Fantasy Football Week 8 projections: Ride the hot hand with Jahmyr Gibbs RB1 season, don't bench Brock Purdy
Like seemingly every year, Fantasy football has become a war of attrition, with Justin Jefferson (hamstring), De'Von Achane (knee), Khalil Herbert (ankle), and Anthony Richardson (shoulder) becoming the latest big-name talents to face multiweek absences. Breakout Rams RB Kyren Williams (ankle) has already been ruled out for Week 8 and was placed on IR. While "replacing" players of that caliber is difficult, their Fantasy managers have no choice but to pick up the pieces and try to make the playoffs with a higher degree of difficulty moving forward. One way to do that is to unearth less rostered players who are projected to perform like starting-caliber players on a weekly basis, and this is the place to find them.
Every week during the NFL season, Heath Cummings shares his weekly Fantasy Football position previews. For the first time, SportsLine members will get exclusive access to his weekly projections that serve as a companion to those position previews.
Below, you can find his projections for every Fantasy relevant quarterback, running back, receiver and tight end in your leagues. Not only do you get statistical projections as well as Fantasy point totals for every player in different scoring formats, but Heath also includes DFS prices and values for helping members build winning DFS lineups each week.
Week 8's Fantasy projections are out, and we can tell you that Heath is expecting another big week from Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs. In fact, with a lighter matchup and likely similar workload as David Montgomery is unlikely to play, Heath has Gibbs as the second-highest projected RB on the entire slate. He also wants you to refrain from benching breakout 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy after two bad starts. With projections for every position, some of your toughest lineup calls are made easier.
You can see Heath's full projections for every position below to start planning your Week 7 roster decisions and building your lineups for the Sunday slate.
So who are the best overlooked players to consider for Week 7 Fantasy lineups? And which highly controversial QB cracks the top 10 of the quarterback rankings? ... Join SportsLine here to see Heath Cummings' Week 6 Fantasy Football projections and rankings by position, all from one of the nation's top Fantasy Football analysts!
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