Fantasy football advice, Week 14: Who to start/sit for Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants

The playoffs continue on Sunday night for many fantasy leagues, and those owners don’t have any more room for error. Luckily, fantasy owners will have more than a few options to choose from in a showdown between two teams who are trying to cement spots in the NFC playoffs. Let’s take a look:

Ezekiel Elliott is great. Start him. Moving on, Dez Bryant has reaffirmed himself as a solid WR2 and has either 100 yards or a touchdown in 6-of-9 games in 2016. A game where he got neither was his Week 1 dud against the Giants, where he posted a 1-8-0 line. Despite that, the Cowboys have clearly come a long way since their Week 1 meeting with the Giants, and fantasy owners would be hard-pressed to bench a player with Bryant’s rare floor and ceiling combination. Jason Witten can also be penned into lineups as a TE1 after being held without a catch in Week 13 for the first time since 2008. He will be a bounce-back candidate after posting a 9-66-0 line against the Giants in Week 1. Fantasy owners also don’t have to labor over the decision to start Dak Prescott despite him being held in check against a dominant Vikings pass defense.

Cole Beasley dropped an impressive 8-65-0 line on the Giants in Week 1, but fantasy owners would need him to find the end zone as usual for any kind of upside. Terrance Williams, Brice Butler and Alfred Morris do not warrant fantasy consideration as role players.

Odell Beckham has as much upside as any receiver in football, but hasn’t posted more than 73 yards over his last three meetings against the Cowboys. It paves the way for Sterling Shepard to have more involvement, especially with the Cowboys being vulnerable to giving up catches and yards to opposing slot receivers like Stefon Diggs and Jamison Crowder. Shepard is a viable flex option for Week 14, and fantasy owners could do worse than starting Eli Manning as a low-end QB1.

With Shane Vereen reentering the backfield, fantasy owners would be advised to steer clear of a backfield that may not have a clear bell-cow. Rashad Jennings and Paul Perkins can stay out of fantasy consideration, along with the complementary pass catchers of Victor Cruz and Will Tye.