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NFL Quarterback Rankings: Week 8 Fantasy Football

RotoBaller brings you our Week 8 fantasy football quarterback rankings by authors Zach Wilkens (@LopsidedTrades) and Ryan Rufe (@RyanRufe), along with quarterback rankings analysis by Zach Wilkens. For even more Week 8 rankings and analysis, be sure to check out our positional rankings for all other positions.

Editor's Note: In case you missed it, Zach Wilkens and Ryan Rufe nailed their rankings in Week 6. They were both ranked in the top 10 overall accuracy scores on FantasyPros for last week's fantasy football rankings, going up against some of the biggest and baddest fantasy gurus in the industry. Zach came in at 4th overall (out of 133 experts), and Ryan cam in at 7th overall. Congrats guys, let's show them some love!

 

Week 8 Quarterback Rankings Analysis

By Mike Morbeck [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsI'm expecting Green Bay vs. New Orleans to be a shootout, the sky is the limit for both Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees. Tony Romo has been rolling lately and this week vs Washington is possibly his best matchup yet. I'd start all Cowboys with confidence. Jay Cutler hit a wall last week and had his first bad game (fantasy-wise at least) all year. He doesn't have a great matchup this week either but still has an excellent group of receivers which makes him a decent play.

Ryan Tannehill has been really good since his job as a starter came into question. He faces the Jags this week and they have been pretty good defensively lately but with the way he has played lately I feel really good about him in Week 8. Matthew Stafford gets a really nice matchup this week but the fact that it's in London with an early start time makes me wonder if that will be an issue at all. That said, it will be hard not to start Stafford vs the Falcons. On the other end of that game I want no part of Matt Ryan. The Lions are an elite defense this season and Matt Ryan's offensive line is battered. Things could go very poorly here.

Two quarterbacks make their first start of the year this week. Zach Mettenberger is set to start for the Titans. It probably can't be much worse than Locker/Whitehurst but this is a 6th round pick we are talking about. He's probably better than that but it remains to be seen if he has the talent to keep this job. Colt McCoy will start for the Redskins against Dallas. He looked good last week in a very conservative offense. The Cowboys are tough, I would avoid.

Good luck in Week 8 RotoBallers!

 

Week 8 Quarterback Fantasy Football Rankings

Staff Rankings
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Player
Name
Team
Name
Ryan Rufe
Rankings
Zach Wilkens
Rankings
1 Aaron Rodgers GB 2 1
2 Peyton Manning DEN 1 2
3 Andrew Luck IND 3 4
4 Drew Brees NO 7 3
5 Tony Romo DAL 5 5
6 Russell Wilson SEA 4 7
7 Philip Rivers SD 6 6
8 Jay Cutler CHI 11 8
9 Tom Brady NE 9 10
10 Nick Foles PHI 8 13
11 Cam Newton CAR 12 9
12 Carson Palmer ARI 10 14
13 Ryan Tannehill MIA 13 11
14 Matthew Stafford DET 14 12
15 Joe Flacco BAL 15 15
16 Alex Smith KC 16 18
17 Ben Roethlisberger PIT 18 16
18 Mike Glennon TB 17 19
19 Kyle Orton BUF 20 17
20 Matt Ryan ATL 19 23
21 Andy Dalton CIN 22 20
22 Geno Smith NYJ 26 21
23 Ryan Fitzpatrick HOU 21 25
24 Brian Hoyer CLE 30 22
25 Austin Davis STL 23 30
26 Teddy Bridgewater MIN 24 24
27 Zach Mettenberger TEN 25 29
28 Derek Carr OAK 27 26
29 Colt McCoy WAS 29 27
30 Blake Bortles JAC 28 28
31 Kirk Cousins WAS 31
32 Michael Vick NYJ 32
33 Jake Locker TEN 33
34 Charlie Whitehurst TEN 34
35 Derek Anderson CAR 35
36 Mark Sanchez PHI 36

 

 


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