Week 8 Start/Sit: Quarterbacks
Week 8 Start/Sit: Quarterbacks
Week 8 is here, and the fantasy landscape is heating up. With injuries, bye weeks, and matchups shaping decisions, here’s your guide to quarterback starts and sits.
Written by Adam Krautwurst
STARTS
Joe Flacco has been a revelation for Cincinnati. In two starts, he’s thrown five touchdowns with zero interceptions, including a 342-yard, three-score outing against Pittsburgh for a QB6 finish. His connection with Ja’Marr Chase (23 targets, 161 yards, one TD last week) is electric. Facing a Jets defense in the bottom half against QBs, potentially without Sauce Gardner, Flacco is a strong QB2 with top-10 upside in Week 8’s high-scoring projection.
Caleb Williams stumbled in Week 7 with 4.7 fantasy points against New Orleans, but he’s still a QB1. He’s hit 20 points in four of six games, and Baltimore’s defense allows the second-most fantasy points to quarterbacks, with three QBs topping 35 against them. Williams has a prime bounce-back opportunity.
SITS
Tua Tagovailoa is reeling, with six interceptions and just 305 yards over his last two games. Atlanta’s second-ranked defense against quarterbacks makes this a brutal matchup. Fade Tua in one-QB leagues.
Jordan Love has been too inconsistent, failing to clear 16 points in three of his last four games. Green Bay’s run-heavy goal-line approach limits his ceiling, even against Pittsburgh. Keep him benched.
