LAST-MINUTE Week 14 Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em, Advice, Actives/Inactives & Q/A! (12/07 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Summary

Fantasy Football Today – LAST-MINUTE Week 14 Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em, Advice, Actives/Inactives & Q/A!

Date: December 7, 2025
Host & Analysts: Adam Aizer, Dave Richard, Jamey Eisenberg, Heath Cummings

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into crucial, last-minute fantasy football advice for Week 14. The team covers start/sit recommendations, key injury updates, weather impacts, and answers live listener questions to help fantasy managers make those final, all-important lineup decisions.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Weather Impacts on Week 14 Games

• Green Bay/Chicago: Extremely frigid temperatures – expected, but a concern for passing and offensive performance.
  • Adam Aizer: “It’s frigid, right? In Green Bay for Chicago. Green Bay.”
• Indianapolis/Jacksonville: Heavy rain forecasted, could significantly impact the passing game.
  • Heath Cummings (03:21): “If there is a game that I do downgrade in the next few hours, it will be the Colts and Jags.”
• Cleveland/Tennessee & Buffalo/Cincinnati: Snowy conditions in both games, with Buffalo snow being notable.

2. Quarterback Start/Sit Decisions

• Jaden Daniels: Confirmed to play and a strong start candidate.
  • Heath Cummings (03:39): “I’m just planning on starting Jaden Daniels.”
• Justin Herbert: Questionable, but expected to play; however, analysts are hesitant to start him.
  • Heath Cummings (04:13): “I do not want to start him. … I would certainly not wait on Herbert.”
• Tiered QB rankings discussed, with Daniels considered in the same range as Hurts, Love, Mahomes.

3. Wide Receiver Rankings & Advice

• Ladd McConkey: Borderline WR2; start over recent disappointments like DK Metcalf or Zay Flowers, but behind Terry McLaurin and Jacoby Myers. (04:28)
• Luther Burden: Emerging WR given injuries, considered startable as a WR3, especially in deeper leagues.
  • Heath (05:51): “I’m starting Luther Burden, I think in three or four leagues as a wide receiver three.”
• Green Bay/Chicago WRs ranked: Watson > Burden > Moore > Reed > Dobbs > Wicks.

4. Running Back News & Expectations

• Hampton (Chargers): Preferred Chargers RB this week, but not top-24; some uncertainty about touch distribution.
  • “I do prefer Hampton, but he is not inside my top 24. ... I’m not expecting workhorse Hampton in his first game back.” (05:01)
• Aaron Jones: Expected to play; viewed as a high-end flex or borderline RB2, especially in full PPR.
  • “It’s kind of Jones and Hampton in that same range as high end flex / borderline number twos.” (08:19)

5. Key Inactive/Active Updates

• Marvin Harrison Jr., Greg Dortch, Mike Evans: All out – boosting Michael Wilson to must-start territory.
  • Heath (08:51): “[Michael Wilson] is wide receiver 8. Start Michael Wilson.”
• Other notes: Only Michael Wilson and tight end Trey McBride are recommended Cardinals starts.
• Kincaid (Buffalo): Limited health and snow conditions make him a risky but high-upside TE option.
  • “I currently have Kincaid at tight end 14. ... I would start him over Darren Waller ... but I did not put him ahead of Gadsden or Fanon.” (11:23)

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Listener Q&A Highlights

• Lamar Jackson vs. Jaden Daniels
  • Heath (11:33): “I’m going Daniels.”
• Bo Nix / Jacoby Brissett / Jaden Daniels
  • Heath: “I’m going Daniels.”
  • Adam: “I’m gonna go Brissett. ... a little afraid of Minnesota, their defense.”
• Flex spots: Luther Burden, John Metchie, Jaden Higgins
  • Heath (12:11): “That was the first one that I felt like is easy today, and it was Luther Burton.”
• WR Pick: Metcalf, Devonta Smith, Adonai Mitchell, Brian Thomas Jr.
  • Heath (12:22): “I would go with Devonta Smith.”
• PPR RB: Bam Knight, Kareem Hunt, or Aaron Jones
  • Heath (12:29): “In PPR, I would go with Bam.”
• RB/WR: Devin Neal or Keenan Allen
  • Heath (12:43): “I’ve got Keenan Allen just ahead of Devin Neal, but they’re separated by like a tenth of a point.”
• Daniel Jones vs. Sam Darnold; Kareem Hunt vs. Darren Waller
  • Heath (13:02): “Even if I downgrade Jones because of the rain, he will still be ahead of Sam Darnold for me. And I would go with Kareem Hunt over Darren Waller.”
• Chris Godwin or Luther Burden
  • Heath (13:17): “I would go with Burden.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the volatile state of QB/WR:
  Adam (04:04): “Garbage quarterback week. Just absolute garbage.”
• On tricky start/sit dilemmas:
  Heath (12:29): “Good luck to you picking the right answer because this is very difficult.”
• On Kincaid's boom-or-bust upside:
  Heath (10:11): “He could absolutely do [a big game] against Cincinnati. ... I do not think you should expect it.”

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Important Timestamps

• 02:03 – Episode starts, lineup crunch time, week/weather overview.
• 03:31 – Weather likely to impact Colts @ Jaguars.
• 03:37 – Jaden Daniels injury status resolved.
• 04:08 – Herbert update and sit/start confidence.
• 05:01 – Chargers RBs, Hampton’s outlook.
• 05:51 – Luther Burden’s startability and Packers/Bears WR rankings.
• 08:01 – Aaron Jones, RB2/High-end flex territory.
• 08:43 – WR injuries (Marvin Harrison Jr., Evans, Dortch) and Michael Wilson’s role.
• 09:58 – Dalton Kincaid’s uncertain outlook.
• 11:23–13:19 – Rapid-fire listener start/sit Q&A.

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Summary

With weather and injuries making Week 14 especially challenging, Adam, Heath, and the crew offer sharp, actionable advice: elevate Jaden Daniels and Luther Burden, tread carefully with Herbert and Kincaid, and expect uncertainty in several key matchups. Start ‘the sure things,’ chase upside where necessary, and keep tabs on gameday weather for potential pivots. Their Q&A showcases the true chaos and agony of fantasy playoff push lineup decisions—good luck!

Transcript

[A]

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[C]

All right, let's get those lineups set. It's crunch time. It's week 14. Welcome, everybody, to Fantasy Football Today.

[B]

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[C]

And we've got injury updates for you.

[B]

But let's. You know what, Heath?

[C]

Should we talk about the weather? You ready to talk weather.

[D]

I was not anticipating that.

[C]

I was.

[D]

I have not made any adjustments to my projections based on this week's weather. It is very cold in Green Bay. And you know what? The packers and Bears are not going to be surprised by that fact. They are the packers and the Bears.

[C]

Yeah. I don't love it, though. I bet there's. There's four games that I don't love. That's one of them I hate. I. It's frigid, right. In Green Bay for Chicago. Green Bay. It's apparently going to pour in Jacksonville for the Colts and the Jaguars. So that's one we'll talk about. Remember, we have a show from 11am to 1pm or 12:55pm YouTube.com fantasy football today, Tennessee and Cleveland snow. Cincinnati at Buffalo looks like snow. Now we'll keep you updated on that because these are mostly, if not all, early games. So that's good. But you just, just tune in. Maybe you need to make some adjustments here with heavy rain in Jacksonville potentially and snow in Cleveland. Snow in Buffalo.

[D]

Looking at the. The Roth update this morning, if there is a game that I do downgrade in the next few hours, it will be the Colton Jags. Okay.

[C]

All right. Now let's go to the injuries. Jaden Daniels is going to play.

[D]

I'm starting him.

I It's just like there's two quarterbacks that I have ranked ahead of him that have already played Dak and Goff, and I'll probably regret Goff. And there's two quarterbacks I have ranked ahead of them who have not played Allen and Stafford. I think Daniels is in a tier with Jalen Hurts, Jordan Love, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow if you wanted, if you felt safer starting one of those guys. But I'm just planning on starting Jaden Daniels.

[C]

Garbage quarterback week. Just absolute garbage.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Justin Herbert questionable still, I guess expected to play.

[D]

Expected to play. I do not want to start him. I just had somebody ask me this morning, do I wait on Herbert or just play Daniels? I prefer Daniels anyway. I would certainly not wait on Herbert.

He is my QB15.

[C]

Yeah. What about McConkey?

[D]

I think viewing him as a borderline number two wide receiver. So like we get to that range of guys that have disappointed us for the last month like DK Metcalf and Zay Flowers, Khalil Shakir, not quite a month I would start McConkey over all those guys, but I've got him behind Terry McLaurin and Jacoby Myers.

[C]

All right. In that same Monday night game, Omari and Hampton is expected to play which car. Which Chargers running back do you prefer?

[D]

I do prefer Hampton, but he is not inside my top 24. I just. It's a good matchup. I'm not sure that you can be confident what his percentage of the touches is going to be. I think we may just be back in that Greg Roman and Harbaugh prefer two running backs. So we get two running backs and then if Hampton proves that he's recovered enough that he's much better than Vidal, then maybe in the fantasy playoffs we get workhorse Hampton again. I'm not expecting workhorse Hampton in his first game back.

[C]

Romo Dunes is week to week with a foot injury. So this is a really fun opportunity here to go pick up Luther Burden. But yeah, I mean, Luther Burden, same yards per route run as Jamar Chase this year. He's been really efficient. But what do you do you throw any of these guys in your lineup this week? These Bears guys?

[D]

I'm starting Luther Burden, I think in three or four leagues as a wide receiver. Three. He's not. He is still behind that lad McConkey group for me, he's still behind Zay Flowers for me. I think the most interesting thing you can do is try to rank the wide receivers in that Packers Bears game because the next one of the next things you're going to say is that Jaden Reed is back. And so we've got Christian Watson, we've got Burden, DJ Moore, Romeo Dobbs, Jaden Reed, Dontavian Wicks. As of right now, I have them ranked Watson, Burden, more Reed, Dobbs, Wicks.

[C]

Burden. Two. Okay.

[B]

All right.

[C]

And any boost for Colson Loveland?

[D]

He is a borderline top 12 tight end for me. I don't know that Roma Dune like I'm just hopeful that they decide they need to play him more because Odunze is not there. But it's. I mean, it's a tight end and a wide receiver, so I'm not sure. I did give him a small boost, but I'm pretty uncertain about it.

[C]

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[B]

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[C]

All right, welcome back everybody. I'm just voting now voted check mark Fantasy football today. Okay, Aaron Jones looks like he's going to play. He's expected to play. He's got the, they've got the commanders here. Good matchup thoughts on Aaron Jones and Jordan Mason.

[D]

Yeah, definitely prefer Jones to Mason. It's kind of Jones and Hampton in that same range as high end flex slash borderline number twos. I, I probably feel in full PPR just a little bit better about Jones but they are basically a coin flip.

[C]

All right now we've got Marvin Harrison Jr. Out, Greg Dortch out, Mike Evans out.

[D]

But let's Weavers out too for the Cardinals.

[B]

Unbelievable.

[C]

All right, Michael Wilson, I mean where did you end up with Michael Wilson in your rankings?

[D]

He is wide receiver 8 start Michael Wilson.

[C]

Anyone else or just him and McBride?

[D]

I am just starting him and McBride.

[C]

Okay. Did you downgrade Brissette?

[D]

I really haven't. I mean the Greg Dortch throws like two of them have been a positive play for Brissette this year. I think for the most part he averages like 4 yards a catch or something. So Brissette is a very borderline QB one he's behind. I, I wouldn't start Brissette over Lamar and I might be on an island on that, but I do have him ahead of Daniel Jones, ahead of Justin Herbert, ahead of Caleb Williams. Okay.

[C]

And Evans is out. So yeah, Abuka and Godwin, where do you have them?

[D]

Yeah, I mean this isn't anything. We, we've, we haven't ranked Evans in a month. So Ibuka is a wide receiver too. A high end wide receiver too. And I know, I think we said last Sunday we got to stop ranking them so high we can't this week. Wide receivers almost as bad as quarterback Godwin is just a flex.

[C]

All right. And finally, let's talk about Dalton Kincaid.

[B]

The.

[C]

The matchup of all matchups, it gets the Bengals, but the snow, you know, you got the snow and you got the fact that he's really not all that healthy. But expected to play right now. I guess so, but sort of, yeah.

[D]

Both Ian Ravpor and Adam Schefter said he is going to. Expected to try to play. Expected to try to play. I. I think you have to recognize the upside. And you can just look at his last three games after he came back from injury. The first time he played 22 of the snaps. In his first game back, had one catch for 23 yards on three targets. I don't remember if that's the game he left early or if it's the next one that he left early. Well, the next one against the Chiefs, a terrible matchup. He had 6 for 101 and a touchdown. He could absolutely do that against Cincinnati. And then the next game, he had 2 for 37. And I think that was the one he left early. So I. I do not think you should explain. Dalton Kincaid hasn't played 60 of the snaps in a game this year. It might be 30. Yeah, it's just like, I think the really, the pain point comes if you have a Ronde Gadsden, if you have Harold Fannin and you have to make that decision of do you want the upside of Kincaid over what is probably a little bit safer playing those guys? I currently have Kincaid at tight end 14. I would start him over Darren Waller. I would start him over AJ Barner, I'd start him over Kate Otten and Evan Ingram and TJ Hawkins and Mark Andrews. But I did not put him ahead of Gadsden or Fanon.

[C]

Okay, wait till you see some of these questions that we have here. We gotta get some doozies. All right, Lamar. This is a good one. Lamar or Daniels?

[D]

I'm going Daniels.

[C]

Bo Nicks, Jacoby Brissette or Jaden Daniels?

[D]

I'm going Daniels.

[C]

All right, I'm gonna go Brissette. But understandable, obviously, to go Daniels. I'm a little afraid of Minnesota, their defense. And also another defense that I'm terrified of is Seattle's getting two starters back defensively today, so Pitts is the only guy. Well, Bijan. But see if this makes them a little bit better against tight ends. Get Julian Love back. But that one's not really so relevant. Like, they're obviously they could just stomp Atlanta, but. All right, Flex 1, Luther Burden, John Mechi or Jaden Higgins.

[D]

That was the first one that I felt like is easy today, and it was Luther Burton.

[C]

Okay, Metcalf, Devonte Smith, Adonai Mitchell, Brian Thomas Jr. Pick one.

[D]

I would go with Devonte Smith.

[C]

PPR, Bam Knight, Kareem Hunt or Aaron Jones.

[D]

Well, and he says, good luck, everyone. And I would say, good luck to you picking the right answer because this is very difficult. In ppr. I would go with Bam.

[C]

Okay. Devin Neal or Keenan Allen. I. Oh, or Devon Vale.

[D]

Yeah, it's not Vale. I've got Keenan Allen ahead of him. And in full ppr, I've got Keenan Allen just ahead of Devin Neal. But they're separated by like a tenth of a point.

[C]

Yeah, you might just want to go, Neil, in case Herbert doesn't play or something like that. But Daniel Jones or Sam Darnold. And Kareem Hunt or Darren Waller.

[D]

I think even if I downgrade Jones because of the rain, he will still be ahead of Sam Darnold for me. And I would go with Kareem Hunt over Darren Waller.

[C]

Chris Godwin or Luther Burden? Good question. Here to end it. Chris Godwin or Luther Burden?

[D]

I would go with Burden.

[C]

Okay. All right, everybody, get out there and vote. We'll talk to you at 11am Eastern. YouTube.com fantasy football today. See you later.

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