Pat Mayo's UPDATED 2025 Week 8 Fantasy Football Rankings, Starts, Sits, Sleepers, Busts

Oct 22, 2025

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Fantasy Football Week 8 Rankings

Pat Mayo, Jake Ciely & Ian Hartitz break down everything you need to set your best lineup and win your matchup. From player rankings to sleeper calls, we’ve got you covered.

Week 8 RB Injuries

Bucky Irving (Ankle) — OUT
Kareem Hunt (knee) — IN
Breece Hall — Leaning IN
Tyler Allgeier (hip, knee) — Leaning IN
Hassan Haskins (hamstring) — DNP
Kendre Miller (Knee) — OUT FOR SEASON

Week 8 RB Rankings

Derrick Henry (vs CHI) - The Bears allow the 3rd most yards per carry after contact this season. Henry picked up 3.46 YPC after contact in Week 6 against the Rams prior to the bye (Weeks 2-5: 2.09).

Javonte Williams (at DEN) - Williams ranks as RB4 in terms of red zone fantasy points scored this season ... he draws the league’s best red zone defense (6 TDs allowed on 16 red zone drives).

JK Dobbins (vs DAL) - Dobbins is in a three-way tie atop the league in terms of games with 75+ rushing yards. His five such performances re as many as Jahmyr Gibbs and Derrick Henry have combined for this season.

Week 8 Spread Picks

Mayo, Garion Thorne and Tim Anderson go game-by-game and make their 2025 Week 8 Spread Picks, Bets, Survivor Picks, and Props. Plus, a mini Cust Corner on towel usage, best fast food burger and mailbox questions from Dear Custy.

Week 8 WR Injuries

Chris Godwin (Fibula) — OUT
Nico Collins (Concussion) — OUT
Christian Kirk (Hamstring) — OUT
AJ Brown (hamstring) — OUT
Josh Reynolds (hip) — OUT
Ricky Pearsall (Knee) — OUT
Dontayvion Wicks (calf) — OUT
Calvin Ridley (Hamstring) — OUT
Garrett Wilson (Knee) — OUT
Joshua Palmer (knee, ankle) — OUT
Deebo Samuel (heel) — IN
Terry McLaurin (Quad) — IN
Darius Slayton (hamstring) — Expected IN
Calvin Austin (shoulder) — Leaning IN
Josh Downs (Concussion) — IN
Jaylen Waddle — Questionable
Christian Watson (knee) — Questionable
Ray-Ray McCloud (Personal) — RELEASED BY ATLANTA; Signed by NYG
Brandon Aiyuk (Knee) — Estimated Week 10 Return

Week 8 WR Rankings

Kayshon Boutte (vs CLE) - Play him when Maye isn’t pressured. Rinse repeat. This isn’t as good a spot as the past two weeks (for the season, CLE is middle of the road in pressure rate), but the splits open up the chance to justify a dart throw. The Browns created pressure at the 7th highest rate in September, but rank 26th in October.

Alec Pierce (vs. TEN) - Pierce’s average touchdown length for his career is 30.5 yards. He faces a Titans defense this week that has allowed 13.9% of deep targets result in a TD (3rd highest rate, league average: 6.8%).

Week 8 QB Injuries

Jayden Daniels (Hamstring) — OUT; Mariota Starting
Lamar Jackson (Hamstring) — OUT; Huntley Starting
Michael Penix Jr. (knee) — Likely OUT; Cousins Expected to Start
Tyrod Taylor (Knee) — OUT; Fields Starting
Brock Purdy (Toe) — OUT; Mac Jones starting
Bryce Young (Ankle) — OUT; Andy Dalton Starting
J.J. McCarthy — DNP; Expected to Start Week 9

Week 8 QB Rankings

Dak Prescott (at DEN) - Dak Prescott has multiple 25+ yard completions in all seven weeks this season. He’s the fourth QB to do that over the past decade (Kyler Murray, Matt Ryan, and Patrick Mahomes twice).

Week 8 TE Injuries

Darren Waller (Pec) — Placed on IR
David Njoku (Knee) — Questionable
Cole Kmet (Back) — OUT
Dalton Kincaid (oblique) — Questionable
Mason Taylor (quad) — Questionable

Week 8 TE Rankings

Kyle Pitts (vs MIA) - His aDOT is tracking to decline for a third straight season and opponents facing the Dolphins currently own a league-low 6.2-yard aDOT.

Week 8 DST Rankings

The 49ers and Jets are the only defenses without an INT this season ... The Falcons figure to be aggressive (4th in pressure rate when blitzing, 24th when not) ... The Ravens are allowing five red zone trips per game (4.5 is the most allowed per game for an entire season in the 2000s)