Fantasy Football Week 8 Rankings: Top Players, Sleepers and Positional Guide

One of the best things about fantasy football is the unpredictability of it all.

Sure, you drafted players in the first or second round this past summer that have fell below expectations, which is never a good place to be, but there’s nothing better than having one of your bench players step up and become a top scorer. 

We’re looking at you, Michael Crabtree, Jack Doyle and Matt Ryan owners. 

Let’s break down each position and take a look at the projected top players and biggest sleepers in fantasy football for Week 8. 

                       

Quarterbacks

Top Player: Andrew Luck, Indianapolis Colts

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The Colts (3-4) are not very good.

But quarterback Andrew Luck is very good.

Luck was the top-scoring quarterback in fantasy in Week 8, with 27.82 points in standard-scoring leagues. That was thanks to 353 passing yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. That’s only Luck’s third game of the season with no picks.

In fact, Luck is the second-best quarterback of the season in fantasy with 149.86 points so far. Sure, he’s had four interceptions, but he’s also had 14 touchdowns. 

The Colts host the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 8—a tough matchup against the league’s 11th-ranked pass defense. But Luck and the Colts are at home, basking in the glow of a 34-26 win over the Tennessee Titans. And their shot at the playoffs may be on the line.

Expect Luck to deliver. 

                

Running Backs

Top Sleeper: Jacquizz Rodgers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay’s Jacquizz Rodgers is only owned in 53.4 percent of leagues heading into Week 8, so it’s safe to say that few fantasy owners anticipated him becoming a workhorse back for the Bucs this year. 

Yet that seems to be what’s happening; Rodgers has 56 carries in Tampa Bay’s last two games, as Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times pointed out: 

Jacquizz Rodgers has 56 carries in last 2 games — 2nd-most by a Bucs RB over back-to-back games in 20 years. (Cadillac Williams, 61, 2005).

— Greg Auman (@gregauman) October 24, 2016

Of course, it was Doug Martin’s hamstring injury that opened the opportunity for Rodgers in the first place, and his fantasy dominance will be in question once the Bucs get a healthy Martin back. There’s no update on …

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