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Waiver Wire Express - Week 8 Lightning Round

The Week 8 waiver wire pickups & adds lightning round for 2018 fantasy football. Our free agent list includes Marlon Mack, Jalen Richard, Tyrell Williams & more.

Week 7 was a particularly chaotic one, with several big names going down with injuries and smaller names stepping up before most of us woke up (thanks, London) all the way through the night. We here at RotoBaller are always looking to get you actionable intel as fast (and as accurately) as possible, so consider this the waiver wire lightning round heading into Week 8.

This column is published early every week and then updated after the MNF game. Each day of the week will also yield other more in-depth waiver wire articles for all positions so be sure to check back.

The below waiver pickups are listed in priority order and broken down by position. Players must be owned in less than 60% of Yahoo leagues and therefore will range from shallow options in standard leagues to deep options in PPR formats.

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Running Backs (Priority Order):
Marlon Mack
Ito Smith
Jalen Richard
Peyton Barber
Doug Martin
Wendell Smallwood
Derrick Henry
Duke Johnson
Chris Ivory
Kenjon Barner
Ronald Jones II
Javorius Allen
LeGarrette Blount
Nyheim Hines
Raheem Mostert
Mike Gillislee
D'Onta Foreman
Kapri Bibbs
Trenton Cannon
Kyle Juszczyk
Marcus Murphy

Wide Receivers (Priority Order):
Geronimo Allison
Tyrell Williams
Randall Cobb
Chris Godwin
Michael Gallup
Robby Anderson
Mike Williams
Tajae Sharpe
Willie Snead IV
Tre'Quan Smith
Donte Moncrief
Christian Kirk
Cameron Meredith
Keelan Cole
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
Danny Amendola
Antonio Callaway
Courtland Sutton
John Ross
Josh Doctson
Chester Rogers
David Moore
Maurice Harris
Adam Humphries
Damion Ratley

Tight Ends (Priority Order):
Vance McDonald
C.J. Uzomah
Jack Doyle
Michael Roberts
Geoff Swaim
Benjamin Watson
Cameron Brate
Vernon Davis
Dallas Goedert
Chris Herndon IV
Mike Gesicki
Erik Swoope

Quarterbacks (Priority Order):
Mitch Trubisky
Case Keenum
C.J. Beathard
Baker Mayfield
Derek Carr
Joe Flacco
Alex Smith
Eli Manning
Brock Osweiler
Chad Kelly

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