Fantasy Football Rankings - Week 8, 2026
Your fantasy football season is in make or break territory. Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 8 will guide you to make the correct decisions. We now have enough data points to breakdown every team. We need to stay Bayesian and adjust or prior predictions. There is tremendous variance in football every week, no matter how much data we gather there are too many moving parts to be as confident in our predictions in football as we are when analyzing other sports.
Week 8 Schedule
Bye Week: HOU, NO, NYG, SF
Carolina Panthers at Green Bay Packers Thursday, 8:15pm ET
Tennessee Titans at Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, 1:00pm ET
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1:00pm ET
Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions 1:00pm ET
Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills 1:00pm ET
Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars 1:00pm ET
Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers 1:00pm ET
Las Vegas Raiders at New York Jets 1:00pm ET
Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys 1:00pm ET
Los Angeles Chargers at Los Angeles Rams 4:05pm ET
New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins 4:25pm ET
Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos 4:25pm ET
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Commanders 8:20pm ET
Chicago Bears at Seattle Seahawks Monday, 8:15pm ET
Fantasy Football Weekly Rankings
When examining these fantasy football weekly rankings, take into consideration that I am really only looking at positional ranks, not flex or overall rankings. When it comes to who you start in the flex a lot will depend on your specific league rules and roster construction. If players are ranked within 3 spots of each other the difference between them is negligible, they are expected to score the same amount of points, in those cases go with your gut, flip a coin, or join our Discord Channel.
Quarterback
Ravens head coach Jesse Minter said that Lamar Jackson (ankle) is "in a decent spot" to play Sunday against the Bills, Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic reports.
The coach's comments don't provide much in the way of new insight into the status of Jackson, who has sat out the Ravens' last three games due to what the quarterback has labeled as a left high-ankle sprain. Minter has classified Jackson as day-to-day ahead of the Ravens' past two games, only for the two-time MVP to be ruled out from playing at least a day in advance of both contests. Jackson was at least able to take a notable step forward in his recovery last week by practicing on a limited basis Wednesday through Friday, so if the signal-caller is able to maintain that level of activity or take on more reps during Week 8 prep, he should have a good chance at returning to action.
Head coach Klint Kubiak said that Kirk Cousins will remain the Raiders' starting quarterback heading into Sunday's game against the Jets, Paul Gutierrez of ESPN reports. "There is no controversy," Kubiak said. "He is playing at a very high level."
Though the Raiders have lost four straight games to drop to 3-4 on the season, Kubiak reaffirmed his commitment to Cousins.
Colts head coach Shane Steichen said that Daniel Jones will remain the team's starting quarterback in Sunday's game against the Jaguars, Mike Chappell of Fox 59 News Indianapolis reports. Though the Colts have limped out to a disappointing 2-5 start to the season, Steichen reiterated that he has confidence in Jones, who signed a two-year, $88 million extension in March after his inaugural campaign in Indianapolis was cut short by a torn Achilles tendon.
Running Back
Christian McCaffrey is dealing with a mild hamstring strain rather than a quadriceps injury, and the 49ers believe he'll be ready following the team's Week 8 bye, David Lombardi of SF Standard reports. After McCaffrey briefly exited Sunday's loss to Atlanta with what had been described as a thigh issue, this update offers more clarity on the injury and a favorable outlook. The timing of the 49ers' bye gives the veteran running back added recovery time ahead of their next game in Week 9 versus the Raiders, though his practice status will still be worth monitoring once San Francisco returns to work.
