For most fantasy football leagues, the playoffs begin in Week 15, giving you only one more week to build out your roster. And while you probably have a pretty good idea how likely you are to make the postseason, your Week 14 waiver wire pickups could make the difference between the playoffs and the toilet bowl.

The following list includes players who are rostered near 50 percent of all ESPN rosters, as this week’s list focuses on potential game winners and not depth pieces. Heading into Week 14, try your best to find that final missing piece your roster needs...

ESPN’s Jordan Raanan reports Giants first-round OLB Abdul Carter was benched for the first quarter in Week 13 against the Patriots.

Raanan mentions Carter was benched due to tardiness, and it’s the second time in three games that he has been disciplined. Carter was benched for the opening drive on November 16th because he missed a walk-through while getting treatment, but the team thought he was asleep.

The first-round pick wasn’t looking to get into details about why he was disciplined again.

“S— happens,” Carter said. “I’m not going to get into details. S— happens.”

Carter didn’t make excuses when...

By now, everyone has heard the story about Philadelphia Eagles fans throwing snowballs at Santa Claus. But that story leaves out some very important details.

For one, Santa isn’t real, and secondly, the man who was pelted with snowballs was allegedly under the influence of alcohol and bothering other fans.

Current Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo, however, was neither of those things when Philly fans found his home and Moorestown, New Jersey, and threw eggs at it over the weekend.

A group of Eagles fans FOUND offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo’s house and EGGED IT following the loss to...

Christian Elliss set the tone and his teammates fed off of it, Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel said.

“I think our guys certainly did. I think our fans did. I think our team did,” Vrabel told reporters after New England’s 33-15 victory over the New York Giants at Gillette Stadium on Monday night, per a team provided transcript.

Elliss’ hit on Giants quarterback Jaxon Dart occurred with four minutes left in the first quarter, just three plays after Marcus Jones returned a punt for a 94-yard touchdown. Elliss lit up Dart as the rookie quarterback tried to navigate the sideline...

Suddenly the New England Patriots are a dominant NFL powerhouse once again. New England logged their 10th consecutive win by stomping New York 33-15 on Monday Night Football. The Patriots are used to making NFL history, and they did it again by extending their winning streak to 10 games.

Not only have the Patriots won 10 straight games during Mike Vrabel’s inaugural season, but they did so emphatically. Now they are in the history books.

“The Patriots are the first team in NFL history with 10 straight games scoring 23+ points and allowing 23 or fewer points in a single...

The Week 14 NFL schedule is already here, which means it’s time to make a bold prediction for each game on tap. This week, that means making a bold prediction for 14 games, from Thursday to Monday.

With several exciting matchups on the way, let’s dive into the action-packed slate ahead.

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Quinnen Williams’ 2 Sacks Help Cowboys Down Lions

The Cowboys felt it was worth it to trade Micah Parsons in exchange for two first-round picks, then they turned around and traded one of them for Quinnen...

The Steelers must have thought that Jonnu Smith would magically put up Pro Bowl numbers by trading for him. They were wrong. Through 11 games, he is on pace for 43 catches for 269 yards and 3 touchdowns. When he made the Pro Bowl in 2024, he caught 88 passes for 884 yards and 8 […]

The Baltimore Ravens are signing a former Pittsburgh Steelers running back before taking on the Steelers this weekend. Per NFL reporter Aaron Wilson, the Ravens are adding RB Jonathan Ward to their practice squad. The move comes one day after Ward worked out for Baltimore. #Ravens are signing veteran running back Jonathan Ward to their […]

A former running back of the Pittsburgh Steelers is joining their AFC North rival.

The Baltimore Ravens are signing former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jonathan Ward to their practice squad following a workout with the team on Monday, according to Aaron Wilson of Houston’s KPRC2.

#Ravens are signing veteran running back Jonathan Ward to their practice squad following a successful workout, per a league source @KPRC2 https://t.co/YHp9ghklKf pic.twitter.com/o3KmDGNBB3

— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) December 2, 2025

Ward, 28, has spent time on the New York Giants and New England Patriots practice squads this season, but he has been...

One of the big questions surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers’ ability to land a quarterback in the 2026 NFL Draft has been whether some of the top-rated prospects will indeed come out for the draft this year.

Most of the prospects currently projected to go in the first round are underclassmen, meaning they’ll have a choice as to whether they’ll want to enter the draft or return to college, and NIL salaries have made that a different conversation than it once was.

With the Steelers not expected to be picking near the top of the draft, they targeted the 2026 NFL...

The New England Patriots’ injury luck abruptly flipped after 13 regular season games without a bye.

Rookie offensive tackle Will Campbell was sent to the injured reserve last week, and rookie offensive guard Jared Wilson was joined by six other inactive Patriots on Monday night’s injury report.

Although Wilson has not been sent to the IR with Campbell, the latest news coming out of Foxboro indicates that offensive line health remains a question mark going forward.

New England hosted undrafted rookie free agent Mehki Butler for a free agent tryout, Mike Reiss reported Monday.

Butler was added to the Patriots’...

Mike Kafka is not going to be, cannot be, the next full-time head coach of the New York Giants.

That much became clear both during and after the Giants’ humiliating, non-competitive 33-15 loss to the New England Patriots on Monday night.

Kafka seems to be a nice guy. He is doing the best he can in adverse circumstances, which is what all interim gigs are.

In his first couple of weeks on the job after the firing of Brian Daboll, Kafka did some good things.

He got the team to play hard, and nearly beat playoff-bound teams in the Green...