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Week 8 fantasy football rankings 2026, projected from market data

Every position for Week 8, ordered by market-based projected fantasy points. A number, not an opinion.

By The Parlae desk ·

Drake Maye is the QB1 at 19.3 points in the Week 8 market-based projections, with Jahmyr Gibbs the RB1 at 24.2, Jaxon Smith-Njigba the WR1 at 20.1 and Brock Bowers the TE1 at 17.3.

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DEF PPR

6 teams ranked by matchup for Week 8
RankPlayerOpp.
1Pittsburgh DefenseDEF · PIT · Matchup rank 1vs. CLE
2LA Rams DefenseDEF · LAR · Matchup rank 2vs. LAC
3Cincinnati DefenseDEF · CIN · Matchup rank 4vs. TEN
4Denver DefenseDEF · DEN · Matchup rank 12vs. KC
5Jacksonville DefenseDEF · JAX · Matchup rank 13vs. IND
6Buffalo DefenseDEF · BUF · Matchup rank 30vs. BAL

DEF has no market-based fantasy-points projection: the markets cover individual defensive player stats (sacks, interceptions), never a team DST total. This is a Matchup rank for Week 8, not a market-based projection: each defense's Week 8 opponent implied team total (from the game's spread and total) combined with the defense's own fantasy points allowed per game (2026 season). Lower rank is a better spot.

The Week 8 DEF board on its own page

Week 8 NFL byes and who to start instead

Week 8 game predictions

This is not a projection we made. Every number is the fantasy points implied by the player markets posted for Week 8: yards, catches and touchdowns, with the margin removed and scored in PPR. Half PPR and standard are the same projections with the projected catches counted at that format's rate, and nothing else changes. A player with only a touchdown projection, or no projection at all, is listed below the ranked board without a number. The season boards sit on the fantasy rankings page; this one is the week.

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By the Parlae deskRankings updated Oct 27, 2026 at 11:37 AM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number

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