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The Yahoo team delivers their most steadfast Week 8 fantasy football predictions.
Jayden Reed bounces back
Fantasy managers are understandably frustrated with Jayden Reed. Reed’s season has been a bit chaotic and much of that is beyond his control. He started the season with an overall WR1 week, cooled off for two weeks while Jordan Love was out and then had an overall WR2 finish when Love returned. Since then, his production has been very mediocre and the Packers’ offense is turning out to be what we expected — a system with a ton of weapons where Love spreads the ball around, making it extremely difficult for any receiver to have that top-five upside.
If there were ever a week for Reed to return to the top five, it’s this week against Jacksonville. The Jags have one of the worst pass defenses in the league and have been consistently lit up through the air. I like all Packers receivers in this matchup, but Reed in particular should thrive. Reed has been limited this week in practice with an ankle injury, so monitor his status. — Tera Roberts
Javonte Williams continues rolling
Javonte Williams has quietly seen a strong role in the Broncos offense the past month of the season. During this time, he’s earned 16.5 opportunities per game and a strong 17% target share. This target share would rank second among all RBs this season behind only Alvin Kamara. This strong usage hit a ceiling performance in Week 7, the best performance of his career.
In Week 7, Williams produced three explosive runs of 10+ yards and totaled 111 yards and two touchdowns. This week, Williams finds himself in an even better matchup as he takes on the Panthers. Carolina allows the most rushing yards per game and the most fantasy points to RBs this season. You may be tempted to sell high on Williams, but I believe you should hold onto him for at least one more week. Start Williams against the Panthers. — Sal Vetri
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Publish date : 2024-10-25 16:40:52
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