Week 14 Fantasy Football Rankings: Matthew Stafford and QBs on the Rise

It's time for the star quarterbacks in the NFL to shine now that the fantasy football playoffs are underway...

OK, so maybe these gunslingers don't much care what their impact on the virtual world is. Even so, that should do little to detract from what they do on the field in Week 14 and how far up the fantasy rankings the move as a result.

Matthew Stafford

To say that Matthew Stafford has struggled with ball control of late would be something of an understatement. The third-year signal-caller has thrown 10 picks, against eight touchdowns, in his last four games.

Luckily for him (and his fantasy owners), the Minnesota Vikings are coming to town! Yes, those same Minnesota Vikings that made Tim Tebow look like the progenitor of the forward pass (202 yards, two touchdowns). 

Oh, and lest we forget, Stafford strung together 378 yards and two touchdowns when the Lions and the Vikes last met in Week 3.

Joe Flacco

What's not to like about Joe Flacco's chances of moving up the QB hierarchy in Week 14? His Ravens will be playing at home against the winless Colts, who sport a pass defense that's far softer than the ones from San Francisco and Cleveland that gave Flacco fits.

Sure, Baltimore won't likely need their unibrow'd leader to throw all that much, but that shouldn't stop Flacco from taking some shots deep to Torrey Smith early in the game.

You know, like he did against the Rams, when he hit Smith for three TDs in the first quarter.

Carson Palmer

Here's the deal with Carson Palmer: line him up under center and then either avert your eyes or change the channel.

You won't want to see him play, given how terrible he'll look in real life, but you probably won't mind the fantasy points he puts up in the process.

It also helps that Green Bay's pass defense isn't exactly rock solid, and Palmer will have to throw the ball, say, 50 or 60 times while the Raiders play catch-up with the Packers all afternoon.

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