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It is crazy to think, but we are nearly halfway through the 2025 NFL season. Week 8 is upon us, which means fantasy football leagues are beginning to take shape. This week, six NFL teams are on bye: the Detroit Lions, Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, and Jacksonville Jaguars.
That is leaving fantasy managers scrambling, with so many stars out of action. The Lions alone remove Jared Goff, Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, and Sam LaPorta from lineups.
In this article, we will focus solely on quarterbacks. This season, there have been more undrafted fantasy quarterbacks making an unexpected splash than in years past.
Indianapolis Colts’ QB Daniel Jones has come out of nowhere to rank QB8. Justin Herbert is one spot ahead of him. Drake Maye ranks third, with Matthew Stafford fifth. All four of those players were consistently drafted outside the top 12 at the position, if at all.
Meanwhile, Josh Allen is QB10. Yeah, that is the fantasy football world we are living in. It begs the question each week: Which ones do you want to start? Which signal-callers should you avoid?
So, let’s get to it for Week 8 of the NFL season.
The Green Bay Packers are an interesting case study this year. On paper, they are cruising, holding the NFC’s best record at 4-1-1. They have a ton of talent on both sides of the ball and at the skill positions.
Yet, when you look deeper, there are some cracks. They are surviving against poor competition, not thriving. That means they are not putting teams away early and solely running the football in the second half. Quarterback Jordan Love is quietly having a very good season.
Through six games, he has 10 passing touchdowns to just two interceptions. He has also added 110 yards on the ground.
In Week 8, the Packers play at Pittsburgh. Storylines galore drip from this matchup, with Aaron Rodgers facing his former team. But Love, who supplanted Rodgers, will be looking to prove the Packers right.
The Steelers have allowed the fifth-most fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks. So, the matchup is solid. But Pittsburgh’s offense has been highly efficient this year, which means this should be a close game.
The Packers are favored by three points on Sunday Night Football. In what ought to be a nail-biter, Love should have plenty of success. Feel confident placing him into your starting lineup.
Fantasy football managers were excited to draft Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix this year. And why not? He broke onto the scene as a rookie and looked better and better as the season progressed. That prompted fantasy managers to draft him in the early-to-mid rounds, much of the time ahead of Patrick Mahomes.
As someone who drafted Mahomes three times after Nix was off the board, I am thrilled.
Nevertheless, Nix is a must-start in Week 8. The...
