Fantasy Football Hangout - Week 8 Roundup, Late Games

The Fantasy Football Hangout podcast - Week 8 Roundup, late & night games

Show Notes

Week 8 roundup, late & night games (00:27)

NE 27, LAC 24

Mac Jones: Bill Belichick's Tom Brady 2.0

Damien Harris supporting Jones well in the run game

A solid game for Justin Herbert but not enough for the win

Keenan Allen comes to life; Mike Williams fading

Next up: NE travels to CAR; LAC visits PHI

SEA 31, JAC 7

Geno Smith game managing well in Russell Wilson's absence

Tyler Lockett who hasn't been playable as of late had a monster game although it was DK Metcalf who found the endzone twice

Trevor Lawrence still learning in his rookie campaign

James Robinson leaves the game with a heel injury & is considered to be week to week; Carlos Hyde a waiver wire pickup

Marvin Jones Jr & Laviska Shenault Jr held down in this one

Next up: SEA on a bye; JAC hosts BUF

DEN 17, WAS 10

Teddy Bridgewater still needing protection from the DEN offensive line

DEN pass catchers seeing a lot of volatility; hard to predict who flourishes each week

Ryan Fitzpatrick could be back soon so Taylor Heinicke's time is dwindling down

Antonio Gibson may be playing hurt so keep an eye out for that

Bad game for Terry McLaurin; no Logan Thomas yet

Next up: DEN goes to DAL; WAS on a bye

NO 36, TB 27

Jameis Winston goes down with a knee injury; out for the season

Trevor Siemian fills in with Taysom Hill out

Newly reacquired Mark Ingram II walks in as the immediate RB2 behind Alvin Kamara

The NO pass catchers in flux with the aftermath of the Winston injury

Solid performance for Tom Brady although he threw the game clinching pick-6 in the loss

Leonard Fournette slowed down

Chris Godwin the beneficiary of Antonio Brown (ankle) being sidelined

Rob Gronkowski (ribs) tried to go but went down with back spasms early in the game

Next up: NO hosts ATL, TB on a bye

DAL 20, MIN 16

Dak Prescott a late scratch due to calf injury; enter Cooper Rush

Rush put up solid numbers in Prescott's absence

Fine play from Amari Cooper, CeeDee Lamb & Cedrick Wilson

A disappointing performance from Kirk Cousins

MIN offense as a whole was stagnant outside of Adam Thielen who played well

Next up: DAL hosts DEN, MIN travels to BAL

KC 20, NYG 17

Patrick Mahomes still playing well below his standards

KC run game turns into a committee situation with Darrel Williams & Derrick Gore

Tyreek Hill an outstanding game; Travis Kelce a horrible one

NYG still without their key skill players (Saquon Barkley, Kenny Golladay & Darius Slayton)

Team as a whole hung tough but couldn't pull out the win

Next up: KC hosts GB, NYG hosts LV

Waiver wire pickups:

QB: Ryan Fitzpatrick (WAS), Mac Jones (NE), Mike White (NYJ), Tyrod Taylor

RB:  Jeremy McNichols (TEN), Adrian Peterson (TEN), Chuba Hubbard (CAR),  Carlos Hyde (JAC), D'Ernest Johnson (CLE), Khalil Herbert (CHI), Boston  Scott (PHI), Jordan Howard (PHI), Sony Michel (LAR), Derrick Gore (KC),  Mark Ingram (NO)

WR:  Jamal Agnew (JAC), AJ Green (ARI), Christian Kirk (ARI), Tajae Sharpe  (ATL), Nick Westbrook-Ikhine (TEN), Jamison Crowder (NYJ), Nico Collins  (HOU)

TE: Dan Arnold (JAC), Tyler Conklin (MIN), Dawson Knox (BUF)

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