Fantasy Football Week 8 Rankings: Top 50 Flex Players for Standard, PPR Formats

Filling a fantasy football lineup only gets tougher as the year progresses, but Week 8 might be the hardest all season with six teams on bye.

The Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants all have the week off, which takes away several of the top players across the league. Can you win without Le’Veon Bell or Odell Beckham Jr.—or even the red-hot Jay Ajayi?

The good thing about the NFL is there are always players available to take their place. Some of them feature more risk than what you are used to seeing, but the upside makes it worth the start when you need a win.

Injury situations could lead to a few changes as the week progresses, but these are early projections for flex rankings heading into Week 8 of the NFL season.

Notable Players to Watch

David Johnson, RB, Arizona Cardinals

No matter what rules you have in your league, how many teams there are or what the matchup is, David Johnson is the No. 1 player in fantasy football for the foreseeable future.

Even with high expectations coming into the season, the second-year player has exceeded them with outstanding performances every single game. So far in 2016, Johnson has 1,004 yards from scrimmage and eight touchdowns, excelling even against elite defenses.

Bleacher Report’s John Middlekauff noted just how good the player has been:

David Johnson is having an MVP season. That is all

— John Middlekauff (@JohnMiddlekauff) October 24, 2016

Johnson couldn’t get into the end zone in the Week 7 game against the Seattle Seahawks (neither could anyone else on either team), but he …

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