Top fantasy football waiver wire pickups for Week 14
(Audacy) At this point in the NFL season, no one is really going to surprise you with a breakout performance. Sure, there will be big games here and there from players who might not typically warrant a start, but fantasy football commodities worth owning are largely established. Your pool of available players likely looks pretty similar week after week, with the same unexciting but usable names on your app's suggested pickups list popping up continually ... to no avail. People's teams are set, barring injury, and that's the point of the season that we're in.
"Barring injury" is the main key though, with injuries — or returns from injury — acting as the primary impetuses for any sort of waiver wire activity. With Vikings receiver Adam Thielen going down to a high ankle sprain, some opportunities opened up in the Minnesota offense and provided us with a little bit of fodder in waiver talk this week.
There are some other names that are of interest because of shifting trends or patterns that are emerging but no one that would seem to promise a huge boost to a playoff-bound roster. But it can't hurt to pick up a player with intrigue, especially if you have spots to fill or bench players who will never see the light of day given your current roster construction.
All players must be owned in fewer than 50%of leagues to be eligible for inclusion. All information retrieved from FantasyPros.
