Yes, skip the actual amendments.
Compute the NOL carryover to 2016 and subsequent years (2017, et. seq.) as if prior years had been amended.
Keep copies of your NOL computations until the NOL is used up, and then add 3 years. Thus, if the NOL from 2014 is used up completely in 2017, keep the computations until April 2021. (statute of limitations is normally 3 years from the due date of a return, or date actually filed, whichever is later)
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