Week 14 Fantasy Football Podcast: Waiver pickups, sleepers, start 'em/sit 'em

Matt Lutovsky

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Should you start or sit Justin Jackson? Is Jaylen Samuels really a "game changer"? Should you stop making waiver pickups if you're out of the fantasy playoffs? Is Jeff Wilson Jr a real person and/or a legit sleeper? We tackle these hard-hitting questions in our Week 14 fantasy football podcast.

After a look back at things we got wrong last week, including serious miscalculations about Adrian PetersonGolden Tate and Matt LaCosse, we move on to this week's top trending players. Rookie handcuffs Jeff Wilson Jr., Jaylen SamuelsJustin Jackson, and Rashaad Penny dominate the conversation, but have a little time for a rookie QB, too (Josh Allen). We then move to the favorable/unfavorable matchups for bubble players, including Carson Wentz, Baker MayfieldMark Ingram, Josh AdamsSpencer Ware, Chris GodwinCourtland SuttonAllen RobinsonAlshon JefferyDeVante ParkerJohn Ross, David NjokuTrey Burton and more. 

Week 14 Rankings:
Quarterback | Running Back | Wide Receiver | Tight End | D/ST | Kicker

Along the way, we break down proper consolation-bracket etiquette, whether Adam Humphries is the type of guy who can score in four straight games, late trade deadlines, silly "bonus leagues", uninformed weather forecasts, Odell Beckham Jr.'s "business decision", double mini-byes, Jared Cook's consistency, "Blount rolling", Cam Newton's emasculating one-play benching, how to pronounce "cache", Kelly Bryant continuing Mizzou's storied history of QB greatness, and much more.

Week 14 Fantasy Football Podcast

Timestamps:

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF? (1:39)

Badmouthing Adrian Peterson, Golden Tate, and Derek Carr

Saying Willie Snead was a better option than Michael Crabtree

Getting zero TE sleepers correct

GOOGLE 'EM BING 'EM GOOGLE 'EM: Most searched players of the week (6:45)

Jeff Wilson Jr. (Must-start or sucker's play?) (8:05)

Jaylen Samuels (Game changer or GAME CHANGER?) (12:28)

Justin Jackson/Austin Ekeler (Can you really start both if Melvin Gordon is out?) (18:33)

Chris Carson (Why are we still talking about Seattle RBs?) (21:03)

Josh Allen (Better than Lamar Jackson?) (23:13)

SLEEPERS, RISKY PLAYS, START 'EM/SIT 'EM: Players we're excited/worried about for Week 14 (27:15)

QBs: Jameis Winston, Lamar Jackson, Baker Mayfield, Mitchell Trubisky, Jared Goff, Matthew Stafford, Carson Wentz, Andrew Luck (27:26)

RBs: LeGarrette Blount, Mark Ingram, Sony Michel/James White, LeSean McCoy, Isaiah Crowell, Spencer Ware, Derrick Henry/Dion Lewis, Josh Adams, Marlon Mack, Doug Martin (37:30)

WRs: Courtland Sutton, Zay Jones, Allen Robinson/Taylor Gabriel, Adam Humphries/Chris Godwin, Alshon Jeffery, Doug Baldwin, John Ross, DeVante Parker (44:35)

TEs: Vance McDonald, David Njoku, Dan Arnold, Antonio Gates, Trey Burton, Cameron Brate, Evan Engram, Kyle Rudolph (53:12)

RANDOM S*@# (56:17)

Mizzou: Quarterback U

Jared "Mr. Consistent" Cook

Who looked worse last week: Cam Newton or Odell Beckham Jr.?

Post-game attire for winning and losing QBs

Matt Lutovsky

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Matt Lutovsky has been a writer and editor for The Sporting News since 2007, primarily writing about fantasy sports, betting, and gaming.