Fantasy Football Week 14 Running Back Preview: Even with six teams on a bye, Najee Harris is no sure thing

The fact that we have six teams on a bye might make you think that Najee Harris is a must-start running back this week. Due his matchup against the Baltimore Ravens and his disappearing role in the passing game, I would prefer to avoid him.

Harris has been much more efficient since the Steelers came back from their bye, and he has at least 17 carries in all three games he's started and finished, but his role in the passing game has vanished. He has one game with more than one target since Week 8, and that was the game Jaylen Warren missed with a hamstring injury. More worrisome was the fact that the team thought it should give Benny Snell six carries last week.

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That makes Harris a touchdown-dependent back in Week 14 and there are plenty of reasons to doubt whether he'll score. First, Vegas doesn't think there will be much scoring in this game at all, with the over/under sitting at 37. That's probably because the Ravens have only allowed more than 13 points once since Week 8. None of those points have come on rushing touchdowns from running backs.

This week it would be understandable if you're forced to start Harris, it's that bad. But I'm doing my best to avoid it.

Now let's get to the rest of the Week 14 RB Preview:

Week 14 RB Preview

The following players are not being projected to play in Week 14 at this time. Here's what it means:

• 6 -- Red-zone touches for Zonovan Knight in Week 13, he's a must-start back.
• 612 -- Scrimmage yards for Josh Jacobs during the Raiders' three-game win streak, by far the most in the NFL.
• 25 -- Touches for Chrisitan McCaffrey in the first game without Jeff Wilson. This could be the trend moving forward with Jimmy Garoppolo out for the season. 
  
• 4 -- Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard each have scored four touchdowns over the past three games. Perhaps they can both be startable Fantasy options. 
  
• 2.8 -- Yards per carry for Derrick Henry over the last four games. He could easily turn it around in an instant, but it has not been an encouraging stretch of football for Henry. 
  
• 98% -- Snap rate for Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 13, the highest among running backs.
  
• 8 -- Jerrick McKinnon played eight of the 11 Chiefs snaps inside the 10-yard line.
  
• 17 -- Cam Akers dominated Rams' running back carries with 17 in Week 13.