Updated Week 8 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

Our updated Week 8 fantasy football Flex rankings (RB, WR, TE) for 2021. Follow these fantasy football FLEX ranks when setting your Week 8 lineups.

Welcome to Week 8 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 8 Flex rankings for fantasy football. Choosing the right fantasy football Flex option will be an important factor for many teams in a tricky week filled with byes and injuries. Speaking of which, included below some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates. These fantasy football Flex rankings are geared towards making decisions for your Flex spot (RB/WR or RB/WR/TE), which in most leagues consists of running backs, wide receivers and in many cases tight ends as well:

• Calvin Ridley Has Been Ruled Out
• Jerry Jeudy Activated From IR, Expected To Return Sunday
• Sterling Shepard, Kadarius Toney Questionable For Monday
• Saquon Barkley, Kenny Golladay Ruled Out
• DeVante Parker Officially Questionable For Week 8
• Corey Davis Doubtful, Tevin Coleman Ruled Out
• Eric Ebron Out Against The Browns
• Deebo Samuel Cleared To Play Against Bears
• Chargers Hopeful Austin Ekeler Can Play Sunday
• Rob Gronkowski Listed As Questionable For Sunday
• Julio Jones Ruled Out In Week 8
• T.Y. Hilton Receives Questionable Tag
• Terrace Marshall Jr. Ruled Out Against Falcons
• Robert Tonyan Officially Done For The Season
• Curtis Samuel, Dyami Brown Ruled Out
• Antonio Brown Ruled Out Against Saints
• Miles Sanders Lands On Injured Reserve
• Michael Thomas Missing From Practice
• Jarvis Landry Says He'll Play In Week 8
• Seahawks Unsure If Chris Carson Will Return This Year

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Brandon Murchison and Scott Engel - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 8.

And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!

• 2025 fantasy football rankings (redraft)
• Dynasty fantasy football rankings
• 2025 NFL rookie fantasy football rankings
• Best ball fantasy football rankings
• Quarterback fantasy football rankings
• Running back fantasy football rankings
• Wide receiver fantasy football rankings
• Tight end fantasy football rankings

Week 8 Fantasy Football Flex Rankings

You can also see our full Week 8 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 10/31 at 10:00 am ET:

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