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Week 8 NFL Fantasy Football Studs + Duds

A quick look back at week 8 fantasy football STUDS and Duds…

WEEK 8 STUDS AND DUDS

Each week, the CappersPicks.com fantasy football guru Dave B brings you players you need to be paying attention to – Remember – fantasy football championships are often won by those who live eat and breath fantasy football.

After all of the weekly games are finished be sure to check our waiver wire column, cheatsheets, a who’s hot, and who’s not report plus more in our fantasy football guide. Without wasting any more of your time, here are the Week 8 Fantasy Football Studs & Duds plus key player stats for the NFL games that went on on this week (Week 8).

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Week 8 of the NFL once again had its share of The Good and The Bad. Until Monday night, we only saw 1 – 300 yard passer and witnessed only 2 – 100 yard receivers. Yes folks, this week belonged to the Running Back. So here we go with this week’s edition of the Studs and Duds list.

Apologies to Mark Sanchez, Dew Brees, Percy Harvin, and Spencer Havner for not making the Stud list this Week – you were all still just Fine. Apologies also to Kurt Warner, Marc Bulger, Jamal Lewis, and Lee Evans for not being mentioned in the Dud column – you also deserved it.

Stud of the Week

Chris Johnson – Tennessee – This is the 2nd time this year that Johnson has been Stud of the Week. 237 combined yards and 2 tds. leaves no doubt that he is worthy of this title. Johnson is able to break a huge run at any time during a game, and is able to pick up the short yardage needed to move the chains. He does whatever it takes – Johnson is a Stud’s Stud.

Dud of the Week

Steve Slaton – Houston – How many Slaton owners were salivating at the Week 8 matchup with the Bills? Me too! Well, the nasty fumble monster reared its ugly head once again and forced coach Kubiak to bench Mr. Slaton. He ended up with 1 rush for 1 yard and a fumble with 2 catches for 10 yards. 1.1 points for a consensus top 10 Running Back this Week. Ugly numbers might spell the end of the feature back roll for Slaton going forward. Dud!!

Other Studs

Brett Favre – Minnesota – Couldn’t have scripted it any better. Favre returns to Lambeau and all he does is toss for 4 tds. and 244 yards. Favre had complete control of his offense and made a quality Green Bay Defense look ordinary. No one would have blamed Favre if there was a let down, but the fact that he came up huge in an enormous game makes Favre a true Stud.

Aaron Rogers – Green Bay – Harassed by the Minnesota Defense, Rogers picked himself up time and again and delivered 3 tds. and 339 yards in a losing effort. Only a Schitzo or a Stud would take a pounding like that and keep on keeping on. Rogers is definitely the former.

Tony Romo – Dallas – picked apart a pretty bad Seattle team to the tune of 256 yards and 3 tds. Romo is making a believer of the Dallas faithful once again and seem to be on track for yet another Pro Bowl campaign.

Maurice Jones-Drew – Jacksonville – 173 combined yards and 2 tds. is proof yet again that if you feed the Stud, the Stud will chew up opposing Defenses. Jones-Drew was the ONLY good thing on the Jags win Week 8 – he is the team and for that reason, he’s a Stud.

Matt Forte – Chicago – Finally!!!!! 121 combined yards and 2 tds. Forte was able to pick up the slack for his sputtering offense and deliver his best game of the year. Granted, it was against the Browns. 2 touchdowns is still 2 touchdowns and is worthy of being mentioned in this column.

Steven Jackson – St. Louis – Jackson is a Stud amongst boys in the St. Louis locker room, delivering 166 combined yards and a touchdown (almost ½ of his team’s total Offensive output). I really feel sorry for Jackson who just keeps on playing his ass off.

Ryan Moats – Houston – Whaaaa? 151 combined yards and 3 huge tds. in Week 8 has Moats on this list for probably the only time this year. Enjoy it Ryan!!

DeAngelo Williams – Carolina – Performing like the Stud that he was supposed to be, Williams had another Huge game on Sunday with 158 yard on 23 carries. Defenses have no answer for him right now.

Reggie Wayne – Indianapolis – Questionable to play this week, Wayne left no questions about how he should be viewed – a Stud!!! He was targeted 20 times – grabbing 12 balls for 147 yards and a touch. Wayne is a classy monster – one of my faves!!

Vincent Jackson – San Diego – The only other wideout before Monday night that had over 100 yards receiving. Jackson has propelled himself to a Top 5 placement amongst NFL Wide Receivers. He is playing lights out right now and making Philip Rivers look like a God.

Greg Jennings – Green Bay – 8 catches 88 yards and a td. in a losing effort – although the team lost, Jennings can take pride in the fact that he made Dave B’s Stud list.

Other Duds

Jay Cutler – Chicago – Who doesn’t like playing Cleveland? I guess Jay Cutler. In a cushy matchup, Cutler was only able to muster 225 yards passing while delivering NO tds. I guess we’ll give him a mulligan, but we won’t let him off the Dud hook!

Derek Anderson – Cleveland – Another game with less than 100 yards passing! Derek Anderson is quickly becoming King Dud!

Kyle Orton – Denver – 152 yards passing in a huge game after a week off??? It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that Orton was dudworthy this week.

David Gerrard – Jacksonville – Played Tennessee this week – a team that had been lit up through the air all season long. The matchup said YES, the performance screamed NOOOOO! 139 yards passing with 2 interceptions is really ungood!

Ronnie Brown – Miami – I love the Ronnie Brown and I thought that he liked me, but 11 carries for 27 yards leaves me wondering if he was just stringing me along.

Ahmad Bradshaw – NY Giants – Scored a td. against the hated Eagles, but only managed 21 yards on the ground. His big chance to supplant Brandon Jacobs as the #1 RB in New York took a hit with Sunday’s Dud performance.

Kevin Smith – Detroit – Juicy matchup this week against the awful Rams. Smith should have been able to impose his will and run like a dogsledder’s nose. Instead, Smith gained 45 yards and finally gave way to his backup Maurice Morris, who had a not bad day.

Mike Sims-Walker – Jacksonville – From Waiver Wire Golden Boy to Week 8 Dud. It might be that Defenses are planning for Sims-Walker but he should have been able to do better than 2 catches for 9 yards against a very beatable Tennessee secondary.

Brandon Marshall – Denver – Wow! 24 yards on 4 catches. Let’s blame Kyle Orton this week. For some reason however, “Brandon Marshall – Dud” has a nice ring to it.

Anquan Boldin – Arizona – Injured and clearly not himself, Boldin was totally ineffective against Carolina – Hell, the whole team was off. No excuses for an elite player to only deliver 23 yards on 3 catches.

TJ Houshmandzadeh – Seattle – Seemed that the Seahawks were more interested in the new 1.2 billion dollar stadium than winning the game on Sunday. Housh had 4 catches for 24 yards – Dud!

By DaveB

Dave B has been a Fantasy Football writer for us for 10 years. A couch potato wannabe, Dave’s insights have been read by 10’s of people for years. He hope’s for world peace + global relaxation. Enjoy and remember only smoke things that are completely natural.

One reply on “Week 8 NFL Fantasy Football Studs + Duds”

My prediction for this week, Tony Romo goes from stud to dud as he finally will face a defense that isn’t going to sit back and let him throw the ball. He will crumble as usual under the pressure.

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