In today's Fantasy Life Newsletter, presented by Bleacher Nation Fantasy:
Winning championships in fantasy football isn't easy. Getting into the playoffs is the first step and with this being the final week of the regular season in most leagues, it’s a massive week for many where it’s win and you’re in and a loss means elimination. Prepare to be stressed this weekend and six teams on bye make it tough. More than likely, streamers will be needed.
Here are a few options for Week 14 and you can also use our Start/Sit tool to assist in decisions.
QUARTERBACK
Will Levis (Tennessee Titans)
Levis has been better recently and cut down on the interceptions with 2 in the last four games. Levis has passed for at least 275 yards in two of the last three games and has multiple touchdown passes in two games. The Jaguars are last in pass defense DVOA and are tied with Tampa Bay for the second-most fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks.
RUNNING BACK
Sincere McCormick (Las Vegas Raiders)
It’s a difficult week to stream a running back. McCormick is still available in 90% of Yahoo leagues and could get double-digit touches again if Alexander Mattison and Zamir White remain out. With those two out last week, McCormick had 12 carries for 64 yards and caught 2 passes for 1 yard. Ameer Abdullah had 10 carries for 39 yards with 2 catches for 14 yards.
WIDE RECEIVER
Marquez Valdes-Scantling (New Orleans Saints)
Valdes-Scantling isn’t getting a lot of volume, but Derek Carr is taking shots deep to him. The Saints have been hit hard by injuries and Valdes-Scantling has scored 4 touchdowns in the last three games. He gets a Giants defense that has been getting worse each week. MVS has at least 11 points in PPR formats in three straight games. All he needs is one big play to have a solid fantasy game. The snap percentage has increased every week and he was at 76% last week.
TIGHT END
Juwan Johnson (New Orleans Saints)
The Saints are running out of options in the passing game and Taysom Hill was getting a high usage rate—though now he’s out for the season with a torn ACL. Johnson should benefit and he had a 19% target share and a 79% route rate last week. He had 7 targets and caught 5 passes for 36 yards against the Rams last week.
If you need more streamers to consider, remember to check out our start/sit tool to compare options and double down to see how our expert rankers view fringe options this week.
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What else is in today’s newsletter?
- Stat of the Day: Yet Another Rookie RB Takeover
- Watercooler: An unlikely QB turning it up …
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Another Rookie RB Takeover
- By Matt LaMarca
Stat: Tyrone Tracy played on 71.2% of the Giants’ snaps in Week 13
There was some concern about what Tracy’s workload would look like vs. the Cowboys on Thanksgiving. He’s had some fumbling issues throughout his rookie season, and it cost him valuable snaps in Week 12. He played on just 41% of the Giants’ offensive snaps vs. the Buccaneers, losing reps to both Devin Singletary and Eric Gray.
Fortunately, it looks like that was just a one-week blip. Tracy returned to his usual role vs. the Cowboys, playing on 71.2% of the snaps. That was the 11th-highest mark at the RB position, putting him behind only some of the best backs in fantasy.
Unsurprisingly, Tracy was busy when on the field. He handled 53% of the team’s rushing attempts, and he ran a route on 64% of their dropbacks. More importantly, he handled the vast majority of both the short-yardage and long-down and distance snaps. That gives him plenty of upside as a touchdown-scorer and as a pass-catcher, which are the two most important areas for fantasy scoring.
With the Giants playing for nothing but draft position at this point, it makes sense to give Tracy as long of a look as possible. Even if he has the occasional fumble, it’s better to find out now than when the games actually matter next year. Either he’s your RB of the future, or you can move on to someone else.
Tracy finished as the No. 15 RB in PPR formats last week, and he draws another excellent matchup this week vs. the Saints. They’ve allowed the seventh-most PPR points per game to opposing running backs, so he should comfortably land in the high-end RB2 range in our Week 14 fantasy rankings.
The latest analysis and insights from our merry band of football nerds:
🏴 Lean on London? WR/CB matchups to target for Week 14.
🤑 They may be banged up … but the 49ers offer value this weekend.
👀 Freedman’s latest 2025 mock draft is in … and there’s a new 1.01.
🏆 Conference Championship Week is here … exciting Saturday on tap.
🚀 Will Levis ascends. Week 14’s five best player props.
👨💻 College Football Conference championships today as an appetizer for tomorrow. Player props for today’s slate.
🤝 Focusing on just the NFL this weekend instead? We have you covered, too.
