Fantasy Football Week 14 Cheat Sheet: Waiver, Rankings, Projections and More

The fantasy football playoffs are here for a great number of leagues, while others are in the final week of their regular seasons.

No matter the situation, it’s time for production and actual results, not potential and wishful thinking. We need strong players who can take advantage of weak defenses, and we offer the following players to help you bring home a pot full of cash in this crucial week.

Quarterbacks

While Ben Roethlisberger and Drew Brees have been on top of the quarterback rankings for many weeks, this is the time to go with Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford as the top quarterback on our list.

We have full faith in Roethlisberger, but the weather in Buffalo in December has been known to be a tad inconsistent and could have an impact on Pittsburgh’s explosive passing game. We are still willing to give Roethlisberger and his stud teammates plenty of consideration, but Stafford is going up against the Chicago Bears and should roll.

The Bears are coming off a win over the lowly San Francisco 49ers, but the Bears have a slew of injuries on the defensive side, and linebacker Jerrell Freeman is out due to a PED suspension. The Lions are thriving and can’t afford any slip-up against a lower-level team, because the schedule concludes with the New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers.

Stafford has been on a roll since the second half of the 2015 season and has completed 67.2 percent of his passes with an eye-opening 21-5 TD-to-interception ratio this year. In addition to his accurate passing, Stafford has shown he is an effective and fearless runner, averaging 5.9 yards per carry and picking up first downs.

Andrew Luck has the Colts going in the right direction. After going 3-5 in the first half of the season, the Colts have won three of their last four games and are tied with the Houston Texans (technically in first place) and Tennessee Titans at the top of the AFC South. All three teams have 6-6 records.

Andrew Luck now has as many pass TD tonight as incompletions (4). pic.twitter.com/oUdU2ebGog

— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) December 6, 2016

Luck threw for 278 yards and four touchdowns in the Week 13 Monday night win over the New York Jets. He has a 23-8 TD-to-interception ratio as the Colts prepare to host the Houston Texans.

The Texans regularly have problems in key road games. We see Luck continuing to put good numbers on the board here, and he deserves strong fantasy consideration.

So does Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks. He is competing against the fertile Green Bay Packers defense, which was just awful a few weeks ago in losses to Indianapolis, Tennessee and the Washington Redskins. While the bleeding has slowed down a bit in recent weeks, the Packers have not suddenly become a good defense that is capable of slowing down an elite quarterback.

Those who don’t believe Wilson has reached that level need to readjust their thinking. He is a winner of the first order and has completed 65.3 percent of his passes and thrown for an average of 243.0 yards per game. He has thrown 12 TD passes, which is not overly impressive, but he will riddle the Packers in this crucial game.

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