Baker Mayfield (QB, TB) - Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 14

BALLER MOVE: Add in 12+ Team Leagues

ROSTERED IN: 57% of Leagues

ANALYSIS: Tampa Bay Buccanneers quarterback Baker Mayfield has been under 250 yards in three straight weeks and has five touchdowns to five turnovers. The 28-year-old has scored 20 points in a game just once this year and has now been held under 14 points four times.

Mayfield has had three tough games in the last three weeks. He's had to face the 49ers, Colts, and Panthers. These three teams have allowed the third, 10th, and fourth-fewest points to opposing quarterbacks this season, respectively. That is just about one of the toughest stretches any quarterback has to go through, especially since two of the three games were on the road. Not surprisingly, Mayfield struggled. He's scored under 14 points in three straight weeks. That's not good, but Mayfield isn't a weekly start. He's a streaming quarterback. We avoid him in bad matchups -- like the last three weeks -- and target him in good matchups.

Before these last three weeks, Mayfield scored more than 18 points in three consecutive games. He has scored 16 or more points in seven out of 12 games and has scored over 20 twice. Mayfield has played relatively well this season. He's on pace for 3,953 passing yards and 26 touchdowns. He has six games with multiple touchdown passes. He's played like a quality QB2 and someone fantasy managers can utilize in a good matchup, which is exactly what he has in Week 14.

This upcoming week, Tampa Bay will play the Atlanta Falcons. Through 12 weeks, they've allowed the ninth-most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks. In Mayfield's first game against Atlanta, he completed 64% of his passes, threw for 275 yards, and one touchdown. He also had one turnover and finished with 16.2 points. He can't be utilized in Week 15 with a road game against the Packers, who have been very tough on quarterbacks this season, but he comes back in Week 16 with a matchup against Jacksonville. They've been even more generous than Atlanta, giving up 19.4 points to quarterbacks, which is the sixth-most.

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