Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer has had a career filled with peaks and valleys, but his 2015 season may be his best yet. Week 13's blowout win over the St. Louis Rams provided yet another example of this, and backed the rising voices that believe he could be the NFL's MVP at the end of the season.
Fantasy football start/sit advice, Week 14: Carson Palmer
The Cardinals quarterback is having a career year, despite being in the NFL for a dozen seasons. We break down the fantasy implications.
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Palmer shredded a languishing Rams secondary, and finished with 356 yards and a pair of touchdown passes. The 12-year veteran is now on pace for 4,924 yards and 39 touchdowns with four games to go, and both of which would be career highs. Though the Cardinals have talent throughout the roster and have been playing at a high level for most of the year, it’s hard to argue against Palmer being the biggest reason why they sit at 10-2 and atop the NFC West.
Fantasy impact: Fantasy owners don't have any reason to consider benching Palmer at this point in the season, especially with Michael Floyd and John Brown trending toward a clean bill of health and with electric rookie running back David Johnson slated to start the remainder of the regular season. Palmer has engineered the Cardinals offense to No. 1 ranks in yards and points per game, and a bruised Vikings defense on Thursday night is unlikely to buck that trend.
Palmer should be in fantasy lineups of all formats, and remains a high-end QB1 option for Week 14.
