Waiver Wire Express - Week 14 Lightning Round Including Adam Thielen, Jordan Mason, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Tank Bigsby, Parker Washington, Tre Tucker, more

We hope you all had a great holiday week as many of you approach the final week of the fantasy regular season. Some of you must dig deep in a must-win situation with six teams on bye. We must give it our best, and the best starts by reading our fantasy football waiver wire pickups lightning round heading into Week 14 of the 2024 NFL season.

This column gives you a quick reaction to put fantasy-relevant players into your mind for Week 14 after the past week's results and injuries to Christian McCaffrey (knee), Trevor Lawrence (head), Ladd McConkey (knee), Taysom Hill (knee), Dallas Goedert (knee), Rashod Bateman (knee), Demarcus Robinson (hand), Calvin Austin III (head), Noah Brown (rib), Theo Johnson (foot), and more. This column is published early every week and then updated daily. Each day will also yield more in-depth waiver wire analysis for all positions. 

Waiver pickups are listed in priority order (in a vacuum, you must determine your needs and short-term vs. long-term window) and broken down by position. Players must be rostered in roughly less than 60% of Yahoo leagues and will range from shallow options in standard leagues to deep options in PPR formats, with options for longer stashes beyond the final bye and immediate help.

• Quarterback fantasy football rankings
• Running back fantasy football rankings
• Wide receiver fantasy football rankings
• Tight end fantasy football rankings
• Kicker fantasy football rankings
• FLEX fantasy football rankings
• Defense (D/ST) fantasy football rankings
• Superflex fantasy football rankings
• IDP fantasy football rankings
• Dynasty fantasy football rankings

ATTENTION: This is the final bye week, with the Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncos, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots, and Washington Commanders taking the week off.

Week 14 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Jordan Mason
Tank Bigsby
Ameer Abdullah
Antonio Gibson
Jonathon Brooks
Zach Charbonnet
Trey Benson
Braelon Allen
Chris Rodriguez Jr.
Ray Davis
Jaylen Wright
Blake Corum
Kenneth Gainwell
Tyler Allgeier
Kimani Vidal
Cam Akers
Cordarrelle Patterson
Sincere McCormick

Week 14 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Adam Thielen
Nick Westbrook-Ikhine
Christian Watson
Elijah Moore
Quentin Johnston
Michael Wilson
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
Parker Washington
Joshua Palmer
Cedric Tillman (assuming he is back for Week 15)
Dontayvion Wicks
Xavier Legette
Wan'Dale Robinson
Demarcus Robinson (monitor hand injury)
Diontae Johnson (if Rashod Bateman's injury is serious beyond the bye)
DeMario Douglas
Devaughn Vele
Tre Tucker
Ray-Ray McCloud III
Alec Pierce
Ricky Pearsall
Sterling Shepard
KaVontae Turpin
Calvin Austin III (monitor head injury)
Kayshon Boutte
Tutu Atwell (if Robinson's hand injury is serious)
Andrei Iosivas
Tim Patrick
Brandin Cooks
Darius Slayton
D.J. Chark (if Ladd McConkey's knee injury is serious)
Adonai Mitchell
Malachi Corley
Dyami Brown

Week 14 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Tucker Kraft
Will Dissly
Pat Freiermuth
Zach Ertz
Mike Gesicki
Noah Gray
Juwan Johnson
Dawson Knox (if Dalton Kincaid remains out)
Luke Schoonmaker (if Jake Ferguson remains out)
Chig Okonkwo
Grant Calcaterra (if Dallas Goedert is out)

Week 14 Quarterbacks To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 14:

Anthony Richardson (if you can survive the bye)
Russell Wilson
Jameis Winston
Will Levis
Derek Carr
Aaron Rodgers
Cooper Rush
Aidan O'Connell
Mac Jones

Week 14 Defenses To Add

Pickups are in priority order, with emphasis on Week 14:

Tennessee Titans DST
New Orleans Saints DST
Tampa Bay Buccaneers DST
Miami Dolphins DST
Seattle Seahawks DST
Arizona Cardinals DST

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