Fantasy Football Rankings & Tiers. Week 14
It is time to make those tough lineup decisions for Week 14, and Dwain has you covered with in-depth player tiers, rankings and analysis.
It is time to make those tough lineup decisions for Week 14 of the fantasy football season.
Below you’ll find positional rankings, player analysis, betting totals, and implied points for every game on the slate.
Find all of our positional rankings here.
Fantasy Football Rankings & Tiers – Week 14
Last updated: 11 pm, Friday, December 10th. Please refer to our Rankings page for updates!
Quarterback
| Tier 3 – Dak Prescott | Prescott is a low-end QB1 despite the heavy-favorite status in Week 14. | Additional QB Notes & Movers: | Tier 4 – Jared Goff’s | DJ Chark, D’Andre Swift, | Jameson Williams | Goff is a low-end QB1. | Running Back | Tier 1 – Joe Mixon | Ja’Marr Chase | Mixon is a top-eight option, ranking well ahead of expert consensus in Week 14. | Tier 2 – Tony Pollard | Ezekiel Elliott | Malik Davis | Pollard’s utilization profile comes with risk, but he is a low-end RB1 with slate-breaking upside. | Tier 2 – James Conner | Tier 3 – D’Onta Foreman | Foreman ranks as my RB16 – six spots ahead of expert consensus this weekend. | Monitoring – Seattle RBs | Kenneth Walker III | DeeJay Dallas | Travis Homer | Tony Jones Jr. | Homer is a high-end RB3 with high-end RB2 upside if Walker and Dallas are inactive. In that scenario, Jones moves into low-end RB3 territory. | Monitoring – Buccaneer RBs | Leonard Fournette | Rachaad White | Tom Brady | If Fournette can’t play, White climbs to RB11 despite the tough matchup on paper. | Additional RB Notes & Movers: | Tier 2 – D’Andre Swift | The third-year RB is a low-end RB1. | Tier 2 – Ezekiel Elliott | Elliott is a high-end RB2. | Tier 4 – Raheem Mostert | Mostert is a high-end RB3. | Wide Receiver | Tier 1 – Amon-Ra St. Brown | ARSB is a SMASH play as the No. 4 ranked WR on the slate. | Tier 2 – Ja’Marr Chase | Chase is a top-five option this weekend. | Tier 3 – Chris Godwin | Godwin is a mid-range WR2. | Tier 3 – Garrett Wilson | Mike White | Amon-Ra St. Brown | Amari Cooper | Justin Jefferson | Wilson is pushing for top-12 status, ranking as the WR15. He comes in three spots ahead of expert consensus. | Tier 3 – Amari Cooper | Deshaun Watson | Cooper is a mid-range WR2. | Tier 4 – Mike Williams | Williams is a high-end WR3 that should be in most starting lineups. | Tier 5 – Adam Thielen | Thielen climbs into the mid-range WR3 conversation. | Tier 5 – DJ Chark | Chark is a boom-bust WR3 that ranks almost 10 spots ahead of expert consensus. | Additional WR Notes & Movers: | Tier 3 – Keenan Allen | Allen is a mid-range WR2. | Tier 4 – Marquise Brown | DeAndre Hopkins | Brown is a mid-range WR2 and ranks ahead of expert consensus. | Tier 5 – Jerry Jeudy | Courtland Sutton | He is a mid-range WR3. | Tight End | Tier 2 – Mark Andrews | 80% | 26% | 26% | 11.0 | 32% | 28% | 23% | 41% | 13.8 |
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The elite astronomical target shares we saw early in the season have come down since returning from the knee injury, but his 24% target share is still top-notch. That is in line with his last two seasons, and the 7.7 targets per game are encouraging.
Tyler Huntley will take over at QB this weekend, but the offense won’t change much from a design perspective. Andrews will be the centerpiece, and Huntley has shown a willingness to pepper him with looks in the past.
The Steelers allow the sixth-most receiving yards (259) and second-most TDs (1.9) per game in non-overtime play to opposing pass catchers.
Andrews is the No. 2 TE and is due for a big game.
Tier 2 – Dalton Schultz
Schultz has been racking up high-end TPRR performances all season, but his MCL injury has limited his route participation. However, in Week 13, he delivered his second-best outing (91%) of the season.
| Week | Routes | TPRR | Targets | ADOT | Air Yards | EZ Tgts | 3rd/4th Down Targets | PA Targets | PPR |
| 1 | 94% | 19% | 21% | 6.9 | 15% | 0% | 27% | 13% | 13.2 |
| 2 | 83% | 14% | 14% | 1.3 | 3% | 0% | 11% | 25% | 3.8 |
| 4 | 76% | 13% | 14% | 5.7 | 7% | 0% | 14% | 33% | 0.0 |
| 5 | 32% | 17% | 7% | 5.0 | 5% | 0% | 11% | 0% | 0.0 |
| 7 | 55% | 31% | 20% | 5.2 | 9% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 9.9 |
| 8 | 64% | 33% | 24% | 9.0 | 27% | 0% | 17% | 33% | 13.4 |
| 10 | 74% | 23% | 21% | 7.3 | 20% | 100% | 10% | 38% | 17.4 |
| 11 | 68% | 23% | 17% | 8.8 | 29% | 100% | 14% | 40% | 5.2 |
| 12 | 58% | 22% | 14% | 8.0 | 9% | 50% | 13% | 25% | 19.1 |
| 13 | 91% | 23% | 20% | 13.2 | 35% | 50% | 11% | 50% | 5.3 |
| YTD | 60% | 21% | 15% | 7.5 | 13% | 26% | 13% | 32% | 8.7 |
If the fifth-year TE can stay on the field for 80% or more of the passing plays, he is going to run into some big fantasy finishes down the stretch.
He is a mid-range TE1, with high-end TE1 potential.
Tier 5 – Chigoziem Okonkwo
Okonkwo registered a 78% route participation after Treylon Burks left the game with a concussion and led the Titans in multiple receiving categories.
Out of TEs with at least 100 routes, the rookie has shown promise:
- TPRR: 25% (3rd)
- YPRR: 2.75 (1st)
- PFF Receiving Grade: 79.5 (5th)
We are dealing with a small sample, and we could get Albert Okwuegbunam’ed. However, we can only go off of the data we have. The median concussion recovery time is nine days, so there is a chance Okonkwo will be forced into a more prominent role this weekend.
If Burks can’t go, Okonkwo joins the upside TE2 group.
Additional TE Notes & Movers:
Tier 4 – Daniel Bellinger returned from an eye injury he suffered in Week 7 to post a robust 83% route participation and an 18% target share in Week 13. He was showing promise before his injury and is a streaming TE option the rest of the way. Bellinger is a mid-range TE2.