Derek Carr (QB, OAK) - Week 14 Waiver Wire Pickups

BALLER MOVE: Add in 2-QB  Leagues

OWNED IN: 18% of Leagues

ANALYSIS: Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr put up his best fantasy game since Week 8 this week against the Chiefs, throwing for 285 yards and three touchdowns in Oakland’s 40-33 loss. He faces a similar opponent in Week 14 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Similar in that both Pittsburgh and Kansas City have high-powered offenses and should beat Oakland easily, but have a weakness in the secondary.

Pittsburgh is a little better than Kansas City, but still can be targeted by Carr in deeper leagues. He finally made use of Jared Cook and Jordy Nelson again, and hopefully by throwing to them over the likes of Seth Roberts and Marcell Ateman Carr can boost his numbers. If the more highly owned quarterbacks aren’t available then Carr makes for a decent fallback option. He may even be out there in two-quarterback leagues since Carr had such a long stretch of futility.