Fantasy Football Start ’em Sit ’em Week 14
It is no secret that I have been on fire lately when predicting the featured sit and starts the past couple weeks. As the season goes along, I tend to get more and more honed in on which players will do well and which players will ultimately fall short. In my many years of fantasy experience, the team that ends the final weeks with the most momentum usually ends up winning it all.
As we enter the final week of the fantasy football regular season, I want you all to take a moment to reflect on how far you have come to get to this point. Hopefully, most of you still reading this list are in playoff contention or have already locked up a first round bye.
But now is not the time to get complacent. As the great Kobe Bryant once said after taking a 2-0 series against the Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals, ‘The job’s not finished’ and you have more work to do in order to go home with the hardware. Do not take your eye off the ball this week. Tunnel vision will be needed if you are going to finish the job. Live in the moment, because you never know when you will be back at the summit of the mountain top.
Cam Newton – Panthers QB
Newton came back down to earth in Week 12, meeting his Kryptonite in the form of the Dolphins D which forced him to throw 2 picks and was ultimately benched in favor of PJ Walker. With some time to lick his wounds, Newton is coming off a much-needed bye week where he gets a juicy matchup with a porous Falcons D that has allowed the second-most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks per game. I predict Superman will be back in the red zone in Week 14 now that Cmac is out for the rest of the season.
Cam Newton Week 14 Projections: 205 passing yards, 1 pass TD, 9 rushing attempts, 59 rushing yards, 2 rushing TD’s
QBs to Start
Dak Prescott
Taysom Hill
Taylor Heinicke
Jimmy Garroppolo
Teddy Bridgewater
RBs to Start
Alexander Mattison
Cordarrelle Patterson
Nick Chubb
Josh Jacobs
Clyde-Edwards Helaire
Javonte Williams
Mark Ingram
James Conner
Tony Pollard
Devonta Freeman
Kareem Hunt
Chuba Hubbard
AJ Dillon
Dontrell Hilliard
JaMycal Hasty
Darrel Williams
Matt Breida
Sony Michel
Mike Davis
WRs to Start
Tee Higgins (Q)
Amari Cooper
Terry McLaurin
Michael Gallup
Brandon Aiyuk
Tyler Lockett
Odell Beckham
Mike Williams (added to C-19 LIST)
Hunter Renfrow
KJ Osborn
Brandin Cooks
Van Jefferson
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
Gabriel Davis
Darnell Mooney
Russell Gage
Chase Claypool
Amon-Ra St.Brown
TEs to Start
Foster Moreau
Pat Freiermuth
Evan Engram
Dalton Schultz
Tyler Conklin
Week 14 Sit ’em
Tom Brady – Bucs QB
Timeless Tom is coming off a Week 13 destruction of the aforementioned Falcons D, where he lit them up for 4 TD’s through the air in another vintage Brady performance. In Week 14 the sledding gets a little tougher against a Buffalo D that has allowed just 8 passing TD’s to opposing quarterbacks on the season. This could end up being Tom’s toughest matchup of the regular season so temper expectations in Tompa Bay.
Tom Brady Week 14 Projections: 237 passing yards, 2 passing TD’s 1 INT, 1 Fumble, 1 rushing attempt, 2 rushing yards
QBs to Sit
Russell Wilson
Kirk Cousins
Joe Burrow
Derek Carr
Ryan Tannehill
RBs to Sit
James Robinson
Melvin Gordon
Chase Edmonds
Ameer Abdullah
Latavius Murray
Jefferey Wilson
JD McKissic
Tevin Coleman
Jamaal Williams
Rex Burkhead
Ty Johnson
Zack Moss
Devin Singletary
Gio Bernard
Ronald Jones
D’Onta Foreman
David Johnson
Peyton Barber
WRs to Sit
Courtland Sutton
Marquez Callaway
Tre’Quan Smith
Elijah Moore
DeSean Jackson
Cole Beasley
Emmanuel Sanders
Tyler Boyd
AJ Green
Rondale Moore
Jamison Crowder
Sterling Shepard
Marvin Jones
Randall Cobb
Laviska Shenault
Kadarius Toney
Donovon Peoples-Jones
Sammy Watkins
Christian Kirk
TEs to Sit
Kyle Pitts
Cole Kmet
Zach Ertz
Tyler Higbee
Gerald Everett
If you have any questions about your lineup for this week, you can find me on our Facebook group, Fantasy Couch Fam. My name is Mike Mital on there, by the way.
Make sure to watch the Week 14 waiver wire video in case there are any players on waivers or free agency that you might have missed.
Also check out our podcast, Fantasy Couch Podcast (available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, etc.
