I’m feeling your pain, Familia. I looked at one of my rosters, and after moving down players on the dreaded BYE week my reserve roster looked like that *NSYNC song, Bye, Bye, Bye. I know it’s a joke I make multiple times a season, but it still cracks me up. Hopefully you at least gave me a courtesy grin.

I know it’s Week 14, and many of you need victories to get into the fantasy playoffs. You may need reinforcements after injuries to Ken Walker, Lamar Jackson and Jimmy Garoppolo. Or you have to make the hard sits of starters like Justin Fields, Jonathan Taylor, Aaron Jones, Christian Watson and Terry McLaurin due to bye weeks. That’s what LOS PEEKUPS is here for.

Here are some players who could help you in Week 14, and maybe even beyond as you get on your trek toward the fantasy championship. As always, these are players rostered in no more than 50% of Yahoo leagues, and all per-game averages are since Week 9. Let’s get to it. Salud! 

QUARTERBACK
TYLER HUNTLEY (1%) @ PIT
If you got hit with the Lamar Jackson injury, Huntley may be the most natural place to go. He went 27-32-187-0-2 with 10-41-0 rushing. Jackson is going to miss at least this week, though Dr. Edwin Porras compared the timeframe of Zach Wilson suffering a PCL strain last year and he missed four weeks. Last year Huntly had a game with 215-2 passing and 73-2 rushing, finishing as Week 15’s QB1. Pittsburgh shut down Marcus Mariota to 17 yards rushing, but Josh Allen went 5-42-0 against them.

MIKE WHITE (18%) @ BUF
That line of 31-57-369-0-2 against the Vikings almost looked even better with a near TD to Garrett Wilson. White is the clear starter with a bona fide stud WR1, and he’s at least in the running to be a starter in super flex leagues. And on the streamer radar. He has a tough matchup against Buffalo, which is allowing 235.9 passing YPG. But if Allen has his overdue blowup game, White will have to pass to keep up. 

BROCK PURDY (1%) vs TB
Purdy did a serviceable job, completing 25 of 37 for 210 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT in his first extended time in the NFL after he was Mr. Irrelevant in the 2021 draft. What he has in his favor is an expert playcaller who can scheme plays to a talented group of skill players who are great at YAC. And the Bucs have allowed some terrain in the passing game, with Jacoby Brissett (210-1) and Geno Smith (275-2) having decent games against them. 

RB
JAMES COOK (24%) vs NYJ
Cook turned 20 touches into 105 total yards, including 6 receptions. He barely had a 33-32 snap-count advantage over Devin Singletary. Warning: Cook was held to just 18 total yards against the Lions on Thanksgiving, and the Jets held him to just 33 yards on 6 touches in Week 9. However, from watching the last game it really seemed like Cook was becoming a significant part of the Bills’ attack. And the Jets are allowing 134.3 scrimmage YPG to the RB.

ZONOVAN KNIGHT (47%) @ BUF
Bam! This guy went for 15-90-0, 5-28-0 last week against the Vikings, showing good speed and burst. Definitely did not look like an undrafted free agent. James Robinson had just 4 carries. Knight ran 25 routes, while Ty Johnson ran 26 with Robinson 0. Knight may be seeing this as his opportunity. Rhamondre Stevenson had 74 total yards last week against the Bills, so dual-threat RBs are doing some damage against them. 

CAM AKERS (46%) vs LV
I had a tough time putting this one in here, but it’s December, and RBs are as scarce as sunny days in Alaska this time of year. Yet Akers put up a respectable 17-60-2 line and was on the field for 46 of 64 snaps on Sunday. He even outran Kyren Williams on routes, 19-11. Isn’t Williams supposed to be the passing-down back? He also saw 17 of 7 rush attempts for the Rams. This could be for the ROS because the Rams need to find out if Akers could be the solution beyond 2022. The Raiders are #25 against the RB, so it could be an inviting matchup.

JERICK MCKINNON (41%) @ DEN
With a rushing line of 8-51-0 and adding 2 receptions for 9 yards and a score. He has 7-10 touches in all but one of his last five games, so he’s that dual-threat back who can put up decent yardage and get a score. Isaiah Pacheco is getting the full load rushing the ball, but McKinnon be the changeup. Denver allowed D’Onta Foreman 24-113 in Week 12 and Josh Jacobs piled up 160 scrimmage yards in Week 11. 

WIDE RECEIVER
NICO COLLINS (29%) @ DAL
Collins has earned between 7-10 targets in the last four games, but no more than 49 receiving yards in that span. Brandin Cooks was inactive, and if that continues the targets will keep piling on for Collins. The Cowboys are 17-point favorites, so they likely could win in a blowout, leading to more passes for the Texans and their #1 target, Collins. 

D.J. CHARK (16%) vs MIN
In his third game coming off injury, Chark ran 41 routes to lead the Lions. He turned that into 6 targets, and a line of 5-98-0. Someone needs to complement Amon-Ra St. Brown, and Jameson Williams saw just 2 routes run in his first NFL game. The Vikings just gave up 369 passing yards to White and the Jets, and are #31 against the WR. They’re allowing 209 receiving YPG to the WR, and just got torched by Garrett Wilson (162 yards) and Corey Davis (85 yards). 

DEMARCUS ROBINSON (12%) @ PIT
In a game largely quarterbacked by Huntley, Robinson turned 8 targets into 7-41-0. He’s seen 8+ targets in three of his last five games, so he’s firmly the #2 target on the Ravens behind Mark Andrews. Drake London just caught 8 of 12 targets for 95 yards, and Michael Pittman put up 7-61-1. This is a deep-league play, or if the byes are hitting you hard. 

MARVIN JONES (12%) @ TEN
Jones is another desperation play in deep leagues, as he’s seen only 3-to-4 targets in the last three games. He did catch the game-winning TD in Week 12, so Trevor Lawrence is looking for him in crucial situations. His high of 7-104-0 in Week 5 is the only game in triple-digit yardage.  Tennessee has allowed three 100-yard receivers in last two games – A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and Tee Higgins – and they have combined for 4 TDs. The Titans are #32 vs. the WR and allowing 205.6 receiving YPG.

TIGHT END
EVAN ENGRAM (43%) @ TEN
At first I thought it might be loco to start him last week, but then I saw it was against the Lions and I did put him into a DK lineup. I was rewarded with 7 targets for a 5-30-1 line. His 32 routes were almost as much as Christian Kirk and Zay Jones, so he’s very involved. This was his most targets since 6 in Week 8. Hayden Hurst did get to 6-57-0 for Cincinnati. The Titans are #20 against the TE, and are giving up a whopping 324 passing YPG.

GREG DULCICH (37%) vs KC
The 8 targets turned 6-85-0 last week, and now Courtland Sutton could be missing some time with a hamstring injury. Does Dulcich get more targets? Gamescript could call for playing catchup with KC in a game with a 9-point spread. With Jerry Jeudy and Dulcich as primary targets, that could mean some yardage. 

DANIEL BELLINGER (2%) vs PHI
Bienvenido and welcome back to Daniel Bellinger. So glad to see him back and healthy after that scary eye injury. His 5-24-0 was hopefully a good start. He ran 32 routes, which was #3 on the Giants last week. Philly will put up points, and Daniel Jones needs anyone beyond Darius Slayton and Saquon Barkley to make plays in the passing game. Chigoziem Okonkwo had 4-68-0 last week in a negative gamescript for the Titans, which is what the Giants could be facing Sunday.

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