Last Call Week 14 Start Sit or Just Forget
There is that ever-imposing feeling of dread when the bartender announces the last call, where will you go from here…did you get enough to drink…did you call that Uber…did you have enough time to get those digits…did you make good choices?
All these thoughts and more are valid, just as the thoughts that are going through your mind this week as the Quarterback-Armageddon week begins. On a bye this week will be Lamar Jackson, Jayden Daniels, Bo Nix, Anthony Richardson, C.J. Stroud, and Drake Maye, that’s a lot. This also means no Derrick Henry, no Courtland Sutton, and no Nico Collins, and this isn’t even touching the injured players.
So, it’s the last call, the fantasy playoffs are coming up, Quarterback Armageddon is here, and it is time to make good choices, let’s do that.
I have just located a cocktail (thank you Difford’s Guide) called Quarterback and I can think of nothing better to consume for Week 14. (P.S. I am guessing it will have an ingredient or two you might have to go and obtain…just think of it as stocking your bar for the holidays)!
Quarterback
You Will Need
1 ounce of Yellow Chartreuse
1 ounce of Cointreau (triple sec)
1 ounce of half-and-half (or non-dairy substitute)
1 ounce Milk (can also be of the non-diary variety)
Have a pre-chilled Martini glass ready
You Will
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Place all ingredients in a tin with ice
Shake until get a cold film on the outside or until you feel it appropriately chilled
Strain into your chilled martini glass (if you can double strain it all the better)
Can put an orange twist for garnish or just consume and start your fantasy football preparations
So, with the drink of the week is there any doubt about what position I will be highlighting this week?
Premium Play, Quarterback, Will Levis, Tennessee Titans
Okay, how many times have you walked into a bar and were surprised by the selection of liquors available, even to the point that premium options were inexpensive and uncomfortably familiar, that feeling that is aroused when you enter the unicorn of all bars…the dive bar! This is what this week’s premium choice of Levis as your quarterback is akin to.
Levis is currently QB30, but there are reasons to elevate him to the top shelf this week. In his last four games, he has 19.1, 16.6, 17.1, and 16.2 fantasy points. And then there is his opponent this week, coming into Week 13, the Jacksonville Jaguars had allowed the most passing yards (284.2), touchdown passes (2.0), and fantasy points per game (25.5) to the quarterback position. Last week Stroud didn’t take advantage of Jacksonville’s giving ways, scoring only 14.1 fantasy points against the Jaguars. To be honest that seems more like a Stroud situation than the Jaguars suddenly becoming a defensive powerhouse.
Anyway, five starting quarterbacks will not be available to you this week, Levis and his opponent have made a reasoned argument why this could be his week to step outside that comfort zone and visit a good ole dive bar.
And if you are uneasy because of last week’s 19-42 throttling Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders, put on the Titans, it is understandable, but remember this time it wasn’t on Levis (he had zero interceptions while throwing for 212 yards and two passing touchdowns) and garbage points are still fantasy points.
Well Play, Quarterback, Aidan O’Connell, Las Vegas Raider
O’Connell was not at practice Thursday, and Desmond Ridder took first-team snaps. This is not a swap, if O’Connell is unable to go, Ridder is not an even swap (no disrespect intended…but this is fantasy crunch time).
Last week O’Connell took Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs to the wire. O’Connell threw for 340 yards and two touchdowns finishing as QB13 with 19.6 fantasy points (just as a comparison Jameis Winston finished as QB1 with 36 fantasy points last week).
Now the Raiders will play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Baker Mayfield, where the Raiders are a 6.5-point underdog with a 46.5 over/under. This game has the potential of going over and both teams are quarterback fantasy points givers (which is great to see in this season).
The Buccaneers are giving the second most fantasy points per game to the quarterback position (24.8) and the Raiders are giving up the fourth most fantasy points to the quarterback position (21.1), making both O’Connell and Mayfield interesting options in your Quarterback-Armageddon week.
Mat Play, Or Just Don’t Do It, Quarterback, Kirk Cousins, Atlanta Falcons
And now he will get to go against a Brian Flores defense. Cousins has not had a touchdown pass in three games, but he does have six interceptions and seven sacks in those three games.
The Vikings’ defense has been a bend don’t break defense, last week Kyler Murray threw for 260 yards and a touchdown, he also threw in two interceptions. The week prior Chicago Bears’ Caleb Williams took the team to overtime while throwing for 340 yards and two touchdowns.
You want to believe that Cousins can call up something special in his trip back to Minnesota…but
and it isn’t the outlier it is the norm (except if he is playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
It is a crazy world where Levis, O’Connell, and even Bryce Young could be better options than Cousins, but this is the world we live in.
“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying.” ~ Shawshank Redemption
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