Week 8 Fantasy Football: Must-Start & Sit Advice for 2025 Season

Must-Start Quarterbacks

• 🎯 Bo Nix is highlighted as a top-tier start, especially at home in Denver, averaging over 28 fantasy points per game in his last 11 home starts.
• 💡 Nix faces the Cowboys, who have struggled against opposing quarterbacks, allowing three QBs to score over 32 fantasy points this season.
• 🚀 Daniel Jones is a strong play at home, exceeding 20 fantasy points in all home games this season, against a Titans team missing key defenders.
• 🏈 Jackson Dart is recommended as a top-12 quarterback due to his rushing ability, averaging 10 fantasy points with his legs in three of his last four games.
• ✨ Joe Flacco is a surprising but viable start, having thrown five touchdowns with zero interceptions in two games with the Bengals and getting the ball out quickly.

Key Wide Receiver Starts

• 🌟 T. Higgins is a trustable start with Joe Flacco at QB, seeing 18 targets in his last two games, and benefits from a potential absence of Sauce Gardner.
• 📈 Zay Flowers is expected to thrive with Lamar Jackson back, having averaged 14.4+ PPR points in the first three games with Jackson, against a Bears defense weak against #1 receivers.
• 🎯 Romeo Doubs is a top-24 receiver with 8+ targets in his last three games and a favorable matchup against a Steelers pass defense that has been exposed.
• 🤝 Wandale Robinson is a borderline top-12 receiver if Darius Slayton is out, averaging over 13 fantasy points without him and scoring 20 points against the same defense two weeks prior.

Running Back and Tight End Starts

• 🏃 Tyler Allgeier is a viable option if you're in a pinch, with at least 9.8 non-PPR points in three of four games with 10+ carries, as the Falcons are expected to run heavily against the Dolphins.
• 💥 Chase Brown is a start with Joe Flacco under center, averaging 7.5 yards per carry over the last two weeks.
• 🧱 Cade Otton is a near must-start tight end for Baker Mayfield, especially with Mike Evans and Chris Godwin out, and has been a top-five tight end option.

Players to Sit

• ⚠️ Kamari Vidal is a bust alert due to a tough matchup against the Vikings' run defense, which has only allowed three rushing touchdowns to RBs this season.
• 📉 Derrick Henry is a sit candidate, facing a Chiefs defense that has severely limited recent opposing running backs (Gibbs, McKinnon, Pacheco combined for under 8.8 PPR points).
• 🚫 Jaylen Waddle is a difficult sit, but faces a tough matchup against AJ Terrell and the Falcons' defense, which limits #1 receivers to 11.1 PPR points or less.
• ❌ Jordan Love is an okay start but not a top-12 option, as the Packers tend to play at a slow pace and rely on the run against the Steelers.
• 🚶 Tony Pollard has been terrible since Tyjae Spears returned, averaging only 108 total yards with no touchdowns in games with 12 touches.
• 💨 Xavier Worthy is a boom-or-bust flex play, with significantly fewer targets than Rashee Rice when both have played.
• 😥 Chuba Hubbard is a sit, as Rico Dowdle is expected to continue receiving more work despite Hubbard's increased snaps last week, and they face the Bills' strong run defense.
• 🛡️ T.J. Hockenson has an awful matchup against Derwin James and the Chargers, despite averaging 9-10 fantasy points in okay games.