Fantasy Football Sleepers: Time to remember the Titans in Week 14

It’s an exciting and admittedly tense time around the fantasy football world. The playoffs are almost here, and for some fantasy managers, Week 14 might be a play-in game. The NFL has given us a hellacious six-pack of bye teams (Ravens, Broncos, Texans, Commanders, Colts, and Patriots), so our rosters are not at full throttle. You’ll probably need to start some uncomfortable options this week. Take heart, your opponents likely face the same reality.

The running back sleepers were a brick last week — that’s been a common theme this year. But plenty of sleeper receivers came home — Adam Thielen, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine all scored and beat their projections.

Let’s see what we can do with Week 14.

WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine vs. Jaguars (39%)

We have to acknowledge the elephant in the room; eight touchdowns on 20 catches is one of the all-time flukes. It defies explanation. But NWI has also seen his role grow in the Tennessee huddle since DeAndre Hopkins was traded. Westbrook-Ikhine collected a season-high eight targets last week and his snap shares the last six games are all robust: 92, 97, 100, 85, 90 and 100 percent. The fresh matchup is the Jaguars, who are the third-easiest draw for opposing wideouts. I’m not even sure NWI is a sleeper anymore — for my medium and deeper rosters, he’s become a proactive pick.

QB Will Levis vs. Jaguars (17%)

As we mentioned in the Westbrook-Ikhine section, the Jacksonville secondary is a mess. It’s getting torched weekly, yielding a QB rating of 110.2. And while Levis still makes too many weekly mistakes, he’s also pushing the ball downfield — he’s scored between 14 and 17 points in his last four fantasy starts, and he’s thrown for 785 yards and five touchdowns in his last three games. There’s a little bit of Jameis Winston in Levis’ game, the YOLO life — you can decide if that’s feature or bug. He’s a playable QB2 in this truncated schedule.

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Publish date : 2024-12-05 17:47:00

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