NFL Week 14 predictions, fantasy sleepers, key stats, buzz - ESPN

We're in the stretch run of the 2023 NFL season and we're sure you are fully prepared for the loaded Week 14 slate. But just in case you need last-minute intel, our NFL analysts have you covered.

First, analytics writer Seth Walder breaks down five stat trends that could be pivotal this weekend. Fantasy football writer Eric Moody runs through five players who are rostered in under 50% of ESPN fantasy football leagues and can be picked up and started in a jam this weekend. That's followed by NFL analyst Matt Bowen making five predictions about how things could play out, including player props. Finally, insider Jeremy Fowler gives the latest buzz, rumors and news you might have missed.

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Will Myles Garrett be unstoppable against the Jaguars?

No defensive player in the NFL lines up closer to the line of scrimmage on pass plays than Garrett. He is 3 inches closer, on average, than the next-closest player (Denver's Jonathon Cooper), according to data from NFL Next Gen Stats. Garrett often seems to get into his three-point stance later than his teammates and has the fastest pass rush get-off in the NFL, with an average of 0.66 seconds to cross the line of scrimmage.

Where Garrett lines up is only part of the equation, but he maximizes that part of his pass rush more than anyone. (He has been flagged four times for a neutral zone infraction or being offside.) And on Sunday against the Jags, Garrett's quick jump will be a threat to either a less-mobile Trevor Lawrence (high ankle sprain) or backup C.J. Beathard, who has taken sacks at a higher-than-average 8% clip in his career.

Can Buffalo's slumping ground game take advantage of the Chiefs?

Kansas City's