Week 8 Waiver-Wire Pickups: Available Sleepers in Most ESPN, Yahoo Leagues

Let’s be honest: There probably aren’t any season-changing players available on waivers in Week 8 of the 2016 NFL season. There isn’t that solid running back taking over the full-time role for an injured veteran on a run-first offense, aka waiver-wire gold.

But there are good players to be had if you know where to look. So let’s point them out below, using ESPN and Yahoo’s ownership percentages to unearth some players still likely available in your league.

Ty Montgomery, RB/WR, Green Bay Packers

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Ty Montgomery is owned in just 20.4 percent of ESPN leagues, though he has a 63 percent ownership rate in Yahoo leagues. That will likely change shortly, however.

Montgomery has continued to establish himself as a valuable contributor for the Green Bay Packers. He has 10 catches in each of his last two games, but more interestingly, he led the team with nine rushes in Week 7.

And he’ll likely continue to be utilized as a running back with Eddie Lacy on injured reserve, James Starks currently out of action with a torn meniscus and Don Jackson’s status still uncertain after he suffered a hand injury on Thursday night.

Yes, the team has Knile Davis, who couldn’t carve out a role for himself in Kansas City even with Jamaal Charles injured. But Montgomery has handled his role well.

“(Montgomery) has been given two primary roles (in games), Dallas (last Sunday) and (Thursday night) against the Bears,” head coach Mike McCarthy told Jason Wilde of the Wisconsin State Journal on Friday. “And he’s delivered. I thought he played excellent last night.”

“I think he’s a running back now,” quarterback Aaron Rodgers added, before going into more detail on how Montgomery has handled his unique role, per Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com:

He’s been doing this for a while, actually. He’s been running the ball from the backfield. We just extended his package in the four-receiver set where he’s the back, where we allowed him to run some more routes from the backfield and also from the slot, kind of expanding on what we did against Dallas. He has a very good feel. Obviously, he’s played receiver for a while, but …

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