WR vs CB Matchups For Week 14

Week 14 WR CB Matchups

Week 14 WR/CB Matchups are here! This weekly article is designed to help you make better decisions when setting your lineups.

Key:

Coverage Rating: From PlayerProfiler.com, A comprehensive cornerback efficiency metric incorporating target rate, pass break-ups, catch rate allowed, and fantasy points allowed per snap. The lower values are favorable for the WR, which is why they are in green while the higher values are listed in red/orange.

Opp vs WR: Where the WR’s opposing team ranks in fantasy points allowed per game to the wide receiver position.

Matchup Rating: A Metric that combines the Coverage Rating of the projected primary cornerback assigned to cover the selected wide receiver and the opponent’s team ranking vs WRs in fantasy points allowed per game.

Shadow: A ‘Yes’ designation means the cornerback is expected to be in shadow coverage on the selected WR.Click To Enlarge Chart

Matchups To Exploit

D.J. Moore, Panthers at Falcons

It was just three weeks ago that we touted D.J. Moore as the lock-button wide receiver play of the week against the Falcons. He caught eight passes for 95 yards in that game despite Kyle Allen throwing four interceptions. Well here we are again, the Panthers and Falcons will have a rematch of their Week 11 matchup and Moore is in for a big day. Moore has been one of the most consistent wide receivers since his slow first month of the season. He has caught at least six passes and scored as a top-20 WR in seven of his last eight contests. He is top-five among receivers in targets, receptions, and receiving yards, and is 10th in fantasy points per game. The Falcons have allowed the seventh most passing yards and the seventh most fantasy points per game to wide receivers. This game has the third highest over/under of Week 14 so the Panthers should score more than the three points they were able to muster up in Week 11. Moore is priced as the WR20 at $7,100 on FanDuel and the WR11 at $7,000 on DraftKings.

DeVante Parker, Dolphins at Jets

If there was any doubt left that DeVante Parker was a reliable fantasy play, it’s now gone after his Week 13 performance. Parker beat up on the Eagles secondary, catching seven of his 10 targets for 159 yards and two touchdowns. He finished the week as the top scoring wide receiver. Parker has scored among the top-31 in nine straight games and in the top-10 in two of the last three. He has received double-digit targets in each of the last four weeks and has seen a Target Share of at least 22-percent in all but one game since Week 6.

Since Ryan Fitzpatrick took back the starting job in Week 7, Parker is third among wide receivers in fantasy points per game. Parker is fifth in Deep Targets, ninth in Target Distance, and seventh among wide receivers in total touchdowns. He is top-10 in both Target Premium and Dominator Rating. Parker is eighth in Contested Catch Rate, a skill he showed off with multiple highlight reel grabs against the Eagles. The Jets have allowed the sixth most touchdowns to wide receivers and 10th most fantasy points per game to the position. Parker scored 15.7 fantasy points against them in Week 9.

Courtland Sutton, Broncos at Texans

Sutton showed us he is quarterback-proof by finishing as the WR6 in Drew Lock’s first start. He will look to repeat that performance against a Texans defense that has allowed 36.9 fantasy points per game to wide receivers.