Consensus Start and Sit Picks for Week 14

It's snowing today in Colorado - 2 to 3 feet up in the mountains! - even though it was 70 on Tuesday. Gotta love this crazy state. But that has nothing to do with football, which is why you're all really here. So I posted a bunch of start/sit links yesterday and Wednesday but there are of course several more that you may want to know about:

NFL.com's Start 'em & Sit 'em: Week 14
The Hazean's Start & Sit: Week 14
CBS Sports' Week 14 Start 'em Sit 'em
Fifth Down's Week 14 Gems and Gimps - Mark St. Amant, the guy who provides us with this weekly post, appears to have a real life that has kept him from doing his normal Gems & Gimps column. He does however throw us a bone and includes guys under the radar this week that he likes. Plus Mark has offered up his e-mail as a way of contacting him with questions. I know from experience how much you all like to ask questions, so have at it.
SportProjections.com's Start 'em Sit 'em Week 14

Okay, so who are the consensus picks this week? Remember, this isn't a must-start list, just recommendations across the board based on the most frequent start or sits from all of these links.

Start: David Garrard, Drew Brees, Carson Palmer, Tony Romo (I can't believe I just had to type that), Big Ben, Derek Anderson, Matt Hasselbeck
Sit: Philip Rivers, Eli Manning, Kyle Boller, Sage Rosenfels, Kurt Warner

Start: Ryant Grant, Jamal Lewis, Earnest Graham, Kolby Smith, Travis Henry
Sit: Frank Gore, Kevin Jones, DeShaun Foster, Laurence Maroney

Start: Roddy White, Bobby Engram, Patrick Crayton, Torry Holt
Sit: Derrick Mason, Lee Evans, Javon Walker, Steve Smith

Start: Kellen Winslow, Jason Witten, Alge Crumpler, Dallas Clark
Sit: Tony Scheffler, Heath Miller, Donald Lee

Kicker

Start: Shayne Graham, Mike Nugent, Josh Brown
Sit: Rob Bironas, Matt Stover, John Kasay

D/ST

Start: Jaguars, Seahawks, Bills, Vikings, Cowboys, Bucs
Sit: Titans, Ravens, Lions, Cardinals, Steelers

I'll be back later today with the IDP Forecast!
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