After last week saw six teams on byes, just two teams have off this week as numerous stars return to the field. Josh Allen and Justin Herbert are back in action and among the top 10 in the Week 8 Fantasy football rankings. While neither of those is likely available on the waiver wire in your leagues, a quarterback like Geno Smith may be. In fact, he has one of the advantageous Fantasy football matchups this Sunday. His Seahawks take on the Jags’ 31st-ranked passing defense, making Smith a potential plug-and-play option for your Week 8 Fantasy football lineups.
There are players like Smith all around the league who may be undervalued but have matchups you can exploit when making your Week 8 Fantasy football picks. Before you lock in your lineups, be sure to check out the Week 8 Fantasy football rankings from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
When it comes to ranking players, SportsLine’s model beat human experts in Fantasy football for the past several seasons especially when there were big differences in ranking. Over the course of a season, that could literally be the difference between winning your league or going home empty-handed.
Last week, the model was extremely high on Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, saying he’d finish as a top-five player at his position. The result: Stafford completed almost 70 percent of his passes for 334 yards and three touchdowns against the Lions. Anybody who had him in their lineup was well on their way to a huge week.
Now, the model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, has revealed its Fantasy football rankings for Week 8 of the 2021 NFL season. Head to SportsLine now to see them.
Top Week 8 Fantasy football picks
One player the model is extremely high on this week: Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. He is showing exactly why he was the No. 1 overall pick last year, as his recent play has entered his name into MVP discussion. Burrow tossed a career-high 416 yards against Baltimore’s defense in Week 7 to go along with three touchdowns. His 17 TD passes are already four more than last year despite attempting nearly 200 fewer passes.
His ascent should only continue as the Bengals visit the wayward Jets. New York has given up over 1,000 combined yards over its last two games as both Matt Ryan and Mac Jones have posted 300-yard, two-TD games. The model has Burrow as a top-10 option in its Week 8 Fantasy football rankings, ahead of players such as Justin Herbert and Dak Prescott. He is a clear-cut QB1 and should heavily factor into your Week 8 Fantasy football strategy.
And a massive shocker: Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, who leads the NFL with 2,275 passing yards and 21 touchdowns, stumbles big-time and doesn’t even crack the top 10 at his position. Brady is coming off a record-setting performance last week against the Bears. throwing four touchdown passes and becoming the first quarterback to toss 600 touchdowns in his career.
Brady has thrown 11 touchdown passes in his last three games, but now he’ll face-off against the Saints, one of the NFL’s stingiest defenses. The Saints are giving up just 16.8 points per game this season, which ranks third in the league. Plus, Brady struggled against New Orleans in the regular season last year, completing 22-of-38 passes for 209 yards, zero touchdowns and three interceptions on Nov. 8. With such a tough matchup on Sunday, Brady is a player to consider putting on the bench in Week 8.
How to set your Week 8 Fantasy football rankings
The model is also calling for a surprising quarterback you aren’t even thinking about to finish in the top 10 of its Fantasy football rankings. This pick could be the difference between winning big and going home with nothing. You can only see who it is here.
So who should you start and sit this week? And which surprising quarterback could lead you to victory? Visit SportsLine now to get Week 8 Fantasy football rankings for every position, plus see which QB is going to come out of nowhere to crack the top 10, all from the model that has out-performed experts big-time.
