- Start Jacoby Brissett: He scored at least 18.7 points in each of his seven starts this season. The only quarterbacks to score more points per game than Brissett in 2025 are Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes and Jaxson Dart (min. three starts).
- Sitting Patrick Mahomes: He goes from last week’s most favorable matchup to next Sunday’s worst fantasy matchup. The Houston Texans are allowing a low 11.6 fantasy points per game to opposing quarterbacks in 2025.
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Having trouble determining your fantasy lineups for Week 14? Maybe I can help… Below you can find my top Fire (boom) and Ice (bust) players at each position for Week 14. I also list my Sleeper of the Week at each position in case you’re in a deeper league or need a replacement for an Ice player.
Don’t miss my fire and ice map at the bottom of this page. There, I’ve listed all my fire, good, sleeper, and ice plays for week 14 of the 2025 fantasy football season.
Quarterbacks
Fire QB Start of the week: Jacoby Brissett (vs LAR)
The firestart options for the week are slim for Week 14. Outside of Josh Allen and Joe Burrow, there aren’t many other quarterbacks I’m excited to start this week. Jacoby Brissett may not have the ceiling to put up a 30+ fantasy point performance, but he has been incredibly consistent this season. He scored at least 18.7 points in each of his seven starts this season. The only quarterbacks to score more points per game than Brissett in 2025 are Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes and Jaxson Dart (min. three starts). The Los Angeles Rams have been a solid defense this season, but they just let Bryce Young throw three touchdowns on them last week. Brissett is a top-10 play in Week 13.
Sleeper QB of the Week: Daniel Jones (at JAX)
November has been a month to forget for Daniel Jones, who has scored fewer than 17 fantasy points in four straight games, but there is hope he will bounce back to kick off December. Six of the last seven quarterbacks to face the Jacksonville Jaguars have put up at least 20 fantasy points against them, including Patrick Mahomes, Matthew Stafford, Geno Smith and Davis Mills, all of whom scored more than 26 points. The Jaguars are the No. 1 defense in the NFL this season, which should force the Colts to have to lean on their passing game to win a crucial divisional game.
Ice QB Start of the week: Patrick Mahomes (vs. HOU)
Patrick Mahomes had a monster performance against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 13 … but every quarterback has a great fantasy day against the Cowboys. Mahomes had scored just 10.5, 13.3 and 17.1 fantasy points in the three games leading up to Week 13. He goes from last week’s most favorable game to next Sunday’s worst fantasy game. The Houston Texans are allowing a career-low 11.6 fantasy points per game to opposing quarterbacks in 2025. No quarterback has scored more than 20 fantasy points in a game against the Texans this year, and that includes great fantasy quarterbacks like Matthew Stafford, who they held to 13.6 points, and Josh Allen, who they held to 8.1 points.
Running backs
Fire RB Start of the week: Quinshon Judkins (vs TEN)
It’s been a while since Quinshon Judkins had a big fantasy performance, but for once the Cleveland Browns should have an edge, or at least be in a close game when they take on the 1-11 Tennessee Titans. In the Browns’ last win, Judkins had 25 carries and three rushing touchdowns for 26.4 fantasy points. The Tennessee Titans have allowed the ninth-most fantasy points per game and second-most rushing touchdowns to running backs in 2025.
Sleeper RB of the Week: Devin Neal (at TB)
In his first NFL start, Saints rookie running back Devin Neal was disappointing with just 9.9 fantasy points on 17 touches in Week 13. However, his workload and playing time should not be ignored. Neal was on the field 81.4% of the time and led the Saints backfield with 14 carries and 17 touches. Evan Hull was the only other Saints back to see the field in Week 13, and he only had five touches in the game. If Alvin Kamara misses another week, Neal is a viable low-end RB2/flex play against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who have allowed the fourth-most fantasy points per game to start running backs in 2025.
Ice RB Start of the week: Woody Marks (at KC)
Woody Marks has had at least 16 carries over the last three weeks, but he has been inefficient, not scoring any touchdowns and not being involved in the passing game. He has zero touchdowns and just a single target in each of the last three weeks while scoring fewer than eight fantasy points in each of those games despite having three good matchups against the Tennessee Titans, Buffalo Bills and Indianapolis Colts in that span. Now he faces the Kansas City Chiefs, who have allowed the sixth-fewest fantasy points per game to the running back position in 2025.
Wide receivers
Fire WR start of the week: Michael Wilson (vs. LAR)
Marvin Harrison Jr. has officially been ruled out, meaning Michael Wilson will return to the X-wide receiver role for the Arizona Cardinals in Week 14. Wilson was a target in Weeks 11 and 12 when Harrison was sidelined. During those two games, Wilson saw 33 targets and recorded 25 receptions, 303 receiving yards and 55 fantasy points. The Los Angeles Rams are a much better run defense than pass defense, which could force Jacoby Brissett to have over 40 pass attempts in this game.
Sleeper WR Start of the week: Jakobi Meyers (vs. IND)
Jakobi Meyers has led the Jacksonville Jaguars in targets, receptions, yards and touchdowns since being traded to the team before Week 10. He is averaging 13.7 fantasy points per game with the Jaguars and is coming off back-to-back weeks of 15+ point scoring, including a season-high 21.3 point performance in Week 13. This is a solid matchup for Meyers as the Indianapolis Colts have allowed seventh-ranked scoring. yards and ninth-most points per game at the wide receiver position in 2025.
Ice WR start of the week: AJ Brown (at LAC)
AJ Brown has been on fire, scoring over 25 fantasy points in back-to-back games. However, his production could collapse again in Week 14. The Los Angeles Chargers have allowed the second-fewest fantasy points per game to wide receivers this season while allowing just six touchdowns at the position all year. Overall, this matchup will be a tough challenge for the Eagles’ entire passing attack. Most of Jalen Hurts’ recent passing success has come deep down the field (20+ air yards), but the Chargers have allowed the lowest opponent passer rating in the NFL on deep passes this season.
Tight ends
Fire TE Starter of the Week: Tyler Warren (at JAX)
Tyler Warren has scored fewer than 10 fantasy points in three of the last five games, with just one big performance since Week 8, but he has the potential to be an overall TE1 in Week 14. The Jacksonville Jaguars have allowed the second-most receptions and fantasy points per game to tight ends this season, behind only the Cincinnati Bengals in both. In three of the last five weeks, Brock Bowers (43.3), Dalton Schultz (18.3) and Trey McBride (16.9) each had big fantasy performances against the Jaguars. Even last week, the Tennessee Titans tight end duo Gunnar Helm and Chig Okonkwo combined to score 15.2 points against Jacksonville.
Sleeper TEs of the Week: Darren Waller (at NYJ)
Darren Waller returned from a four-game absence last week and had a disappointing fantasy performance with just three targets, two receptions for 47 yards. However, he should play more in his second game back. Waller saw the field for just 46.7% of Miami’s offensive plays, down from nearly 70% before his pectoral injury in Week 7. In his first three full games playing with the Miami Dolphins, Waller averaged 15.2 fantasy points per game while finding the end zone four times, including a game against the New York Jets where he scored 17.7 fantasy points with two touchdowns.
Ice TE Start of the week: Oronde Gadsden II (at PHI)
After a strong start to his rookie season, Oronde Gadsden has cooled off of late, scoring six or fewer points in each of the last three games. I don’t expect him to bounce back this weekend against the Philadelphia Eagles, who have been the fourth-toughest defense against fantasy tight ends this season, allowing just 35 yards and 9.1 points per game to the position. No tight end has scored more than 13 points in their matchup against the Eagles in 2025. Gadsden’s ceiling is low in this matchup, and he hasn’t been involved enough on offense lately to take that risk.
Fire and ice fantasy football games
Here I categorize every relevant fantasy player into five different buckets: (1) fire starts (best starts of the week); (2) thumbs up (good start); (3) Risky players with advantage (sleepers); (4) Ice starts (predicting poor performance by a good player); (5) Stop (must sit).
Note: If a player/defense is not listed, I will not consider starting him in Week 14. I also didn’t include any Cowboys/Lions players as they will have already played on Thursday Night Football by the time this article is published.
Fire 🔥
- QB: Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Jacoby Brissett
- RB: James Cook, De’Von Achane, Bijan Robinson, Chase Brown, Quinshon Judkins, Bucky Irving
- WR: Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Ja’Marr Chase, Davante Adams, Michael Wilson
- TE: Trey McBride, Dalton Kincaid, Tyler Warren
- DEF: Broncos, Browns, Seahawks,
Thumbs up 👍
- QB: Jalen Hurts, Matthew Stafford, Baker Mayfield, Jayden Daniels, Daniel Jones
- RB: Jonathan Taylor, Josh Jacobs, Derrick Henry, Breece Hall, RJ Harvey, Kyren Williams, Omarion Hampton, D’Andre Swift, Kyle Monangai, Travis Etienne, Kenneth Walker
- WR: Rashee Rice, Puka Nacua, Nico Collins, Chris Olave, Jaylen Waddle, Terry McLaurin, Michael Pittman, Courtland Sutton, Jakobi Meyers, Tee Higgins, Alec Pierce
- TE: Brock Bowers, Brenton Strange, Kyle Pitts, Colston Loveland, Dalton Schultz, Darren Waller
- DEF: Rams, Texans, Chiefs, Buccaneers
Upside down 📈
- QB: Bo Nix, Trevor Lawrence, Jordan Love, Tyrod Taylor
- RB: Devin Neal, Blake Corum, Jaylen Warren, Kenneth Gainwell, Jordan Mason, Chris Rodriguez,
- WR: Justin Jefferson, Ladd McConkey, Troy Franklin, Christian Watson, Jayden Higgins, Khalil Shakir, DeVonta Smith,
- TE: Zach Ertz, Harold Fannin Jr., Isaiah Probably, Juwan Johnson, Dallas Goedert
- DEF: Ravens, Dolphins, Commanders, Titans, Bears
Ice cream 🥶
- QB: Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert, Caleb Williams
- RB: Saquon Barkley, Woody Marks, Ashton Jeanty, Kareem Hunt, Zach Charbonnet
- WR: AJ Brown, Emeka Egbuka, DK Metcalf, Deebo Samuel, Drake London, DeVonta Smith, Rome Odunze, Zay Flowers, Brian Thomas Jr., Adonai Mitchell, Dontayvion Wicks
- TE: Travis Kelce, Oronde Gadsden, Mark Andrews
- DEF: Steelers, Jaguars, Bills, Packers, Chargers
Stop it 🚫
- QB: Sam Darnold, JJ McCarthy, Tua Tagovailoa, CJ Stroud, Aaron Rodgers
- RB: Tony Pollard, Cardinals RBS
- WR: Keenan Allen, Darnell Mooney, Jordan Addison, Jerry Jeudy
- TE: Cade Otton, Mason Taylor, TJ Hockenson, Pat Freiermuth
- DEF: Falcons, Cardinals, Vikings
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