Updated Week 8 Flex Rankings (Top 200)

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!

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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:

FLEX Rank	Player Name	Pos
1	Derrick Henry	RB
2	Cooper Kupp	WR
3	Dalvin Cook	RB
4	Tyreek Hill	WR
5	Jonathan Taylor	RB
6	Stefon Diggs	WR
7	Ja'Marr Chase	WR
8	Aaron Jones	RB
9	Ezekiel Elliott	RB
10	Justin Jefferson	WR
11	Travis Kelce	TE
12	Deebo Samuel	WR
13	Alvin Kamara	RB
14	D'Andre Swift	RB
15	Najee Harris	RB
16	A.J. Brown	WR
17	DeAndre Hopkins	WR
18	Chris Godwin	WR
19	James Robinson	RB
20	Joe Mixon	RB
21	Darrell Henderson Jr.	RB
22	Terry McLaurin	WR
23	Damien Harris	RB
24	Calvin Ridley	WR
25	D.K. Metcalf	WR
26	Mike Williams	WR
27	D.J. Moore	WR
28	Diontae Johnson	WR
29	Nick Chubb	RB
30	Courtland Sutton	WR
31	Adam Thielen	WR
32	Keenan Allen	WR
33	Cordarrelle Patterson	WR
34	CeeDee Lamb	WR
35	Michael Pittman Jr.	WR
36	Brandin Cooks	WR
37	Mike Evans	WR
38	Leonard Fournette	RB
39	Amari Cooper	WR
40	Kyle Pitts	TE
41	Chuba Hubbard	RB
42	Robert Woods	WR
43	Jaylen Waddle	WR
44	Darrel Williams	RB
45	Sterling Shepard	WR
46	Elijah Mitchell	RB
47	Marvin Jones Jr.	WR
48	Tyler Lockett	WR
49	Tee Higgins	WR
50	Khalil Herbert	RB
51	Jerry Jeudy	WR
52	Emmanuel Sanders	WR
53	DeVonta Smith	WR
54	Chase Claypool	WR
55	Kenneth Gainwell	RB
56	Antonio Gibson	RB
57	Devontae Booker	RB
58	Chase Edmonds	RB
59	Zack Moss	RB
60	Christian Kirk	WR
61	Mike Gesicki	TE
62	Myles Gaskin	RB
63	Jakobi Meyers	WR
64	T.J. Hockenson	TE
65	Dallas Goedert	TE
66	Alex Collins	RB
67	Randall Cobb	WR
68	Melvin Gordon III	RB
69	Cole Beasley	WR
70	Austin Ekeler	RB
71	Hunter Henry	TE
72	Noah Fant	TE
73	Michael Carter	RB
74	Tony Pollard	RB
75	Laviska Shenault Jr.	WR
76	A.J. Green	WR
77	James Conner	RB
78	Tyler Boyd	WR
79	J.D. McKissic	RB
80	Dalton Schultz	TE
81	Kadarius Toney	WR
82	Javonte Williams	RB
83	Jarvis Landry	WR
84	Odell Beckham Jr.	WR
85	Robert Tonyan	TE
86	K.J. Osborn	WR
87	Darnell Mooney	WR
88	Kalif Raymond	WR
89	Van Jefferson	WR
90	Marquez Callaway	WR
91	T.Y. Hilton	WR
92	Rob Gronkowski	TE
93	Allen Robinson II	WR
94	Mike Davis	RB
95	Jamison Crowder	WR
96	Mecole Hardman	WR
97	Rondale Moore	WR
98	Robby Anderson	WR
99	Darius Slayton	WR
100	DeVante Parker	WR
101	Zach Ertz	TE
102	Jamaal Williams	RB
103	Russell Gage	WR
104	Tyler Higbee	TE
105	Ricky Seals-Jones	TE
106	David Johnson	RB
107	Boston Scott	RB
108	Nelson Agholor	WR
109	AJ Dillon	RB
110	Samaje Perine	RB
111	Kendrick Bourne	WR
112	Quez Watkins	WR
113	Elijah Moore	WR
114	Zach Pascal	WR
115	Tim Patrick	WR
116	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR
117	Phillip Lindsay	RB
118	Jalen Reagor	WR
119	Jared Cook	TE
120	C.J. Uzomah	TE
121	Equanimeous St. Brown	WR
122	D'Ernest Johnson	RB
123	Evan Engram	TE
124	Brandon Bolden	RB
125	Tre'Quan Smith	WR
126	Nyheim Hines	RB
127	Devin Singletary	RB
128	Dan Arnold	TE
129	Damien Williams	RB
130	Nico Collins	WR
131	Rashaad Penny	RB
132	Brandon Aiyuk	WR
133	Tyler Conklin	TE
134	Marcus Johnson	WR
135	Jamal Agnew	WR
136	Byron Pringle	WR
137	Mo Alie-Cox	TE
138	Cole Kmet	TE
139	Demarcus Robinson	WR
140	Amari Rodgers	WR
141	Gerald Everett	TE
142	Preston Williams	WR
143	Sony Michel	RB
144	Tommy Sweeney	TE
145	Ty Johnson	RB
146	Salvon Ahmed	RB
147	Alexander Mattison	RB
148	Ronald Jones II	RB
149	David Njoku	TE
150	Giovani Bernard	RB
151	Pat Freiermuth	TE
152	Cedrick Wilson Jr.	WR
153	Adam Humphries	WR
154	Mack Hollins	WR
155	Freddie Swain	WR
156	Dante Pettis	WR
157	Gabriel Davis	WR
158	Joshua Kelley	RB
159	Michael Gallup	WR
160	Austin Hooper	TE
161	Tyler Johnson	WR
162	Jonnu Smith	TE
163	DeSean Jackson	WR
164	Chris Conley	WR
165	Rashard Higgins	WR
166	John Ross	WR
167	Anthony Schwartz	WR
168	Jalen Guyton	WR
169	Albert Wilson	WR
170	Blake Jarwin	TE
171	Jerick McKinnon	RB
172	J.J. Taylor	RB
173	JaMycal Hasty	RB
174	Keelan Cole Sr.	WR
175	O.J. Howard	TE
176	Auden Tate	WR
177	Anthony Firkser	TE
178	Demetric Felton	WR
179	Mark Ingram II	RB
180	Nick Westbrook-Ikhine	WR
181	Justin Jackson	RB
182	Tommy Tremble	TE
183	Ross Dwelley	TE
184	Danny Amendola	WR
185	Adam Trautman	TE
186	Kenny Stills	WR
187	Josh Reynolds	WR
188	Chris Moore	WR
189	James Washington	WR
190	Carlos Hyde	RB
191	Royce Freeman	RB
192	Hayden Hurst	TE
193	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB
194	Jordan Akins	TE
195	Donald Parham Jr.	TE
196	Joshua Palmer	WR
197	Jordan Howard	RB
198	N'Keal Harry	WR
199	Kyle Juszczyk	RB
200	DeeJay Dallas	RB

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