Week 14 Game by Game Sit-Start Breakdown

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Carolina vs Atlanta

 

START

 

Matt Ryan - 369 yards and three TDs in their first meeting.

 

Michael Turner - Every time we tell you to sit him he scores. So start at your own risk. But he's wore us down. We're starting him. Panthers, who have allowed the sixth-most fantasy points to backs

 

Jacquizz Rodgers -

 

Julio Jones - scored all six of his touchdowns and gained 614 of his 931 receiving yards away from Atlanta

 

Tony Gonzalez - 13 red zone targets are tied for sixth-most in the NFL

 

 

SIT

 

Cam Newton - NFL teams have figured him out. Carolina will need to throw to keep up. Unfortunately that means Cam will be limited on his runs.

 

DeAngelo Williams - 12 carries last week when he was the ONLY running back

 

Steve Smith - Atlanta hasn't given up a receiving TD in the last 3 games.

 

Brandon LaFell

 

Greg Olsen

 

Roddy White - Zero TDs since week 4.J ulio dominates away game (very scientific) Carolina has given up the 7th fewest points to WRs this year.

 

 

Seattle vs Arizona

 

START

 

Russell Wilson - He has scored 20-plus fantasy points in three of his last four games, once of which came on the against the Chicago Bears.

 

Marshawn Lynch - Shonn Greene had over 100 yards against the Cardinals last week. Lynch is a much better RB

 

Rob Housler - Seattle has one of the best group of DBs in the league. AZ will have to find another receiving option

 

 

SIT

 

John Skelton - Seattle has the #2 pass defense in the NFL

 

Beanie Wells - Only AP has managed a decent game against Seattle at home. Wells is not AP

 

Larry Fitzgerald - He has a combined five catches, 65 yards and no touchdowns in his last three games

 

Michael Floyd

 

Andre Roberts

 

Sidney Rice - Cardinal's have the 3rd ranked pass defense. They'll force Wilson to spread it around and use his legs.

 

Golden Tate

 

Doug Baldwin

 

Anthony McCoy

 

 

Green Bay vs Lions

 

START

 

Matthew Stafford - Stafford is averaging 311.7 yards a game.

 

Calvin Johnson - averaging 154.8 yards in his past four game

 

Aaron Rodgers

 

Greg Jennings - the Lions have giving up more than 30 points in three of their last four games

 

Randall Cobb - He's the healthiest WR on the roster. Oh and he's pretty good.

 

Jermichael Finley - The Lion's have given up the third most fantasy points to TEs this year.

 

 

SIT

 

Mike Thomas

 

Mikel Leshoure - Leshoure has only had two games over 80 yards this season. Without TDs he's worthless.

 

Brandon Pettigrew - The Packers have held him to 27 or fewer yards in three of their last four meetings,

 

Alex Green - He lost his job to James Starks. getting it back by default doesn't make him any better.

 

James Jones - A boom-or-bust and touchdown-dependent producer

 

 

Vikings vs Chicago

 

START

 

Adrian Peterson - Even though the Bears have allowed the 3rd fewest points to RBs, Peterson IS the offense

 

Kyle Rudolph - He's scored one touchdown and double-digit fantasy points in three straight games

 

Brandon Marshall -

 

Matt Forte -. Vikings rush defense has given up 236 yards and three touchdowns the past two weeks

 

 

SIT

 

Christian Ponder - no Percy Harvin

 

Jay Cutler - Vikings defense has held opposing quarterbacks to one passing touchdown or fewer in seven games

 

Armando Allen

 

Earl Bennett

 

Kellen Davis

 

Toby Gerhart

 

Jarius Wright

 

 

Colts vs Titans

 

START

 

Andrew Luck - Titans have given up the second most passing TDs in the league.

 

Vick Ballard - D. Brown is out and the Titans have the 23rd ranked run D.

 

Kendall Wright - 18 targets and 11 receptions last two week

 

Reggie Wayne

 

Donnie Avery - 14 targets last week

 

Chris Johnson - Indy has allowed the sixth-most rushing touchdowns this season and the eighth-most fantasy points to opposing RBs

 

Jake Locker - In three of their last four games, the Colts have allowed at least 300 yards passing

 

 

SIT

 

TY Hilton - Avery plays, TY gets nothing. Unless Luck throws for 400 yards again

 

Dwayne Allen

 

Colby Fleener

 

Kenny Britt

 

Nate Washington

 

Jared Cook - The Colt's have allowed the third-fewest fantasy points to tight ends at home

 

 

Rams vs Buffalo

 

START

 

Steven Jackson - Had 21 carries against the 49ers last week. Buffalo has the 30th ranked run defense.

 

Chris Givens - 11 receptions last week

 

CJ Spiller - Rams, have allowed the third-most total touchdowns and an average of close to 20 fantasy points per game to opposing running backs

 

 

SIT

 

Ryan Fitzpatrick - The Rams have actually been pretty stout against the pass in road contests, allowing an average of just over 13 fantasy points per game to opposing quarterbacks.

 

Fred Jackson - Bad weather may have given Jackson a few more carries than he'll see this week.

 

Donald Jones

 

Sam Bradford - Buffalo in December. Since Mario Williams has become healthy the Buffalo D. has looked much better.

 

Stevie Johnson

 

Scott Chandler

 

Austin Pettis

 

Lance Kendricks

 

 

New England vs Houston

 

START

 

Tom Brady -

 

Wes Welker - #1 passing offense in the league. 18 targets last week

 

Aaron Hernandez

 

Andre Johnson - he's averaged eight receptions and 119 yards per game since Week 6

 

Matt Schaub - Patriots have the 29th ranked pass defense and a top 10 run defense.

 

Owen Daniels - The Patriots have allowed the second-most fantasy points to tight ends at home this season.

 

 

SIT

 

Arian Foster - leads the league in fantasy points, but NE will focus on shutting him down. They have a top 10 run defense

 

Justin Forsett

 

Brandon Lloyd

 

Julian Edelman

 

Stevan Ridley - Houston has the 6yh ranked run offense. Brady will be throwing the ball a ton

 

Kevin Walter

 

 

Jacksonville vs NY Jets

 

START

 

Marcedes Lewis - receiving more and more targets. The running game is a joke and Henne has looked like... well not Henne

 

 

SIT

 

Chad Henne - Time to sit Henne. He'll be facing the Jets 4th ranked pass defense. Les than 200 yards a game.

 

Rashad Jennings -

 

Mark Sanchez -

 

Shonn Greene - 24 carries last week, With the passing game in shambles, the Jets will lean on the run.

 

Jeremy Kerley

 

Chaz Schilens

 

Justin Blackmon - This week he faces Antonio Cromartie... no thanks

 

Laurent Robinson

 

Stephen Hill

 

Cecil Shorts - 12 targets last week, but it looks like he may not play

 

Dustin Keller -

 

 

 

Oakland vs Denver

 

i]Based on all of the poor performances on Thursday night, we're really not happy about playing anyone on either of these teams

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START

 

Peyton Manning -

 

Knowshon Moreno - 40 carries in the last two weeks

 

Demaryius Thomas - over 100 yards in their first meeting. Plus he's had 4 TDs in his last 3 games.

 

Brandon Myers - 244 yards and four touchdowns. in the last 3 games

 

 

SIT

 

Carson Palmer Denver has the 6th ranked pass defense. Pa;mer struggled against them in their first meeting

 

Denarius Moore - How many times is this guy going to lay an egg before you avoid him? No more than 5 catches in a game this year and he's only done that twice.

 

Darrius Heyward-Bey

 

Rod Streater

 

Darren McFadden - Limited touches in his first game back

 

Marcel Reece - DMC is Back, Goodson is back.

 

Eric Decker 4, 5, 8, 2 targets the last 4 weeks.

 

Brandon Stokely - seems to be eating into Decker's targets

 

Jacob Tamme - Fools gold. He had a good game last week but that was against the worst passing D in the league.

 

 

Cincinnati vs Dallas

 

START

 

Andy Dalton - 409 passing yards, seven touchdowns and no interceptions in his last two home games

 

BenJarvus Green-Ellis - 100 yards three straight weeks, Dallas will be more focused on topping AJ Green

 

A.J. Green -

 

Jermaine Gresham - three touchdowns in the past four weeks.

 

DeMarco Murray - the Bengals D is tough against the pass and lead the league in sacks. they will lean on the running game to keep Romo alive.

 

 

SIT

 

Tony Romo - Cincy leads the lead in sacks. have not allowed a 100 yard receiver or runner since their bye week

 

Dez Bryant - Dallas should attempt to slow down Cincy's pass rush by running the ball a ton this week.

 

Miles Austin - Austin has scored once in his last five games

 

Kevin Ogletree

 

Jason Witten - No stats to back this up, but we just feel Cincy is going to make Romo look like dirt. All his receiving options will suffer.

 

Brandon Tate

 

Mohamed Sanu

 

Andrew Hawkins

 

 

Cleveland vs Kansas City

 

START

 

Brandon Weeden - He's a gun slinger.

 

Trent Richardson - 28th ranked run defense and Richardson is getting a ton of touches.

 

Josh Gordon - 15 receptions in the past three games Kansas City secondary is bad. 9-12 #1 WRs have scored double digit points against KC.

 

Jamaal Charles - three 100 yard games in the past 4 weeks.

 

Ben Watson -

 

 

ST

 

Brady Quinn

 

Peyton Hillis

 

Dwayne Bowe - no more than 6.50 points in a single game since Week 4

 

Dexter McCluster

 

Tony Moeaki

 

Josh Cribbs

 

Greg Little

 

 

Redskins vs Baltimore

 

START

 

Robert Griffin III -

 

Alfred Morris - Five 100 yard game, more than any other rookie RB.

 

Pierre Garcon - 17 targets the past 2 week.

 

Dennis Pitta - the Redskins, have allowed more fantasy points to tight ends at home than any other team in the league.

 

Joe Flacco - All of his road games can't be flops. The Redskins pass defense is susceptible to the deep ball and Flacco loves to show off his arm strength.

 

Torrey Smith - The Redskins pass defense is prone to giving up the big play. that's Smith's bread and butter.

 

Anquan Boldin - the last two weeks, the Redskins have allowed wide receivers to catch 31 balls for 453 yards and two scores

 

 

SIT

 

Ray Rice - Washington has the #4 ranked rush defense. Only 12 carries last week

 

Jacoby Jones

 

Santana Moss

 

Aldrick Robinson

 

Logan Paulsen

 

 

Eagle vs Tampa

 

START

 

Nick Foles - Tampa has the worst pass defense in the league

 

Bryce Brown - Tampa has the #1 run defense in the league. He's in for a rough week.

 

Doug Martin -

 

Vincent Jackson - only two teams have allowed more receiving TDs than the eagles.

 

Mike Williams - targeted a ton the past couple of games.

 

Brent Celek - 7 catches last week, and Tampa has the worst passing D in the league.

 

Josh Freeman - Eagles defense has allowed 25-plus fantasy points to quarterbacks in each of the last three weeks.

 

Dallas Clark - In his last four games, Clark has scored three touchdowns.

 

 

SIT

 

Jeremy Maclin

 

Riley Cooper

 

 

Giants vs Saints

 

START

 

Eli Manning - last two games, throwing for 529 yards and four touchdowns. Saints have the 30th ranked pass defense.

 

Ahmad Bradshaw - He's getting almost all the touches out of the backfield.

 

Hakeem Nicks - 19 catches the last three weeks. Redskins have allowed the econd most yards to wideouts this year.

 

Victor Cruz - - tore it up against the Redskins subpar pass defense. the Saints pass D isn't much better

 

Martellus Bennett - New Orleans' defense has surrendered 321 yards and four touchdowns to opposing tight ends over the past four games.

 

Drew Brees - The Saints have 732 passing yards in the past two meetings

 

Jimmy Graham

 

Darren Sproles - nine targets last week

 

Marques Colston - 281 yards and two touchdowns against the Giants in three career games

 

 

SIT

 

Chris Ivory -

 

Domenik Hixon

 

Lance Moore

 

Devery Henderson

 

 

Miami vs San Francisco

 

START

 

Collin Kaepernick - Dual threat QB is a lock to put up good numbers

 

Frank Gore - 8th best run defense in the NFL

 

Michael Crabtree - over 100 yards last wek. Maybe he and Kaepernick are on the same page now

 

Mario Manningham - Not a huge game but better than expected. San Fran will controll the time of possession, and give their offense a ton of opportunities

 

 

SIT

 

Reggie Bush - The 49ers are just too good and the Dolphins don't have enough weapons. they'll focus on shutting Bush down.

 

Daniel Thomas

 

Davone Bess

 

Vernon Davis - He had that great game against Chicago but has stunk it up the rest of the year.

 

Brian Hartline -

 

Anthony Fasano

 

Ryan Tannehill - San Fran has the #2 Pass defense

 

 

Pittsburg vs San Diego

 

START

 

Ben Roth - Could have played last week. He's ready to go.

 

Jonathan Dwyer - 19 carries and a TD last week. Should get even more action this week

 

Mike Wallace - Big Ben has found Wallace for touchdowns six times this season, including twice in his last two games before getting hurt.

 

 

SIT

 

Jerricho Cotchery

 

Emmanuel Sanders

 

Philip Rivers - Steelers have the #1 ranked pass defense. Rivers is a turnover / meltdown machine.

 

Ryan Mathews - hasn't posted double-digit fantasy points since Week 5

 

Danario Alexander - Steelers have the #1 ranked pass defense.

 

Robert Meachem -

 

Malcom Floyd

 

Antonio Gates - only 417 receiving yards and four touchdowns for the season

 

Heath Miller - Chargers have allowed the 3rd fewest points to TEs

 

 

 

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[kutulu 1,551]

Err, cam hasn't thrown a pick in three Weeks, is averaging about 260 yards passing a game during that stretch and has run between 40 and 70 yards in those contests with 2 TD runs. Carolina still has problems but I think your view of cam is a little off the mark.

[Matt Mueller 146]

Fantasy Playoff Edition All Sit Squad

 

QB: Cam

RB: Foster

RB: Rice

WR: Roddy White

WR Dez Bryant

WR:Lance Moore

TE: Witten

Flex: Ridley

[RSersen 0]

I own Dez in two leagues, and thankfully I have a bye in both...but if I was playing this weekend, I'd start him, no doubt. I understand matchups should be considered, but at some point you just have to sit back and ride the hot hand.

 

Over the last four weeks, Dez has 29 rec for 475 yards and 6 TD. More importantly, he's had a TD in every one of those games, and at least 80 yards. His floor over the last month has been 14 points.

 

If you own Dez, he's helped get you this far, and the Cincy defense is not scary enough for me to consider jumping ship in the middle of a hot streak. Next week against Pittsburgh, maybe. But not this game.

[Birk 14]

How can i sit Foster? Impossible

[p00h 85]

I sit on your face!

 

 

Trololololol

[Slamdog 0]

How can i sit Foster? Impossible

 

Right? A "bad game" for Foster would be in the ballpark of 10pts. I don't have many backs that can put up 10+ every week. Maybe he's a sit in a 4-6 man league. Probably not even then. Good post from the guy with the all sit roster. I'd start that team in an instant.

[loqutis 0]

I own Dez in two leagues, and thankfully I have a bye in both...but if I was playing this weekend, I'd start him, no doubt. I understand matchups should be considered, but at some point you just have to sit back and ride the hot hand.

 

Over the last four weeks, Dez has 29 rec for 475 yards and 6 TD. More importantly, he's had a TD in every one of those games, and at least 80 yards. His floor over the last month has been 14 points.

 

If you own Dez, he's helped get you this far, and the Cincy defense is not scary enough for me to consider jumping ship in the middle of a hot streak. Next week against Pittsburgh, maybe. But not this game.

 

I completely understand your logic and would really be hard pressed to sit Bryant myself. However, this is more of a "Look Out" game for Bryant. The cowboys have played Philly twice, Cleveland, and Washington in those 4 games. The redskins have allowed the second most points to WRs, the Browns have allowed the 7th most, Eagles have allowed the ninth. Only 4 teams have allowed fewer points to WRs than the Bengals. Cincy leads the league in sacks and Romo has 15 INTs this year, which is the second most interceptions for a QB in the NFL

 

lots of red flags

[loqutis 0]

Fantasy Playoff Edition All Sit Squad

 

QB: Cam

RB: Foster

RB: Rice

WR: Roddy White

WR Dez Bryant

WR:Lance Moore

TE: Witten

Flex: Ridley

 

nice squad. Clearly we didn't just pick the top players at each position and tell you to start them.