Matthew Stafford isn’t having an amazing fantasy season but he’s getting the job done. He currently sits within the top 10 for fantasy quarterbacks in 2016. Going into the fantasy playoffs, Stafford is looking at three pretty good matchups. This week he faces Chicago at home. He didn’t have a good game in their first meeting but this is a different Bears team. In Week 15, he’ll face a Giants team on the road. I’m not completely optimistic about that matchup. I think he’ll still be a fringe fantasy QB1 facing the Giants. In Week 16, Stafford is on the road against the Cowboys. The Dallas defense has holes and this game should set up perfectly for a big game from Stafford.
Fantasy football rankings, Week 14: Quarterbacks
The SB Nation fantasy team reveals which quarterbacks rank in the top 25 heading into Week 14.
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Trevor Siemian missed Week 13 with a foot injury. He missed practice all week and was deemed inactive. Watch his practice participation leading to Week 14, it should reveal his chances of playing. Robert Griffin III may be able to start this week for Cleveland. He hasn’t played since Week 1 and will definitely show signs of rust, when he finally plays.
I completely bombed with my sleeper pick last week. Kaepernick was horrible and it led to him being benched for Blaine Gabbert. I hope I do better this week. I’m going with Andy Dalton as my sleeper in Week 14. He’s coming off a great game against Philadelphia. In that game, he passed for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns. Dalton may be missing A.J. Green and Giovani Bernard, which really hurts. He has made up for it by utilizing his secondary targets and looking for Tyler Eifert as his primary weapon. Cincinnati may not be going to the playoffs this year but Dalton will help you in your first round fantasy playoff matchup.
Quarterbacks, Week 14
(ZS: Zach Senvisky, JM: Jason Marcum, SK: Scott Kaliska, JG: Jeff Goldberg, DG: Derek Gordon)
| Rk | Consensus | Tm | Opp. | ZS | JM | SK | JG | DG |
| 1 | Tom Brady | NE | vs. BAL | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Drew Brees | NO | @ TB | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Aaron Rodgers | GB | vs. SEA | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 4 | Philip Rivers | SD | @ CAR | 10 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Russell Wilson | SEA | @ GB | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Derek Carr | OAK | @KC | 14 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Matt Ryan | ATL | @ LA | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| 8 | Andrew Luck | IND | vs. HOU | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 |
| 9 | Ben Roethlisberger | PIT | @ BUF | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| 10 | Cam Newton | CAR | vs. SD | 15 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
| 11 | Kirk Cousins | WAS | @ PHI | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| 12 | Jameis Winston | TB | vs. NO | 6 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 17 |
| 13 | Matthew Stafford | DET | vs. CHI | 5 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 16 |
| 14 | Andy Dalton | CIN | @ CLE | 12 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
| 15 | Dak Prescott | DAL | @ NYG | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| 16 | Tyrod Taylor | BUF | vs. PIT | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| 17 | Eli Manning | NYG | vs. DAL | 16 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 18 |
| 18 | Marcus Mariota | TEN | vs. DEN | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 |
| 19 | Carson Palmer | ARI | @ MIA | 21 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | Colin Kaepernick | SF | vs. NYJ | 18 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 20 |
| 21 | Alex Smith | KC | vs. OAK | 22 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | Joe Flacco | BAL | @ NE | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | Blake Bortles | JAC | vs. MIN | 25 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | Trevor Siemian | DEN | @ TEN | 23 | -- | 23 | -- | -- |
| 25 | Carson Wentz | PHI | vs. WAS | -- | 24 | -- | 24 | 24 |
| -- | Matt Barkley | CHI | @ DET | 24 | -- | 24 | 25 | -- |
| -- | Brock Osweiler | HOU | @ IND | -- | 25 | -- | -- | 25 |
