NFL Week 14 latest buzz, questions, news and fantasy tips - ESPN

We're on to Week 14 of the 2025 NFL season. Insiders Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano have been calling sources around the league for the latest news and buzz on key situations — including some nuggets that might matter for fantasy football.

This week, they have the newest intel on two quarterbacks: Carolina's Bryce Young and Cleveland's Shedeur Sanders. Young is extension-eligible this offseason, and the Panthers also have a decision to make on his fifth-year option. Has he played his way all the way back from a 2024 benching into a new contract with Carolina? And what are people around the league saying about Sanders, now that the 2025 fifth-round pick has two starts under his belt? Has he shown any signs of being the future for the Browns?

But first, we have the latest buzz around the NFL on tight division races and key injuries. Which divisions could come down to the wire? And which injuries might affect those races? It's all here, as our national reporters answer big questions and empty their notebooks heading into Week 14.

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Tight division races | Key injury updates
Young's next deal | Sanders' future
More notes for Week 14

Graziano: Does anybody want to win the AFC North? The Steelers started hot but have lost five of their past seven to drop to 6-6. The Ravens won five in a row to recover from a tough start and get to 6-5 but lost to the Bengals last week and are now tied with the Steelers for first place. The Bengals, with Joe Burrow back from his injury, are 4-8 and only two games out of first place with another game against the Ravens still to come.

The Steelers and Ravens have two games left to play against each other, starting with Sunday's meeting in Baltimore, so those head-to-head matchups could