Lineup Advice: Week 14 – Playoffs?!

Jeff Haverlack

Week 14 – (PLEASE READ)

Bye:  Colts, Dolphins, Patriots and Eagles

The first year of the new 18-game season has produced some challenging scheduling/playoff situations and it seems some leagues are launching into the playoffs even with teams still on bye. Personally, I don’t understand that but the last year the late bye weeks also surprised some commissioners and coaches. The impact of the late bye weeks could be quite impactful.

It’s been such an odd injury laden year, it’s hard to get my arms around it. It’s been one of the better fantasy years for me with only one of my regular teams having a losing record.  I have two orphan teams I’m rebuilding and they are a work in progress. Who doesn’t love a good rebuild project? And for the first time in a LONG time, I actually have a team that is going to finish last in the league and get the first overall selection thanks to Mahomes, Akers, Dalvin Cook, Aiyuk, Golladay, Allen Robinson.  I was actually excited for this year but the first pick overall will be fun.

More than any other year in quite some time, we have a lot of parity in the NFL and that extends to fantasy teams as well. One of my top teams lost McCaffrey and Calvin Ridley and is still a strong performer, fourth in overall scoring. You just never know and this year you can multiply that by two. Point is, this is a year to keep your head up and be smart about your lineups, you never know what will happen.  I’ll be digging in extra deep from this point forward to make sure I maximize my advice to all of you.  The more focused you can be with your questions, the more attention I can give to each one!

As always, get your questions in early and be sure to label your scoring system and “TNF” players.

Good luck to all in week 14!

Please focus on these following items this week for me to help me get to all the questions:

  • Put “TNF” as the top line for any question involving Thursday Night Football games
  • Include your scoring format  (PPR, Non-PPR, etc.)
  • Keep your questions as brief as possible – I won’t have the screens I’m used to over the next three weeks
  • I always try to keep up with responses but, when in doubt, if you have an update post a new question
  • Include your “lock” picks of the week who I should be betting on for this week’s games

Have a great week!

jeff haverlack
Lineup Advice: Week 14 – Playoffs?!