Fantasy Football Starter Rankings, Week 14: What Will the Saints Do With Mark Ingram Out?

Here are your week 14 starting lineup rankings, heading into the Thursday night game. All players who were limited in practice yesterday are marked with a +, and those that did not practice are listed with a ++. I also used asterisks to mark those that might be available as waiver wire pickups, based on their percentage of ownership, as outlined in the Weekly Waiver Wire.

The Saints’ running backs, C.J. Spiller and Tim Hightower, are an enigma entering the week. The team has lost Khiry Robinson and now Mark Ingram. Ingram had been carrying almost the entire workload since Robinson’s injury. It is entirely a guessing game with how Spiller and Hightower will be split. I expect that Spiller will have slightly more value in PPR. Hightower is the more likely to get a touchdown in any goal line situations. Right now, I have them both as RB3/Flex types in the rankings.

QUARTERBACKS

1. Cam Newton vs ATL
2. Tom Brady at HOU
3. Russell Wilson at BAL
4. Carson Palmer vs MIN
5. Jameis Winston vs NO
6. Drew Brees at TB
7. Ben Roethlisberger at CIN
8. Blake Bortles vs IND
9. Andy Dalton vs PIT
10. Aaron Rodgers vs DAL
11. Ryan Fitzpatrick vs TEN*
12. Tyrod Taylor at PHI
13. Ryan Tannehill vs NYG
14. Marcus Mariota at NYJ*
15. Eli Manning at MIA
16. Matthew Stafford at STL
17. Brian Hoyer vs NE**
18. Philip Rivers at KC+
19. Blaine Gabbert vs CLE***
20. Johnny Manziel at SF***
21. Alex Smith vs SD*
22. Kirk Cousins at CHI**
23. Derek Carr at DEN
24. Matt Hasselbeck at JAC**
25. Jay Cutler vs WAS
26. Matt Ryan at CAR
27. Sam Bradford vs BUF**
28. Matt Schaub vs SEA***++
29. Brock Osweiler vs OAK*
30. Matt Cassel at GB***
31. Teddy Bridgewater at ARI**
32. Nick Foles or Case Keenum vs DET***
33. A lump of coal vs. your stocking
34. Jimmy Clausen vs SEA

RUNNING BACKS

1. DeAngelo Williams at CIN
2. Devonta Freeman at CAR
3. LeSean McCoy at PHI
4. Adrian Peterson at ARI
5. Doug Martin vs NO
6. Thomas Rawls at BAL
7. David Johnson vs MIN
8. T.J. Yeldon vs IND
9. Shaun Draughn vs CLE
10. Todd Gurley vs DET
11. Jonathan Stewart vs ATL++
12. Ronnie Hillman vs OAK++
13. Latavius Murray at DEN
14. Lamar Miller vs NYG
15. Javorius Allen vs SEA (bumped down due to concern over Jimmy Clausen at QB)
16. Matt Forte vs WAS
17. Charcandrick West vs SD
18. Darren McFadden at GB
19. Chris Ivory vs TEN
20. Spencer Ware vs SD
21. Eddie Lacy vs DAL
22. Frank Gore at JAC
23. James White at HOU*
24. C.J. Spiller at TB
25. Duke Johnson at SF
26. Jeremy Hill vs PIT
27. Charles Sims vs NO
28. LeGarrette Blount at HOU
29. Ryan Mathews vs BUF+
30. Antonio Andrews at NYJ
31. Melvin Gordon at KC
32. Shane Vereen at MIA*
33. Darren Sproles vs BUF*
34. Tim Hightower at TB
35. Danny Woodhead at KC
36. Matt Jones at CHI
37. Bilal Powell vs TEN***
38. Giovani Bernard vs PIT
39. Ameer Abdullah at STL
40. Jeremy Langford vs WAS
41. C.J. Anderson vs OAK++
42. Isaiah Crowell at SF*
43. Dexter McCluster at NYJ
44. Theo Riddick at STL*
45. Chris Polk vs NE***
46. Rashad Jennings at MIA
47. James Starks vs DAL
48. DeMarco Murray vs BUF
49. Jay Ajayi vs NYG**
50. Kerwynn Williams vs MIN***
51. Chris Thompson at CHI***++
52. Alfred Blue vs NE
53. Mike Tolbert vs ATL***
54. Robert Turbin at GB***

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WIDE RECEIVERS

1. Odell Beckham at MIA
2. DeAndre Hopkins vs NE
3. Antonio Brown at CIN
4. Brandon Marshall vs TEN
5. A.J. Green vs PIT
6. Alshon Jeffery vs WAS
7. Calvin Johnson at STL+
8. Allen Robinson vs IND
9. Eric Decker vs TEN
10. Julio Jones at CAR
11. Brandin Cooks at TB
12. Jeremy Maclin vs SD
13. Doug Baldwin at BAL
14. Danny Amendola at HOU+
15. Demaryius Thomas vs OAK
16. Mike Evans vs NO
17. Larry Fitzgerald vs MIN
18. Martavis Bryant at CIN
19. T.Y. Hilton at JAC
20. Jarvis Landry vs NYG
21. Emmanuel Sanders vs OAK
22. Vincent Jackson vs NO+
23. Sammy Watkins at PHI
24. Anquan Boldin at CLE
25. DeSean Jackson at CHI
26. Randall Cobb vs DAL
27. Allen Hurns vs IND
28. Amari Cooper at DEN
29. Michael Floyd vs MIN
30. Stefon Diggs at ARI
31. Dez Bryant at GB
32. Brian Hartline vs SF***+
33. John Brown vs MIN
34. DeVante Parker vs NYG***
35. Donte Moncrief at JAC
36. Michael Crabtree at DEN
37. Golden Tate at STL
38. Brandon LaFell at HOU
39. Kamar Aiken vs SEA
40. Nate Washington vs NE**
41. Marvin Jones vs PIT*
42. Jordan Matthews vs BUF
43. Robert Woods at PHI***
44. Ted Ginn vs ATL++
45. Steve Johnson at KC++
46. Tyler Lockett at BAL***
47. Davante Adams vs DAL
48. Keshawn Martin at HOU***
49. James Jones vs DAL
50. Cecil Shorts vs NE*
51. Rueben Randle at MIA*
52. Malcom Floyd at KC***
53. Markus Wheaton at CIN***
54. Dorial Green-Beckham at NYJ**
55. Torrey Smith at CLE*
56. Tavon Austin vs DET*
57. Travis Benjamin vs SF*++
58. Pierre Garcon at CHI*
59. Roddy White at CAR**

TIGHT ENDS

1. Greg Olsen vs ATL++
2. Travis Kelce vs SD
3. Gary Barnidge vs SF+
4. Delanie Walker at NYJ
5. Scott Chandler at HOU
6. Jordan Reed at CHI
7. Tyler Eifert vs PIT+
8. Ben Watson at TB
9. Richard Rodgers vs DAL*
10. Antonio Gates at KC
11. Charles Clay at PHI+
12. Austin Sefarian-Jenkins vs NO*
13. Jason Witten at GB
14. Zach Ertz vs BUF
15. Will Tye at MIA***
16. Julius Thomas vs IND
17. Zach Miller vs WAS***+
18. Jacob Tamme at CAR**
19. Coby Fleener vs JAC
20. Kyle Rudolph at ARI*
21. Jordan Cameron vs NYG**
22. Eric Ebron at STL*
23. Ladarius Green at KC**

KICKERS

1. Cairo Santos vs SD
2. Steven Hauschka at BAL
3. Chandler Catanzaro vs MIN
4. Stephen Gostkowski at HOU
5. Mason Crosby vs DAL
6. Graham Gano vs ATL
7. Connor Barth vs NO
8. Brandon McManus vs OAK
9. Josh Brown at MIA
10. Adam Vinatieri at JAC
11. Dan Carpenter at PHI
12. Chris Boswell at CIN
13. Randy Bullock vs TEN
14. Jason Myers vs IND
15. Travis Coons vs SF

DEFENSES/SPECIAL TEAMS

1. SEATTLE at BAL
2. CAROLINA at ATL
3. DENVER vs OAK
4. KANSAS CITY vs SD
5. GREEN BAY vs DAL
6. ARIZONA vs MIN
7. NY JETS vs TEN
8. CHICAGO vs WAS
9. PHILADELPHIA vs BUF
10. BUFFALO at PHI
11. NEW ENGLAND at HOU
12. ST. LOUIS vs DET
13. SAN FRANCISCO at CLE
14. MIAMI vs NYG
15. NY GIANTS at MIA