Week 14 fantasy football
Fantasy matchups to exploit or avoid
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999
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| This week’s bye team: Chicago.
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Steelers RB Jerome Bettis hasn’t scored a touchdown
since Week Nine, and he hasn’t gone over 100 yards rushing since Week Six. That trend
should continue vs. the Ravens, who rank second in the league in run defense. Baltimore
has held four of its last five opponents to fewer than 100 rushing yards. Bettis had just
46 yards on 16 carries in the first meeting between the teams (Week Two). |
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The Giants appear to have found an every-down runner in Joe
Montgomery, but he could have a tough time repeating his 111-yard performance of last week
against Buffalo. The Bills rank second in the AFC in run defense and haven’t allowed
an opponent to reach the 100-yard mark since Week Seven. While his yardage total against
the Jets was impressive, Montgomery averaged only 2.9 yards per attempt. |
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Stick with the hot hand and start Bengals RB Corey Dillon
this week. The Bengals are in the midst of their usual
end-of-the-season-when-the-games-don’t-mean-anything run, and Dillon has back-to-back
100-yard rushing efforts. He rushed for 168 yards in Week Five vs. the Browns, who are
last in the league in run defense. |
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Speaking of hot hands, Falcons QB Chris Chandler has started
to catch fire, throwing six TD passes and rushing for a score in his last two games. Now
Chandler gets to face the woeful 49ers, who have allowed a league-high 27 TD passes,
including four last week vs. the Bengals. |
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This isn’t the best week to start Broncos QB Brian
Griese. Griese failed to throw a TD pass last week, when he fell into a trap of locking on
to one receiver. The Jaguars have allowed the fewest passing yards in the league as well
as the lowest average gain per pass play. |
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Look for Chiefs QB Elvis Grbac to throw multiple TD passes
for the first time since Week Eight Sunday night against Minnesota. The Vikings’
secondary gave up two TD passes to Buccaneers rookie QB Shaun King Monday night. Before
that, Minnesota surrendered back-to-back 400-yard passing performances to Jim Miller and
Jim Harbaugh. |
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