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Saints tight end Jimmy Graham heads into his Week 14 matchup against the Panthers looking to stay hot. He remains a must-start Fantasy option in all leagues.

Graham has scored in consecutive games against the Falcons and Seahawks, and he's reached double digits in Fantasy points in nine of 11 games this season. The Panthers have allowed five touchdowns to opposing tight ends and four have reached double digits in Fantasy points.

Graham also has a great history against the Panthers with double digits in Fantasy points in five consecutive games. He has four touchdowns over that span and two games with 100-plus yards.

Cardinals LB Marcus Benard, TE Jim Dray, S Rashad Johnson, LB Kevin Minter and P Dave Zastudil are probable Week 14 against the Rams.

All five players were able to fully participate in practice Friday. Both Bernard and Minter are dealing with a shoulder injury. 

Linebacker Craig Robertson was inactive the last two games with a knee injury, but he leads a short list of Browns listed as questionable for Sunday at New England and could make his return. The other questionables are fellow linebacker Tank Carder (shoulder) and tight end MarQueis Gray (hamstring).

Among the probables are linebacker Paul Kruger (finger), running back Willis McGahee (knee) and tackle Mitchell Schwartz (toe).

Eagles TE Zach Ertz, DT Bennie Logan, DT Damion Square and WR Jeff Maehl are probable Week 14 against the Lions.

Ertz has been limited by a shoulder injury, but practiced in full all week. Logan, Square and Maehl were all able to participate in full practice Friday. 

Texans tight end Garrett Graham had his best game in three weeks Thursday, in a 27-20 loss to the Jaguars in Week 14.

Graham played a big part in the passing game, as he was targeted 14 times through the air. He brought in eight of those passes for 73 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown in the third quarter.  

Graham has already posted career-highs across the board this season, so everything from here on out will just pad his totals. He enters Week 15 against the Colts with 49 receptions for 545 yards and five touchdowns.

Jaguars tight end Marcedes Lewis scored for the second straight game Thursday, in a 27-20 win over the Texans in Week 14.

Lewis hauled in just two of the four passes thrown his way, but was able to score on the first one, from 1 yard out. He added a 41-yard reception later in the game, his longest since 2011, to give him a season-high 42 yards on the game.

Lewis has 14 catches for 185 yards and two scores on the season heading into Week 15 against the Bills. 

Jaguars tight end Marcedes Lewis (knee) is active for Week 14 against the Texans, after being listed on the injury report as probable.

Doug Marrone said Thursday that just-signed tight end Tony Moeaki will probably not be active for the Bills on Sunday at Tampa Bay.

With Jordan Reed continuing to miss practice with a concussion that has already sidelined him for two games, Logan Paulsen seems like a good bet to start at tight end for the Redskins Week 14 against the Chiefs.

Granted, Reed would certainly be the preferrable option for Fantasy owners. He had emerged as quarterback Robert Griffin III's go-to guy in the four games leading up to Week 11, when he suffered the concussion, averaging 6.8 catches for 80.8 yards. But Paulsen did at least score a touchdown in his absence in Week 13, catching three passes for 41 yards.

Of course, he'll have a hard time matching even those modest numbers in Week 14. The Chiefs have allowed the fewest Fantasy points to tight ends this season.

Reed would be a must-start against him just because of the kind of numbers he puts up at a position where they're still relatively scarce. But Paulsen? Better steer clear in Fantasy.

The Bills have signed former Chiefs tight end Tony Moeaki, who had been released in late October after injuring his shoulder. Moeaki caught 33 passes for 453 yards in 2012.