Week 8 Roundup: Waiver Wire, Rankings & Start/Sit Analysis

NFL Week 8 Kickoff is just a morning away! RotoBaller's week 8 roundup is your essential guide to prepping your week 8 lineup. Indulge in all of this past week's fantasy football and NFL analysis, including matchup previews, start/sit analysis, sleepers, weekly rankings, and waiver wire pickups.

Week 8 Matchups and Sit/Start Analysis

Edward Gorelik and Adam Sabol provide in-depth matchup analysis and start/sit advice for all of Week 8's games:

• Part 1 (games 1-8)
• Part 2 (games 9-15)

Week 8 Rankings

Ryan Rufe provides analysis on his Week 8 Rankings while Zach Wilkens provides deeper analysis into positional rankings: Running Backs, Wide Receivers, Tight Ends and Quarterbacks

Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups  and Sleepers

• Defenses to Start in Week 8, broken down into 5 tiers by Matt Libonati
• Wide Receivers to target in Week 8, including Odell Beckham Jr., Andrew Hawkins, Allen Robinson and Mike Evans by Bill Dubiel
• Running Backs to target in Week 8, including Tre Mason, Benny Cunningham, Denard Robinson, Anthony Dixon, Bryce Brown, Stepfan Taylor, Travaris Cadet, Daniel Thomas, Jerick McKinnon, and Jonathan Stewart by Bobby Koch
• Quarterbacks to target in Week 8, including Kyle Orton and Joe Flacco,  by Nathan Calderon
• Tight Ends to Target in Week 8, including Dwayne Allen, Charles Clay, Clay Harbor, Jace Amaro, Austin Seferian-Jenkins by Matt Hartman
• Deeper Sleepers for Week 8, including Bryce Brown, Jonas Gray, Doug Baldwin, Jermaine Kearse, Paul Richardson, Robert Griffin and Martavis Bryant by Evan Okulanis
• Kickers to Target in Week 8, with Stephen Gostkowski, Caleb Sturgis, Adam Vinatieri, Chandler Catanzaro, and Dan Bailey leading the pack, broken down into 5 tiers by Real Talk Raph
• The most thorough Week 8 Waiver Wire Pickups Overview, by Zach Wilkens
• The most added and dropped players on Fleaflicker during Week 8 by Justin Berglund

Week 8 Busts and Players to Avoid

• 3 Running Backs You Should be Worried About for Week 8: Marshawn Lynch, Alfred Morris, and Reggie Bush by Bobby Koch
• 5 Players Who Could Dud it Up in Week 8, including Matt Ryan, Anthony Dalton, Chris Ivory, Alfred Morris and Brandon Marshall by Real Talk Raph

And of course, make sure to check out (and bookmark) our waiver wire pickups list, which is updated with all the hottest fantasy football waiver wire pickups. Recent pickups include: Dolphins Defense, Doug Baldwin, Austin Seferian-Jenkins, Teddy Bridgewater, Ryan Tannehill, Dwayne Allen, Allen Robinson, Stepfan Taylor, Kyle Orton, Benny Cunningham, Charles Clay, Bryce Brown, Tre Mason, Andrew Hawkins, Denard Robinson, Brandon Oliver, Carson Palmer, Davante Adams and Chris Ivory.