Fantasy Football Hangout - Week 8 Roundup, Thurs Night and Sunday Early Games

The Fantasy Football Hangout - Week 8 Roundup

Show Notes:

Week 8 roundup, Thurs night & early games

GB 24, ARI 21

GB without WRs Davante Adams (COVID), Allen Lazard (COVID) & Marquez Valdes-Scantling (IR - hamstring)

Aaron Rodgers played well in spite of that; Randall Cobb steps into wayback machine to help ARod

Coach Matt LaFleur changes game plan; ran it with Aaron Jones & AJ Dillon

Kyler Murray playing his worst game of the year

Chase Edmonds (1 TD) & James Conner (2 TDs) led ARI offense

Next up: GB hosts KC, ARI visits SF

CAR 19, ATL 13

Sam Darnold mired in a mini-slump; nightmarish season for Robby Anderson continues

Chuba Hubbard filling in; Christian McCaffrey due back for Week 9

Matt Ryan falls back to earth after stellar performance last week

Cordarelle Patterson by far the more dependable ATL RB

Calvin Ridley a late scratch (personal problems)

Russell Gage surprisingly a no-show in the game (0 rec, 0 targets)

Next up: CAR hosts NE, ATL visits NO

BUF 26, MIA 11

Josh Allen doing Josh Allen things

BUF run game a mess right now

Cole Beasley benefiting greatly from Dawson Knox's absence

Tua Tagovailoa's starting job safe; no Deshaun Watson trade

MIA run game still a dumpster fire; Mike Gesicki & Jaylen Waddle bottled up

Next up: BUF visits JAC, MIA hosts HOU

SF 33, CHI 22

Jimmy Garoppalo staving off the cries for Trey Lance

Elijah Mitchell reemerging as the de facto RB1

Deebo Samuel continues his sensational season

Brandon Aiyuk coming to life; watch for him in the 2nd half of season

Justin Fields turned in a good overall game; Allen Robinson II having a horrid season

Even with Damien Williams looming, Khalil Herbert still the workhorse RB

Next up: SF hosts ARI, CHI visits PIT (Mon)

PIT 15, CLE 10

Big Ben goes on despite on the downside of his career

Najee Harris has lived up to all the preseason hype

Pat Freiermuth capitalizing on season ending injury to JuJu Smith-Schuster

Nick Chubb is back; D'Ernest Johnson fills the Kareem Hunt role

Many questions about Odell Beckham Jr & his place in this CLE offense

Next up: PIT hosts CHI (Mon), CLE visits CIN

PHI 44, DET 6

PHI run game dominant behind Boston Scott & Jordan Howard (2 TDs each)

Dallas Goedert taking full advantage of Zach Ertz being in ARI

DET offense woes a product of the game plan itself or Jared Goff running it?

Only pass catcher that can be trusted: TJ Hockenson

Next up: PHI hosts LAC, DET on a bye

TEN 34, IND 31

TEN loses most valuable player Derrick Henry to a broken bone injury, out indefinitely

Ryan Tannehill is going to be leaned upon heavily down the stretch; AJ Brown back in the nick of time

A committee approach with Jeremy McNichols & newly signed Adrian Peterson?

Carson Wentz plays well in defeat; Michael Pittman Jr on fire

Next up: TEN visits LAR (Sun night), IND hosts NYJ (Thurs)

NYJ 34, CIN 31

In a surprising outcome Mike White has an outstanding game

Michael Carter rising from the ashes to take hold of this NYJ backfield

Joe Burrow had a nice outing in the loss; Joe Mixon continues his stellar season

Tyler Boyd, who I deemed as unplayable, played great; JaMarr Chase held down

Next up: NYJ visits IND (Thurs), CIN hosts CLE

LAR 38, HOU 22

Matthew Stafford marches on in his MVP campaign

Darrell Henderson great game but suffered injured ribs

Cooper Kupp continues his outstanding season; Robert Woods solid also

Tyrod Taylor soon due to come off IR

FYI: Deshaun Watson not traded at the deadline

Next up: LAR hosts TEN (Sun night); HOU visits MIA

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