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Waiver Wire Watchlist for Fantasy Football Week 8
Welcome to Week 8 of our fantasy football waiver wire watchlist for the 2025 NFL season. Week 6 featured some surprising performances from players who were available on the waiver wire, including TE Oronde Gadsden (seven catches for 164 yards and a touchdown) and WR Chimere Dike (four catches for 70 yards and a touchdown). […]
Fantasy Football Sleepers, Avoids: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 8 - RotoBaller Staff Roundtable
With six teams on a bye and injuries piling up, this is arguably the toughest week of start-sit calls this season. Finding sleepers on the waiver wire to plug into lineups is key, and so is knowing which players to sit if you are deciding between a handful of options. We've got you covered for […]
Fantasy Football Drops Before Week 8 - Time To Say Goodbye?
With the season quickly approaching the halfway point, injuries and bye weeks are beginning to pile up. As a result, managers will need to cut bait with players on their bench to fill their starting lineup. In this piece, we will highlight four of the top 25 players who have been dropped the most over […]
Booms and Busts - Fantasy Football Starts and Sits for Week 8 Lineups (2025)
We’re quickly approaching another weekend of jam-packed fantasy football action. Last week’s sonic boom, Quinshon Judkins, exploded for a huge game. Judkins only ran for 84 rushing yards, but he scored three rushing touchdowns against the Miami Dolphins' hapless defense. Hopefully, you heeded our advice, started Judkins, and picked up a win in the process. […]
Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em - Week 8 Matchups Analysis (2025)
Welcome back, RotoBallers, to our Week 8 matchups analysis and fantasy football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em picks! If you are new to this series, this is our main weekly matchups column where we cover all games. Every week of the season, we will offer in-depth analysis of every player in every game. This week, there are […]
Week 8 Fantasy Football Busts? Players Who May Disappoint (2025)
Welcome to the 2025 season's bye-pocalypse, bye-nado, or bye-mageddon (whatever you want to call it). Six teams, including high-profile offenses like Detroit, Los Angeles, and Seattle, are taking the week off. There are lots of lineup holes to fill, so you may not have the luxury of sitting these potential busts. Below, we sort through […]
IDP Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em for Week 8 - Streamers, Fades, Matchups for Defensive Players
In an era of online warriors, where everyone with a keyboard thinks they know more than veteran executives and Super Bowl-winning coaches, it is natural to question, or even ignore, public outcries. Particularly in the world of sports, fans and analysts frequently slam or pan decisions of GMs, coaches, and owners without any rings or […]
Sneaky Starts, Pivot Plays, and Waiver Wire Stashes for Week 8 Fantasy Football (2025)
If there was ever a week for sneaky starts and pivot options, it is this one! The Cardinals, Jaguars, Lions, Raiders, Rams, and Seahawks are all on bye this week. Injuries have started to pile up, making it even tougher to get those lineups ready. Luckily, it is also a good streaming week. There are […]
Targets, Air Yards, Snap Counts Analysis - Fantasy Football Risers and Fallers for Week 8 (2025)
Welcome back to our fantasy football targets, routes, and snap counts analysis for Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season. We'll be discussing almost every fantasy-relevant player in this article. Targets are paramount when it comes to evaluating pass-catchers for fantasy football. There are no air yards, receiving yards, receptions, or touchdowns without first earning a […]
WR/CB Matchups to Upgrade and Downgrade - Fantasy Football Week 8 (2025)
Welcome back to our WR/CB Matchups for Week 8 of the 2025 fantasy football season. We have a decent sample of six weeks in the offensive and defensive advanced metrics. Injuries have taken a toll on the wide receiver and cornerback positions. For those unfamiliar, this weekly series looks at fantasy football matchups for wide […]
Start/Sit Chart - All Week 8 Fantasy Football Matchups and Player Ratings
Welcome to Week 8 of the NFL season, and to our fantasy football Week 8 start/sit recommendations chart for all player matchups and all games. Today, we'll look at some interesting Week 8 lineup decisions for players like Oronde Gadsden, Tez Johnson, Jordan Addison, and Rico Dowdle -- and how their matchups project for the […]
Fantasy Football Matchups We Love - Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Picks for Week 8 (2025)
Byemaggedon has arrived. Week 8 will feature byes from the Lions, Raiders, Rams, Seahawks, Cardinals, and Jaguars. Every one of those teams has at least one, if not multiple, fantasy-relevant players. Fantasy managers are going to have to dig deep into the vault in order to even field a team. Sometimes, the NFL schedule makers […]
High-Upside Late-Week Stash Targets: Sneaky Fantasy Football Pickups For Week 8
During the fantasy football season, many managers look to stash high-upside lottery tickets on their bench who could become league winners over the final weeks. Managers who went ahead and stashed players like Oronde Gadsden, Kimani Vidal, or Rachaad White were rewarded over the past few weeks as they have emerged as must-start players. Who […]
Tight Ends Start 'Em, Sit 'Em and Fantasy Football Trends for Week 8 (2025)
This week, we'll be talking about several tight ends likely on your waiver wire who are starting to make noise. Oronde Gadsden, Dalton Schultz, Colston Loveland, Cade Otton, and Evan Engram are showing signs of being usable players in the next few weeks. Does that mean they'll become weekly starters? Most likely not, but few […]
NFL Survivor Pool Picks: Week 8 Targets and Avoids
After seven long weeks of the NFL regular season, welcome back to our NFL Survivor Pool Picks for Week 8! Congratulations if you're still alive in your Survivor Pool, as there's still a lot of work left to do to be the last entrant standing, but we'll help get you there every week! Week 8 […]
Fantasy Football Warning Signals for Week 8? Tetairoa McMillan, Matthew Golden, Quinshon Judkins, TreVeyon Henderson, Zach Ertz
A new week of fantasy football is upon us, and the Bye-pocalypse is here. Six teams (Cardinals, Lions, Jaguars, Raiders, Rams, and Seahawks) get the week off, making setting fantasy football lineups an even dicier affair than usual. Even under this crunch, managers can’t afford to ignore the Warning Signals from active players that should […]
NFL Pick 'Em Pool Picks (Week 8) - Targets, Avoids, Predictions for Pick'em Contests (2025)
Welcome back to our NFL Pick'em Pool Picks for Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season. We’re quickly approaching the midway point, and Week 8 features the shortest slate of games so far, with six teams on bye. Eight of the 13 matchups are inter-conference matchups this week, and many are projected as lopsided contests, […]
Week 8 IDP Rankings for Fantasy Football (2025) - Defense Positional Rankings for LB, DL, DB
The NFL has established a new tradition in recent years of scheduling six or more teams on bye at the same time. While this philosophy might make sense if the aim were to fit all byes into the center of the schedule to create balance and fairness, the NFL doesn't do that. Instead, they stack […]
Defenses (DEF) to Start in Week 9 (2025): Best Fantasy Football Streaming Options
Navigating bye weeks and injuries makes streaming defenses a key strategy entering Week 9 of the fantasy football season. While most elite D/ST options are already rostered, there are still several waiver-wire defenses in favorable matchups that can deliver starter-level production. The goal when streaming is simple: target defenses that can force turnovers and pressure […]
Updated Waiver Wire Rankings for Week 8 (2025): Fantasy Football Pickups for Tez Johnson, Kayshon Boutte, Alec Pierce, Jaylin Noel, Oronde Gadsden
Week 8 is here, and the NFL season continues to fly by. In addition to injuries, fantasy managers will have to deal with bye weeks as six teams are off this week. Fantasy managers might be left scrambling, looking for not only injuries but bye week replacements. At RotoBaller HQ, we are back with more […]
FAAB Waiver Wire Bidding - Fantasy Football Pickups to Target for Week 8 (2025)
It's time to hit the worst part of the bye-week blues as we trudge into the second half of our fantasy season. But hey, you've been pushing through international games and Monday night doubleheaders, so you're a tough cookie. Let's win together with our famous waiver wire pickups list and our fantasy football waiver wire […]
