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Week 8 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire

Week 8 NFL waiver wire plus fantasy football lineup tips to help decide who to start or bench on your fantasy football team.

NFL Week 8 Fantasy Football Tips

This is our waiver wire pick-ups column. The staff will scour the free agent pools in fantasy land for the best available talent every week. Availability, of course, depends on the league. We’re using 12 team, 15 roster spot leagues as the median, but we’ll look for roster candidates for leagues of all shapes and sizes. Grab the following before NFL Week 8.

After all of the weekly games are finished be sure to check our 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 is the Week 8 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickup List, for the NFL games going on this week (Week 8). Good Luck!!!

QUARTERBACKS

1. Matt Cassel, Patriots
Tony Romo is expected to miss the next four games with broken pinkie. The Cowboys face St. Louis this week so Johnson is useful immediately. Johnson should be the top free agent QB target this week.

2. Jeff Garcia, Bucs  
He just took down the top rated Giants Defense on Monday night football, to the tune of 310 yards and a couple TD’s. If he’s been dumped in your league, like he has in some of mine, scoop him up quick. Looks like him and Edwards are back on the same page. This win could jump start the good times back in Cleveland. They’re not out of the AFC north yet.

RUNNING BACKS

1. Ahman Green, Texans  
Green is playing second fiddle to rookie Steve Slaton right now, but the veteran looked more like himself on Sunday. Green plays vs.  the Bengals this week.  Cincinnati gave up three touchdowns to Mewelde Moore on Sunday.

2. Justin Fargas, Raiders 
He had 28 carries in a Week 7 win over the Jets, but only managed 74 yards on the ground. Fargas is clearly the #1 option for the Raiders, and deserves a roster spot in all leagues.

3. Cedric Benson, Bengals
In Week 7 vs. the Steelers Benson finished with 52 yards on 14 carries. He also caught a pass for 10 yards.  The outlook is much better this week against the Texans. He’ll have a great chance to prove he wasn’t just another first round bust.

WIDE RECEIVERS

1. Antonio Bryant, Bears
Tampa Bay WR Antonio Bryant had six catches for 115 yards and a touchdown to lead the Bucs against Seattle on Sunday.  The Tampa offense is clicking and with they also have a pass – favorable upcoming schedule. Check the Joey Galloway injury status though, this could cut into Bryan’ts numbers.

2. Josh Morgan, 49ers
Morgan caught five passes for 86 yards, including a 30-yard touchdown. He was thrown to 10 times in the game. Now that he’s fully healthy, Morgan has solidified himself as a starter in Mike Martz’s pass-happy offense. There’s an excellent chance he leads the team in receiving for the remainder of the year. 

3. Malcolm Floyd, Chargers
With Chambers out vs. The Pats, Floyd ended up catching three passes for 75 yards and a touchdown. Monitor this week’s San Diego papers and if Chambers won’t be ready to go, grab Floyd.

4. Donnie Avery, Rams
St. Louis rookie WR Donnie Avery began with a bang thanks to a 42-yard bomb he caught for a touchdown, then followed that up with four more catches to total 65 yards. Make roster room for him now or regret it later. With Upcoming games against the Patriots and Cardinals, Avery is playable in deeper leagues right now.

TIGHT ENDS

1. Bo Scaife, Titans
In week 7 vs. The Chiefs Scaife caught three passes for 48 yards, and he is the Titans No. 1 TE option. He has posted a minimum of 48 yards or scored a touchdown in three of his last four games. Scaife is a good play this week vs. the Colts, who give up TE fantasy points every week.

2. Billy Miller, Saints
Saints TE Billy Miller caught four passes for 56 yards Week 7 at Carolina. This weeks opponent the San Diego Chargers have allowed more fantasy points to TEs than any team in the league.  Plus early indications are that Jeremy Shockey might miss this week’s game against the Chargers, due to returning from injury to quickly. 

D/ST

1. New York Jets 
The Jets had a decent defensive performance at Oakland in Week 7, giving up 16 points on 344 yards. They recorded one sack. The KC Chiefs travel to NY this week to play the Jets. If there’s a more pathetic offense in the NFL right now than the Chiefs I’d like to see it.

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.