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Week 8 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Football Pickups

Welcome to Week 8 RotoBallers. This week will be filled with more difficult decisions, and important waiver wire pickups, although it will not compare to last week's bye-pocalypse. Only two teams are on bye in Week 8, but injuries are always a factor. As always, we are here to help you with our waiver wire analysis and advice to help you pickup the right players for your fantasy football rosters. Here's a quick rundown for Week 8:

In case you are not familiar, each and every week we publish various fantasy football waiver wire articles to help you figure out which free agents to grab off the waiver wire. Our incredible team of fantasy football analysts are putting out their waiver wire articles early in the week, and updating them as more news is announced each day. To kick things off, you must read our overall waiver wire article from lead editor Pierre Camus and our waiver wire express lightning round to get a feel for the waiver wire landscape.

If you are in a league with waiver wire blind bidding, check out the FAAB waiver wire article from Nick Mariano who recommends how much of your free agent budget to bid and spend on players when trying to add them off the waiver wire. And then you can take a deeper dive into each position, for more in-depth analysis and recommendations: running backswide receiverstight endsquarterbacksdefenseskickers, IDP leagues and players to consider dropping.

Editor's Note: Our incredible team of writers won two writing awards and received 12 award nominations by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. A big congrats to our very own Byron Lindeque (Golf) and Jordan McAbee (NASCAR) for both winning Writer Of The Year awards! Be sure to follow RotoBaller's analysis and advice all year long, and win more. Win More With RotoBaller!

 

Who To Pickup for Fantasy Football Week 8?

Need a more structured list of who to pickup off waivers? This article is final piece of the weekly waiver wire pickups series, and its goal is to show you our weekly ranking for the relevant waiver wire pickup options including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size). So below you will find the overall rankings list, and below that each individual position in priority order. Hopefully this helps you win your waiver wire this week and bolster your roster for Week 8! Let's get to it.

Rank Player Name Pos % Ros. Baller Move
1 Khalil Herbert RB 59 Add in All Leagues
2 Kenneth Gainwell RB 21 Add in All Leagues
3 Devonta Freeman RB 43 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
4 Sterling Shepard WR 56 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
5 A.J. Green WR 60 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
6 Randall Cobb WR 9 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Russell Gage WR 10 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
8 Marquez Callaway WR 48 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Samaje Perine RB 7 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
10 Brandon Bolden RB 6 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
23 Hunter Renfrow WR 50 Add in 12+ Team PPR Leagues
11 Rashod Bateman WR 32 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Boston Scott RB 2 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Bryan Edwards WR 13 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Robert Tonyan TE 51 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Jared Cook TE 43 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Rashaad Penny RB 33 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
27 Darius Slayton WR 15 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
17 Mecole Hardman WR 54 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
18 Jamison Crowder WR 23 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
19 Kalif Raymond WR 3 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
20 Marquez Valdes-Scantling WR 5 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
21 Mark Ingram RB 36 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
22 J.J. Taylor RB 0 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
24 Jalen Reagor WR 12 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
25 JaMycal Hasty RB 4 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
26 Van Jefferson WR 9 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
28 Peyton Barber RB 2 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
29 Jerick McKinnon RB 8 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
30 Ricky Seals-Jones TE 55 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
31 Evan Engram TE 31 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
32 Nelson Agholor WR 27 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
33 Darnell Mooney WR 50 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
34 C.J. Uzomah TE 18 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
35 Gerald Everett TE 30 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
36 DeeJay Dallas RB 5 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
37 K.J. Osborn WR 7 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
38 Kendrick Bourne WR 6 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
39 Tre'Quan Smith WR 3 Add in 14+ Team  Leagues
40 Elijah Moore WR 16 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
41 Dante Pettis WR 1 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
42 Darrynton Evans RB 2 Add in 14+ Team PPR Leagues
43 Daniel Jones QB 28 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
44 Tua Tagovailoa QB 48 Add in 14+ Team Leagues
45 Jameis Winston QB 51 Add in 2QB Leagues
46 Carson Wentz QB 37 Add in 2QB Leagues
47 Trevor Lawrence QB 40 Add in 2QB Leagues
48 Mac Jones QB 31 Add in 2QB Leagues
49 Teddy Bridgewater QB 20 Add in 2QB Leagues
50 Geno Smith QB 5 Add in 2QB Leagues

 

Week 8 Running Backs To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Khalil Herbert
Kenneth Gainwell
Devonta Freeman
Samaje Perine
Brandon Bolden
Boston Scott
Rashaad Penny
Mark Ingram II
J.J. Taylor
JaMycal Hasty
Peyton Barber
Jerick McKinnon
DeeJay Dallas
Darrynton Evans

 

Week 8 Wide Receivers To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

A.J. Green
Randall Cobb
Russell Gage
Marquez Callaway
Rashod Bateman
Marquez Valdes-Scantling
Bryan Edwards
Mecole Hardman
Jamison Crowder
Kalif Raymond
Hunter Renfrow
Jalen Reagor
Van Jefferson
Darius Slayton
Nelson Agholor
Darnell Mooney
K.J. Osborn
Kendrick Bourne
Tre'Quan Smith
Elijah Moore
Amari Rodgers
Dante Pettis
Byron Pringle

 

Week 8 Tight Ends To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Robert Tonyan
Jared Cook
Ricky Seals-Jones
Evan Engram
C.J. Uzomah
Gerald Everett
Dan Arnold
Tyler Conklin
Cameron Brate

 

Week 8 Quarterbacks To Add

Pickups are in priority order:

Tua Tagovailoa
Daniel Jones
Jameis Winston
Carson Wentz
Trevor Lawrence
Mac Jones
Teddy Bridgewater
Geno Smith



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