Keys to a fantasy football victory in Week 14

Dominate in Week 14 with Sal Vetri’s keys to a fantasy football victory.

Pick-up-and-play: Nick Westbrook-Ikhine vs. JAX

Nick Westbrook-Ikhine is coming off his best game of the season in Week 13, catching three of his eight targets for 61 yards and two touchdowns. This was his second top-10 finish at the position in the past three weeks. Westbrook-Ikhine has now scored eight touchdowns in his last eight games. It’s unlikely he continues to score a touchdown on 29% of his receptions this year (five times more than the league average) but he may not have to based on his recent usage.

Westbrook is coming off a season-high eight targets. He’s now earned at least 20% of the Titans’ targets in four of his last five games. During this stretch of five games, he’s been able to produce top-24 numbers in four starts. With six teams on bye, Westbrook is a pickup-and-play option this week. He’ll take on the Jaguars who allow the most receiving yards per game and second most receiving touchdowns this season.

Sketchy spot of the week: Nick Chubb vs. PIT

Chubb is coming off a quietly concerning game. In Week 13, Chubb caught a last-second receiving touchdown to save his fantasy day and post 11.5 points. But overall, this was a poor showing from Chubb. He turned nine carries into just 21 yards and even lost playing time to Jerome Ford in this game who was two times more efficient with his carries. Chubb is now averaging just three yards per attempt this season, ranking 71st among all RBs. He has just one run of 10+ yards and has yet to top 60 total yards in any of his six starts.

It won’t get easier for Chubb this week as he takes on the Steelers’ fourth-ranked run defense. Pittsburgh allows just 90 total rushing yards per game, the fourth-fewest in the NFL. Chubb was able to produce 18.5 fantasy points in Week 12 against Pittsburgh, but this was mostly due to two goal-line touchdowns in a bad weather game. He only managed to average 2.9 yards per carry against the Steelers…

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Publish date : 2024-12-06 14:13:00

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