NFL Fantasy Football Week 8: Start 'Em, Sit 'Em And FanDuel Picks

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Welcome to Week 8!

For standard leagues, I'll pick some players outside the top 10 and 15 who I think will play well as well as some higher rated players who I see underachieving using the ESPN rankings. I've got my FanDuel picks at the bottom.

Last week, I went 15-5  in underachievers and overachievers, and went 14-3 and my best week of the year in FanDuel. Let's get to it.

Underachievers

• Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers: I would not play any skill players against Denver at home.
• Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck: Facing Carolina at home with the way Luck is turning the ball over? Doubtful this will end well.
• New York Jets RB Chris Ivory: I am worried more about the hamstring than the talent.
• Green Bay Packers RB Eddie Lacy: His ankle is supposedly healed, but I have to see it to believe it against Denver.
• Denver Broncos WR Demaryius Thomas: He only has one TD, and I see another grind it out, low scoring game in Denver.
• Arizona Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald: He is slowing down while fellow WRs Michael Floyd and John Brown are getting more targets.
• Indianapolis Colts WR T.Y. Hilton:  Welcome to Josh Norman island. The Carolina cornerback is just too good right now.
• Dallas Cowboys TE Jason Witten: He looks slow and beat up, there are better TE options.

Overachievers

• New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees: He has been getting the yards but not the TDs. That changes this weekend against the Giants.
• Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson: This is more of a gut call that he is due for a fantasy breakout week.
• New York Jets QB Ryan Fitzpatrick: The Jets' opponents this week, the Raiders, may just have the worst secondary in the league.
• Kansas City Chiefs RB Charcandrick West: He looks like the work horse, and he gets to face the shaky Lions defense.
• Cincinnati Bengals RB Gio Bernard: The Steelers are tough to run against, but I can see 8-10 targets in the receiving game.
• San Diego Chargers RB Danny Woodhead: He is a top 10 PPR RB with fellow RB Melvin Gordon on the outs. Ride the Woodhead wave.
• Minnesota Vikings WR Stefon Diggs: He is now a WR1 and should get 10 targets a game.
• San Diego Chargers TE Ladarious Green: I do not see Antonio Gates playing, and this is a great match up.

Here are my FanDuel picks for the week where I will give some higher and lower salaries I like at each position. As you will see, I will be focusing on the defenses to pick on:

QB

• Jameis Winston QB Tampa Buccaneers, $6,600
• Drew Brees QB New Orleans Saints, $7,900
• Cam Newton QB Carolina Panthers, $8,000
• Philip Rivers QB San Diego Chargers, $8,500

RB

• Danny Woodhead RB San Diego Chargers, $6,100
• Darren McFadden RB Dallas Cowboys, $6,400
• James Stewart RB Carolina Panthers, $6,600
• Gio Bernard RB Cincinnati Bengals, $6,700
• Chris Johnson RB, Arizona Cardinals, $7,300
• Mark Ingram RB New Orleans Saints, $8,000
• Devonta Freeman RB Atlanta Falcons, $9,100

WR

• Michael Floyd WR Arizona Cardinals, $4,900
• Devonte Adams WR Green Bay Packers, $5,300
• Steve Johnson WR San Diego Chargers, 5,900
• Stefon Diggs WR Minnesota Vikings, $6,700
• Keenan Allen WR San Diego Chargers, $8,000
• Julio Jones WR Atlanta Falcons, $9,200

TE

• Jeff Cumberland TE New York Jets, $4,600
• Ladarious Green TE San Diego Chargers, $5,300