Week 14 IDP Waiver Wire: Are You Really Breaking Out?

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This list of IDP waiver wire pickups is sorted by position, and then by priorty.

Of course, IDP leagues vary widely by depth, scoring rules, and lineup settings. So to get the best measure of who to pick up in your league, check your Free Agent Finder.

Dallas Turner, Edge, Minnesota Vikings

Dallas Turner

DL112 on Sun 4:05 PM @ SEA

Bye6

3D PPR ROS50

3D Value-18.1

OK, Dallas. I see you.

The 22-year-old Viking has put forth an interesting second season. Andrew Van Ginkel’s early season -- and then nagging -- neck injury handed Turner opportunity, but the 2024 first-round pick failed to seize it.

After playing 43% of the snaps as a non-starter in the opener, he started the next five games and played 60+% of the snaps in six straight. That span saw him collect just 1.5 sacks and 4 total QB hits. So as the line got healthier, Turner disappeared from the lineup …

• Week 8: 74% snap share
• Week 9: 22%
• Week 10: 39%

But that playing time has boomeranged over the past three weeks, thanks to Edge Jonathan Greenard’s shoulder injury. Greenard left Week 10 early, missed weeks 11 and 12, and then returned for only limited duty Sunday.

Turner Takes Advantage This Time

I certainly noticed that Turner notched sacks in each of the first two games following Greenard’s injury. But that still left a lot more meh than good to his season.

Sunday, however, found Turner’s best outing of the season. He notched the first 2-sack came of his career plus his third pass deflection among the past four games. Turner also now has three straight games of 2+ QB hits, with 7 total over that span. Compare that with the 4 total he collected through Week 10.

What changed? Turner has played more of his snaps on the right said than the left lately, a shift vs. his previous deployment. He also hasn’t mixed in the smattering of non-edge snaps he played earlier this year. Though Turner has continued to see more coverage duties than your typical edge and hasn’t seen any huge rise in pass-rush opportunities vs. earlier this season.

If Turner just rushes demonstrably better from the right edge than the left, that would seem an easy adjustment for the Vikings to incorporate going forward.

Whatever the case, he’s worth a look ahead of a Week 14 home date with the Commanders. We’ll see about Greenard’s status leading up to that Sunday kick.

Jaelan Phillips, Edge, Philadelphia Eagles

Jaelan Phillips

DL9 on Fri 3:00 PM vs CHI

Bye9

3D PPR ROS74.8

3D Value4.2

Phillips went without a QB hit in Friday’s loss to the Bears for the first time since Week 4. That followed an empty stat line in the loss at Dallas to put Phillips on a bit of a fantasy cold streak. 

But next Monday’s matchup with the Chargers finds an offense that has allowed 3+ sacks in four straight games, including tallies of five to the Steelers and six to the Titans. And if it’s Trey Lance instead of Justin Herbert behind center? That might prove even more fruitful.

Lance sports a 7.1% career sack rate vs. Herbert’s 5.9%. (This year: Herbert 8.8% vs. Lance 13.3%.)

If Phillips already has a team in your league, look to Philly teammate Jalyx Hunt. He has gone three weeks without a sack but racked up 6 QB hits over that span. The Eagles also get a sack-friendly matchup with the Raiders in Week 15.

YaYa Diaby, Edge, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Yaya Diaby

DL22 on Sun 1:00 PM vs ARI

Bye9

3D PPR ROS75.6

3D Value-1.4

The Saints allowed nine sacks over just the past two games. They allowed another five the last time they faced these Bucs. And Tampa Bay’s D-line has gotten healthier since then.

Diaby’s low-level tackle production has made him a shaky weekly fantasy bet. But he remains Tampa’s most reliable source of edge pressure. Diaby logged 4 pressures in the Week 8 meeting with the Saints and has at least 1 QB hit in each of the four games since, his longest such streak of the season.

If Diaby’s already rostered in your league, take a look at Edge Haason Reddick. The veteran returned from a four-game absence for ankle and knee injuries to get back to his regular playing time in Sunday’s win over the Cardinals.

Reddick has just 1.5 sacks for the season and certainly is no lock to take advantage of the matchup. But he has supplied a decent 3+ pressures in six of eight appearances for the year.

Joseph Ossai, Edge, Cincinnati Bengals

Joseph Ossai

DL45 on Thu 8:20 PM @ BAL

Bye10

3D PPR ROS75.2

3D Value-1.3

Josh Allen managed to escape Pittsburgh with no sacks and just the 20th-highest pressure rate for Week 13 (before Monday night’s game) despite missing both of his starting tackles. That was impressive for the Bills, but I wouldn’t bet on it holding through two games.

Of course, they might get LT Dion Dawkins back from his concussion. RT Spencer Brown seems likely to miss at least one more game with his shoulder injury.

I mentioned in the Week 13 IDP Hits that Ossai has picked up his pass-rush production lately. That has come while working primarily from the right side, in Trey Hendrickson’s absence. So Dawkins’ return wouldn’t be great news. We’ll see about that later in the week, though. Also he played 94% of the snaps in the Houston game that found Allen taking eight sacks.

A modest bet on Ossai in deeper leagues makes sense this week. The Bengals should remain more competitive with Joe Burrow back, and Ossai enjoyed a late-season hot streak last year: 5 sacks and 10 QB hits over his final seven games.

Expect him to land in DL3 territory in our Week 14 rankings. We’ll judge his outlook from there next week.

Vita Vea, DT, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Vita Vea

DL69 on Sun 1:00 PM vs ARI

Bye9

3D PPR ROS57

3D Value-6.7

Need a boom/bust DT for Week 14? Vea gets the same upside matchup as the Bucs edges mentioned above, and he’s probably the best player of the three.

Vea trails only Diaby among Bucs in total pressures for the season and has earned a higher pass-rushing grade from PFF to this point. Vea also faces Saints guards -- Cesar Ruiz and Dillon Radunz -- who rank just 74th and 70th in PFF run-blocking grade among 83 guards with at least 200 snaps.

Vea posted a quiet 1-tackle, 3-pressure day in the first Saints meeting. But New Orleans rushed just 15 times (vs. 51 pass attempts) in that game. And the DT has twice notched 6 pressures among the four contests since.

Nakobe Dean, LB, Philadelphia Eagles

Nakobe Dean

LB25 on Fri 3:00 PM vs CHI

Bye9

3D PPR ROS108.2

3D Value-8.5

Dean spent his first three starting weeks this season at playing-time levels we don’t generally want to trust at this position:

• 63.5%
• 65%
• 68%

But those numbers jumped to 84% and 94% in Philly’s past two contests. And Dean has proved productive.

The tackle tallies have looked merely OK ahead of his 12 tackles against Chicago in Week 13. But Dean notched 3 sacks among 4 total QB hits over the three games before that. And he registered his first pass defense of the year against the Bears.

Dean’s graduation to full playing time aligns well with a Week 14 visit to the Chargers. L.A. has supplied the third-most fantasy points per game to LBs over the past five weeks. And starting Trey Lance in place of an injured Justin Herbert could enhance that matchup even further.

There’s also inviting upside to matchups with the Raiders, Commanders, and Bills beyond that.

That’s the eighth-best remaining strength of schedule for LB scoring, and even the Bills have risen to fourth-most generous to LBs over the past five weeks. 

Germaine Pratt, LB, Indianapolis Colts

Germaine Pratt

LB32 on Sun 1:00 PM vs HOU

Bye11

3D PPR ROS91.7

3D Value-7

If Pratt’s been rostered for weeks in your league, then feel free to skip ahead. But his 20% rostered rate on Sleeper as of Monday morning makes him worth including.

Pratt likely got picked up in plenty more places after his 20-tackle Week 12 at Kansas City, even though we probably won’t see any more weeks like that.

What we have seen is a second straight week of 9+ tackles -- and 8+ tackles in five of his seven games with the Colts -- as well as passes defensed in each of his past four outings.

Pratt gets solid matchups with the Jaguars in weeks 14 and 17. The Seahawks and 49ers in between have proved negative matchups for LB scoring by our adjusted fantasy points allowed. But Pratt still figures to land among the top 36 LBs in our default rankings for those weeks.

Eric Wilson, LB, Minnesota Vikings

Eric Wilson

LB26 on Sun 4:05 PM @ SEA

Bye6

3D PPR ROS90.4

3D Value-7.7

Wilson shouldn’t be 90% available on Sleeper as I write this, but he is.

The veteran delivered a huge stat line in Sunday’s loss at Seattle:

• 11 tackles
• 8 solo
• 4 tackles for loss
• 1 sack

That set season highs for him in those first three categories and gives him 4.5 sacks for the year.

Wilson posted smaller production over the previous two weeks, but now comes another favorable matchup. Washington has supplied the most fantasy points per game to LBs over the past five weeks; eighth-most for the season.

After that come neutral matchups with the Cowboys, Giants, and Lions.

Barrett Carter, LB, Cincinnati Bengals

Barrett Carter

LB33 on Thu 8:20 PM @ BAL

Bye10

3D PPR ROS108.1

3D Value5.9

Carter managed just 5 total tackles in Thursday night’s win over the Ravens. But he has posted four games of 10+ tackles among his seven outings as a full-time player. 

Week 14 finds a matchup with the Bills, who have provided the sixth-most fantasy points per game to LBs on the season. 

Like Wilson, Carter surprisingly hit Sunday night available in 90% of Sleeper IDP leagues.

Divine Deablo, LB, Atlanta Falcons

Divine Deablo

LB40 on Sun 1:00 PM @ NYJ

Bye5

3D PPR ROS98.3

3D Value-5.2

I didn’t bother recommending Deablo the past couple of weeks, because he didn’t do much for IDP lineups before his elbow injury. The LB averaged just 4.6 total tackles per game across five healthy contests before going down in Week 7.

But he has registered 8 tackles in each of his two games back, including 6+ solos each time and 3 total tackles for loss. Playing the Saints and Jets in those two games helped, but Deablo has also jumped right back to full playing time and still presents coverage upside (4 passes defensed through eight games).

Week 14 holds a Seattle matchup that’s been negative for LB scoring on the year. But Minnesota’s top two LBs collected 11 and 9 tackles in Sunday’s loss.

More favorable spots against the Bucs and Cardinals reside beyond that.

Shaq Thompson, LB, Buffalo Bills

Shaq Thompson

LB38 on Sun 4:25 PM @ PIT

Bye7

3D PPR ROS75.6

3D Value-15.4

Need a rental LB for your tackle-friendly league? Thompson played a season-high 93% of the snaps in place of Terrel Bernard in Sunday’s win over the Steelers. He notched 9 tackles (5 solo), Thompson’s second game of 9+ tackles in as many games of 90+% playing time. And he reached that number despite just 40 total snaps on a bad offensive day for Pittsburgh.

Bernard seems likely to miss at least one more game with his elbow injury (possibly more), which should put Thompson out there against the Bengals in Week 14.

Cincinnati has supplied the 10th-most fantasy points per game to LBs and rates ninth-friendliest to the position by our adjusted fantasy points allowed.

Kamren Kinchens, S, Los Angeles Rams

Kamren Kinchens

DB21 on Sun 1:00 PM @ CAR

Bye8

3D PPR ROS92.1

3D Value-12.6

Kinchens played through a questionable tag in Sunday’s loss to the Panthers and tallied a season-high 6 solo tackles. That’s not why he’s a target here, though. 

You’re targeting Kinchens for a Week 14 matchup with the Cardinals, who entered Sunday supplying the second-most fantasy points per game to DBs over the previous five weeks. That included 17 passes defensed over the previous three contests. 

Sunday’s game found Brissett reaching 40+ pass attempts for the fourth straight week. We’ll see whether Kyler Murray returns from IR to replace Brissett in Week 14. But a return by the worse performer wouldn’t be a reason to downgrade Kinchens’ fantasy outlook.

Kevin Winston, S, Tennessee Titans

Starting S Xavier Woods returned from a three-game injury and found full playing time in Sunday’s loss to the Jaguars. But that didn’t alter the playing time for this third-round rookie. In fact, it might have even helped his fantasy value.

Winston has now played every snap for three straight games and delivered two consecutive good fantasy lines:

• Week 12: 10 tackles (6 solo, 1 TFL)
• Week 13: 8 tackles (5 solo), 1 sack

With Woods back -- and S Amani Hooker also remaining a full-timer -- Winston shifted from playing 61.7% of his snaps at “free safety” (according to PFF) to just 17.5% in that spot. He spent the bulk of his Week 13 time at slot corner.

Tennessee shifted normal slot CB Marcus Harris outside to cover for Jalyn Armour-Davis’ absence (Achilles’ injury). So that might mean Winston heads to the sideline when Armour-Davis returns. JAD missed the final two days of practice before getting ruled out of the last game, though, so he doesn’t seem like a great bet for Week 14.

We'll also see about the rib injury Hooker brought out of Sunday's contest.

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Matt Schauf, Editor

Matt has earned two Fantasy Pros accuracy awards for IDP rankings and won thousands of dollars as a player across best ball, dynasty, and high-stakes fantasy formats. He has been creating fantasy football content for more than 20 years, with work featured by Sporting News, Rotoworld, Athlon, Sirius XM, and others. He's been with Draft Sharks since 2011.