Fantasy Football Week #8

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Week #7 is in the books and fantasy football teams are looking forward to week #8. There is a lot to discuss this week so let’s jump right in to the action.

Bye Week

Teams with bye weeks are the Redskins, Eagles Jaguars, and Bills. Don’t be the guy in your league that starts a player that is sitting home drinking beer on Sunday.

Mismatches

Honestly this is a very tough week to make predictions. A lot of evenly matched teams are playing. In these games a lot of things could happen that are hard to predict. Week #8 should make for a very exciting weekend of fantasy football.

Patriots vs. Dolphins, Falcons vs. Buccaneers and Panthers vs. Colts are obvious mismatches. Maybe the Cardinals vs. Browns, and Vikings vs. Bears will be mismatches.

A very interesting game this week will be a clash between the undefeated titans Broncos vs. Packers. Both teams have good defenses. However, the Packers have an edge on offense. Take a hard look if you have players on either team.

Quarterbacks

Looking through quarterback predictions this week a few names really stand out. Don’t start Luck this week against the Panthers. Luck is going to have a tough game against a good Panther’s defense.

Rodgers is ranked 4th in the Yahoo predictions. Against a very good Bronco’s defense this may be a bit high. Take a hard look at your QB’s and who is on the waiver wire for a more favorable matchup. Rodgers could have a dip in production this week.

Big Ben is ranked 7th. That is a very favorable ranking considering that he may not even start and if he does start he will not be 100%. He has an amazing group of receivers and the Bengals have allowed some yards, but this is a real crapshoot. If you think Ben is your best choice at QB, wait as long as you can to lock him in for your team. Be sure to check his status the hour before you have to finalize your lineup.

Running Backs

Arian Foster is finally out. For several weeks he has been a game time decision and has made things very hard for teams that have him in their lineup.

This week’s RB predictions look pretty good. There are no glaring questionable predictions. What there are is questionable matchups that could lead to hard weeks for some RB’s and stellar weeks for other running backs. It’s going to be a roll of the dice.

Tight Ends
 
No surprises that Gronk and Eifert are predicted to be the best two tight ends this week. Gronk will have a huge game against the Dolphins and Eifert is facing a Steeler’s defense that has been horrible at stopping TE’s.

At this point Gates may be out for a MCL. This really sucks for teams that have really racked up the points with Gates over the last several weeks. If you drafted Gates and you have stuck with him it’s been a real roller coaster ride.

Olsen should have a tremendous week due to the fact the Panthers are limited with WRs and the Colts are 20th in the league defending against fantasy TEs.

Kelce is ranked 4th, however he has not had a TD in six weeks. The Lion’s defense has not been very good, but they are ranked 12th against fantasy TEs. Take a hard look at starting him.

Wide Receivers
 
Jones should have a better week than he has had in a few weeks. The Bucs have been horrible against fantasy WRs.

Hopkins is ranked #2 for WRs, which is very optimistic. He has been up and down and did not score that well last week. Not saying you should not start him, just saying if you see his #2 rank don’t think automatic start. Look at your resources.

AB is ranked #3. This is a dicey ranking. It is unconfirmed whether Big Ben will start or not. If you start AB you are really going to be rolling the dice. Take a hard at higher percentage WRs.

Defenses

The Ram’s defense was amazing last week racking up 25 fantasy points. This week they should do well again.

Once again Seattle is ranked #2. They were ranked #2 last week and scored 13 points. Against Dallas they should do well, but will they do well enough to be ranked #2?

The Cardinals defense has been very up and down. They totally got stuffed against the Steelers, but they should have a good week against the Browns.

The Jet’s defense has yielded 3 and 9 points over the last two weeks. They are ranked #5 going against Oakland. They should do well, but a #5 rank is very ambitious.

The Panther’s defense should have a huge week against the Colts. The Colts have not running game, have a found their passing game, but a good Panther’s defense should be able to hold the numbers down.

We are starting into week #8 games. The playoff picture is starting to look more and more clear. Start thinking about trading and picking up players on the waiver wire that will be in the playoffs. Good luck this week and kicks some ass!

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