Fantasy Football Week 8 WR Rankings: Adam Thielen Injury Ramifications

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Welcome to our Fantasy Football Wide Receiver Rankings for Week 8 of the 2019 NFL regular season. This week we lose the fourth-highest scoring player at the position, Amari Cooper, to a bye. While Minnesota’s top target Adam Thielen, and Houston’s speedster Will Fuller, are both projected to miss their team’s games with injuries.

Thankfully, we get back the superstar potential, albeit up-and-down production, of Odell Beckham Jr. and JuJu Smith-Schuster as they make their way back from their byes in Week 7.

Reminder: These rankings are based on full-PPR scoring formats.

* If you’re looking for more information on how to best set your lineup this coming week check out our Week 8 WR Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em.

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Wide Receiver Outlook Week 8

Adam Thielen (WR4) suffered a hamstring injury early in Week 7’s contest which kept him out for the remainder of the game. Fortunately, the injury isn’t perceived as a serious one. Unfortunately, the Vikings play on Thursday, making it unlikely that the stud wideout will be able to play this coming week.

Thielen’s absence firmly places his teammate Stefon Diggs (WR8) on the WR1 spectrum, although he may have been there even if Thielen was expected to play. Diggs has registered seven receptions in each of the past two games, averaging 154.5 receiver yards over that span. In fact, Diggs’ 32.4 ppg since Week 6 places him atop the fantasy wide receiver scoring list.

While Diggs leads the wideout position in scoring over the past two weeks, no receiver produced more points than Detroit Lions’ Marvin Jones (WR21) in Week 7. While we can almost guarantee Jones will not put up a whopping four touchdowns in consecutive games, he’s gifted with a brilliant matchup against the New York Giants this week. Prior to Week 7, the G-Men had surrendered the fourth-most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers this season. Jones may still be the WR2 in Detroit, however, he’s a viable starting option in your Week 8 lineup.


Week 8 Fantasy Rankings: Wide Receivers

[QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | Flex | DEF | Ks]

  • Matchup: Great l Avg l Tough
# Wide Receivers TEAM Opp.

1

DeAndre Hopkins HOU

vs. OAK

2

Michael Thomas NO

vs. ARI

3

Davante Adams GB INJ

@ KC

4

Adam Thielen MIN INJ

vs. WAS

5

Julio Jones ATL

vs. SEA

6

Stefon Diggs MIN

vs. WAS

7

Cooper Kupp LAR

vs. CIN

8

Julian Edelman NE

vs. CLE

9

Chris Godwin TB

@ TEN

10

Tyreek Hill KC

vs. GB

11

Tyler Lockett SEA

@ ATL

12

JuJu Smith-Schuster PIT

vs. MIA

13

Odell Beckham Jr. CLE

@ NE

14

TY Hilton IND

vs. DEN

15

Kenny Golladay DET

vs. NYG

16

Larry Fitzgerald ARI

@ NO

17

John Brown BUF

vs. PHI

18

Mike Evans TB

@ TEN

19

Keenan Allen LAC

@ CHI

20

Tyler Boyd CIN

@ LAR

21

Marvin Jones DET

vs. NYG

22

Terry McLaurin WAS

@ MIN

23

D.J. Chark JAC

vs. NYJ

24

DJ Moore CAR

@ SF

25

Sterling Shepard NYG

@ DET

26

Will Fuller HOU INJ

vs. OAK

27

Curtis Samuel CAR

@ SF

28

Golden Tate NYG

@ DET

29

Tyrell Williams OAK

@ HOU

30

Courtland Sutton DEN

@ IND

31

Jamison Crowder NYJ

@ JAC

32

Jarvis Landry CLE

@ NE

33

Robert Woods LAR

vs. CIN

34

Allen Robinson CHI

vs. LAC

35

Brandin Cooks LAR

vs. CIN

36

Christian Kirk ARI INJ

@ NO

37

Alshon Jeffery PHI

@ BUF

38

Calvin Ridley ATL

vs. SEA

39

D.K. Metcalf SEA

@ ATL

40

Corey Davis TEN

vs. TB

41

Kenny Stills HOU

vs. OAK

42

Dede Westbrook JAC

vs. NYJ

43

Diontae Johnson PIT

vs. MIA

44

Emmanuel Sanders SF

vs. CAR

45

Sammy Watkins KCINJ

vs. GB

46

Phillip Dorsett NE

vs. CLE

47

Cole Beasley BUF

vs. PHI

48

Auden Tate CIN

@ LAR

49

Keelan Doss OAK

@ HOU

50

Jaron Brown SEA

@ ATL

51

Jakobi Meyers NE

vs. CLE

52

Robby Anderson NYJ

@ JAC

53

Keke Coutee HOU

vs. OAK

54

Desean Jackson PHI INJ

@ BUF

55

M. Valdes-Scantling GB

@ KC

56

Josh Gordon NE INJ

vs. CLE

57

A.J. Brown TEN

vs. TB

58

Mecole Hardman KC

vs. GB

59

Zach Pascal IND

vs. DEN

60

Mohamed Sanu NE

vs. CLE

61

Taylor Gabriel CHI

vs. LAC

62

Deebo Samuel SF

vs. CAR

63

Anthony Miller CHI

vs. LAC

64

James Washington PIT

vs. MIA

65

Mike Williams LAC

@ CHI

66

Damiere Byrd ARI

@ NO

67

DeVante Parker MIA

@ PIT

68

Chris Conley JAC

vs. NYJ

69

Duke Williams BUF

vs. PHI

70

Demarcus Robinson KC

vs. GB

71

Preston Williams MIA

@ PIT

72

Antonio Callaway CLE

@ NE

73

Geronimo Allison GB

@ KC

74

Darius Slayton NYG

@ DET

75

Parris Campbell IND

vs. DEN

76

Allen Lazard GB

@ KC

77

Nelson Agholor PHI

@ BUF

78

Adam Humphries TEN

vs. TB

79

Dante Pettis SF

vs. CAR

80

Byron Pringle KC

vs. GB

81

Paul Richardson WAS

@ MIN

82

Trevor Davis OAK

@ HOU

83

Trey Quinn WAS

@ MIN

84

Zay Jones OAK

@ HOU

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