	BYE	25	24	2	15	12	24	32	8	5	21	31	32	11
ATL	14	15	6	BYE	21	12	10	26	18	15	2	22	4	26	9	20	22
BAL	29	7	30	6	28	5	BYE	27	28	30	13	3	11	31	12	3	23
BUF	6	22	26	14	30	9	15	25	BYE	8	19	14	9	29	6	16	13
CAR	4	16	10	BYE	18	22	20	17	26	16	14	9	22	6	5	2	26
CHI	11	3	24	31	BYE	16	28	30	17	21	4	5	32	11	1	5	31
CIN	27	11	3	30	1	25	12	BYE	1	3	23	30	31	5	7	29	9
CLE	5	27	1	28	20	3	11	12	BYE	1	31	28	7	3	29	23	19
DAL	22	2	15	27	29	BYE	16	24	4	11	18	23	2	7	26	18	4
DEN	28	30	23	10	6	7	BYE	1	3	18	7	2	29	13	23	4	29
DET	26	5	18	12	3	11	BYE	32	24	5	30	11	28	1	17	21	12
GB	12	28	32	5	BYE	31	30	5	22	10	21	31	1	12	3	24	17
HOU	9	8	19	23	17	28	21	20	13	BYE	8	13	19	24	32	14	6
IND	19	14	17	24	8	BYE	32	21	25	6	1	25	8	27	19	9	20
JAX	13	17	25	8	24	32	BYE	8	29	9	20	21	25	14	13	6	30
KC	1	23	4	2	10	18	7	BYE	19	23	3	7	27	20	30	28	27
MIA	16	13	7	20	9	BYE	26	9	6	22	15	20	6	19	8	25	3
MIN	30	31	21	11	32	1	3	11	BYE	31	24	12	17	28	15	12	2
NE	20	9	16	1	27	8	22	BYE	14	13	9	26	14	15	20	19	25
NO	31	4	20	9	BYE	2	14	16	15	32	22	6	18	16	10	22	15
NYG	18	10	22	29	23	26	17	4	7	BYE	16	27	10	4	18	15	5
NYJ	25	6	8	26	14	20	23	14	BYE	19	6	15	20	22	16	13	28
OAK	7	29	27	25	2	4	9	7	BYE	29	28	10	3	18	27	30	1
PHI	15	26	29	BYE	22	23	18	2	10	7	12	18	16	2	21	27	10
PIT	8	12	28	7	31	30	5	BYE	27	28	29	1	23	30	11	1	14
SD	23	1	14	3	BYE	27	29	23	2	4	27	29	30	10	28	8	18
SEA	32	21	12	13	19	17	BYE	10	31	17	5	32	21	25	22	11	8
SF	17	24	5	32	16	BYE	25	13	8	12	11	19	24	17	4	31	32
STL	24	18	11	21	5	19	13	31	BYE	26	17	24	12	8	25	17	21
TB	10	20	2	18	4	15	6	BYE	11	14	26	16	15	9	24	26	16
TEN	3	25	9	19	13	6	BYE	19	21	20	25	17	13	32	14	7	24
WAS	2	32	31	22	15	29	4	BYE	16	27	10	4	26	23	2	10	7

Schedule difficulty based on opponent's defensive ranking. Top defense = 1, bottom defense = 32.

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Strength of Schedule

Team	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
ARI	21	19	13	BYE	25	24	2	15	12	24	32	8	5	21	31	32	11
ATL	14	15	6	BYE	21	12	10	26	18	15	2	22	4	26	9	20	22
BAL	29	7	30	6	28	5	BYE	27	28	30	13	3	11	31	12	3	23
BUF	6	22	26	14	30	9	15	25	BYE	8	19	14	9	29	6	16	13
CAR	4	16	10	BYE	18	22	20	17	26	16	14	9	22	6	5	2	26
CHI	11	3	24	31	BYE	16	28	30	17	21	4	5	32	11	1	5	31
CIN	27	11	3	30	1	25	12	BYE	1	3	23	30	31	5	7	29	9
CLE	5	27	1	28	20	3	11	12	BYE	1	31	28	7	3	29	23	19
DAL	22	2	15	27	29	BYE	16	24	4	11	18	23	2	7	26	18	4
DEN	28	30	23	10	6	7	BYE	1	3	18	7	2	29	13	23	4	29
DET	26	5	18	12	3	11	BYE	32	24	5	30	11	28	1	17	21	12
GB	12	28	32	5	BYE	31	30	5	22	10	21	31	1	12	3	24	17
HOU	9	8	19	23	17	28	21	20	13	BYE	8	13	19	24	32	14	6
IND	19	14	17	24	8	BYE	32	21	25	6	1	25	8	27	19	9	20
JAX	13	17	25	8	24	32	BYE	8	29	9	20	21	25	14	13	6	30
KC	1	23	4	2	10	18	7	BYE	19	23	3	7	27	20	30	28	27
MIA	16	13	7	20	9	BYE	26	9	6	22	15	20	6	19	8	25	3
MIN	30	31	21	11	32	1	3	11	BYE	31	24	12	17	28	15	12	2
NE	20	9	16	1	27	8	22	BYE	14	13	9	26	14	15	20	19	25
NO	31	4	20	9	BYE	2	14	16	15	32	22	6	18	16	10	22	15
NYG	18	10	22	29	23	26	17	4	7	BYE	16	27	10	4	18	15	5
NYJ	25	6	8	26	14	20	23	14	BYE	19	6	15	20	22	16	13	28
OAK	7	29	27	25	2	4	9	7	BYE	29	28	10	3	18	27	30	1
PHI	15	26	29	BYE	22	23	18	2	10	7	12	18	16	2	21	27	10
PIT	8	12	28	7	31	30	5	BYE	27	28	29	1	23	30	11	1	14
SD	23	1	14	3	BYE	27	29	23	2	4	27	29	30	10	28	8	18
SEA	32	21	12	13	19	17	BYE	10	31	17	5	32	21	25	22	11	8
SF	17	24	5	32	16	BYE	25	13	8	12	11	19	24	17	4	31	32
STL	24	18	11	21	5	19	13	31	BYE	26	17	24	12	8	25	17	21
TB	10	20	2	18	4	15	6	BYE	11	14	26	16	15	9	24	26	16
TEN	3	25	9	19	13	6	BYE	19	21	20	25	17	13	32	14	7	24
WAS	2	32	31	22	15	29	4	BYE	16	27	10	4	26	23	2	10	7

Team	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
ARI	21	19	13	BYE	25	24	2	15	12	24	32	8	5	21	31	32	11
ATL	14	15	6	BYE	21	12	10	26	18	15	2	22	4	26	9	20	22
BAL	29	7	30	6	28	5	BYE	27	28	30	13	3	11	31	12	3	23
BUF	6	22	26	14	30	9	15	25	BYE	8	19	14	9	29	6	16	13
CAR	4	16	10	BYE	18	22	20	17	26	16	14	9	22	6	5	2	26
CHI	11	3	24	31	BYE	16	28	30	17	21	4	5	32	11	1	5	31
CIN	27	11	3	30	1	25	12	BYE	1	3	23	30	31	5	7	29	9
CLE	5	27	1	28	20	3	11	12	BYE	1	31	28	7	3	29	23	19
DAL	22	2	15	27	29	BYE	16	24	4	11	18	23	2	7	26	18	4
DEN	28	30	23	10	6	7	BYE	1	3	18	7	2	29	13	23	4	29
DET	26	5	18	12	3	11	BYE	32	24	5	30	11	28	1	17	21	12
GB	12	28	32	5	BYE	31	30	5	22	10	21	31	1	12	3	24	17
HOU	9	8	19	23	17	28	21	20	13	BYE	8	13	19	24	32	14	6
IND	19	14	17	24	8	BYE	32	21	25	6	1	25	8	27	19	9	20
JAX	13	17	25	8	24	32	BYE	8	29	9	20	21	25	14	13	6	30
KC	1	23	4	2	10	18	7	BYE	19	23	3	7	27	20	30	28	27
MIA	16	13	7	20	9	BYE	26	9	6	22	15	20	6	19	8	25	3
MIN	30	31	21	11	32	1	3	11	BYE	31	24	12	17	28	15	12	2
NE	20	9	16	1	27	8	22	BYE	14	13	9	26	14	15	20	19	25
NO	31	4	20	9	BYE	2	14	16	15	32	22	6	18	16	10	22	15
NYG	18	10	22	29	23	26	17	4	7	BYE	16	27	10	4	18	15	5
NYJ	25	6	8	26	14	20	23	14	BYE	19	6	15	20	22	16	13	28
OAK	7	29	27	25	2	4	9	7	BYE	29	28	10	3	18	27	30	1
PHI	15	26	29	BYE	22	23	18	2	10	7	12	18	16	2	21	27	10
PIT	8	12	28	7	31	30	5	BYE	27	28	29	1	23	30	11	1	14
SD	23	1	14	3	BYE	27	29	23	2	4	27	29	30	10	28	8	18
SEA	32	21	12	13	19	17	BYE	10	31	17	5	32	21	25	22	11	8
SF	17	24	5	32	16	BYE	25	13	8	12	11	19	24	17	4	31	32
STL	24	18	11	21	5	19	13	31	BYE	26	17	24	12	8	25	17	21
TB	10	20	2	18	4	15	6	BYE	11	14	26	16	15	9	24	26	16
TEN	3	25	9	19	13	6	BYE	19	21	20	25	17	13	32	14	7	24
WAS	2	32	31	22	15	29	4	BYE	16	27	10	4	26	23	2	10	7

Team	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
ARI	21	19	13	BYE	25	24	2	15	12	24	32	8	5	21	31	32	11
ATL	14	15	6	BYE	21	12	10	26	18	15	2	22	4	26	9	20	22
BAL	29	7	30	6	28	5	BYE	27	28	30	13	3	11	31	12	3	23
BUF	6	22	26	14	30	9	15	25	BYE	8	19	14	9	29	6	16	13
CAR	4	16	10	BYE	18	22	20	17	26	16	14	9	22	6	5	2	26
CHI	11	3	24	31	BYE	16	28	30	17	21	4	5	32	11	1	5	31
CIN	27	11	3	30	1	25	12	BYE	1	3	23	30	31	5	7	29	9
CLE	5	27	1	28	20	3	11	12	BYE	1	31	28	7	3	29	23	19
DAL	22	2	15	27	29	BYE	16	24	4	11	18	23	2	7	26	18	4
DEN	28	30	23	10	6	7	BYE	1	3	18	7	2	29	13	23	4	29
DET	26	5	18	12	3	11	BYE	32	24	5	30	11	28	1	17	21	12
GB	12	28	32	5	BYE	31	30	5	22	10	21	31	1	12	3	24	17
HOU	9	8	19	23	17	28	21	20	13	BYE	8	13	19	24	32	14	6
IND	19	14	17	24	8	BYE	32	21	25	6	1	25	8	27	19	9	20
JAX	13	17	25	8	24	32	BYE	8	29	9	20	21	25	14	13	6	30
KC	1	23	4	2	10	18	7	BYE	19	23	3	7	27	20	30	28	27
MIA	16	13	7	20	9	BYE	26	9	6	22	15	20	6	19	8	25	3
MIN	30	31	21	11	32	1	3	11	BYE	31	24	12	17	28	15	12	2
NE	20	9	16	1	27	8	22	BYE	14	13	9	26	14	15	20	19	25
NO	31	4	20	9	BYE	2	14	16	15	32	22	6	18	16	10	22	15
NYG	18	10	22	29	23	26	17	4	7	BYE	16	27	10	4	18	15	5
NYJ	25	6	8	26	14	20	23	14	BYE	19	6	15	20	22	16	13	28
OAK	7	29	27	25	2	4	9	7	BYE	29	28	10	3	18	27	30	1
PHI	15	26	29	BYE	22	23	18	2	10	7	12	18	16	2	21	27	10
PIT	8	12	28	7	31	30	5	BYE	27	28	29	1	23	30	11	1	14
SD	23	1	14	3	BYE	27	29	23	2	4	27	29	30	10	28	8	18
SEA	32	21	12	13	19	17	BYE	10	31	17	5	32	21	25	22	11	8
SF	17	24	5	32	16	BYE	25	13	8	12	11	19	24	17	4	31	32
STL	24	18	11	21	5	19	13	31	BYE	26	17	24	12	8	25	17	21
TB	10	20	2	18	4	15	6	BYE	11	14	26	16	15	9	24	26	16
TEN	3	25	9	19	13	6	BYE	19	21	20	25	17	13	32	14	7	24
WAS	2	32	31	22	15	29	4	BYE	16	27	10	4	26	23	2	10	7