Week 8 Player Rankings

WEEK 8 PLAYER RANKINGS

QUARTERBACK

1. DREW BREES AT STL: A no-brainer.

2. Ben Roethlisberger vs NE: Steelers are now a pass first team

3. Michael Vick vs DAL: Eagles off a bye…yes please

4. Cam Newton vs MIN: Just watch out for Jared Allen

5. Phillip Rivers at KC: Chiefs secondary still lousy

6. Tom Brady at PIT: To beat Steelers, you have to run

7. Tony Romo at PHI:

8. Eli Manning vs MIA

9. Matt Hasselbeck vs IND: You saw Drew Brees last week, right?

10. Joe Flacco vs ARI: Very angry birds

11. Tim Tebow vs DET

12. Matt Stafford at DEN

13. Matt Schaub vs JAX: Still no Andre

14. Alex Smith vs CLE: Should be an action packed game (sarcasm)

15. Ryan Fitzpatrick vs WAS: Skins secondary is pretty good

16. Matt Cassel vs SD

17. Christian Ponder at CAR

18. John Beck at BUF

19. Andy Dalton at SEA

20. Tarvaris Jackson vs CIN

21. Curtis Painter at TEN

22. AJ Feely vs NO

23. Colt McCoy at SF

24. Matt Moore at NYG

RUNNING BACK

1. Arian Foster vs JAX

2. Adrian Peterson at CAR

3. Frank Gore vs CLE: Just a hunch

4. Fred Jackson vs WAS: This is how you beat the Skins

5. Ray Rice vs ARI: Ravens will run up this score

6. LeSean McCoy vs DAL

7. Chris Johnson vs IND: Has to happen. Right?

8. Ryan Matthews at KC: Inactive Tolbert helps

9. Steven Jackson vs NO

10. Ahmad Bradshaw vs MIA

11. Maurice Jones-Drew at HOU: Getting the carries, now needs the scores

12. Darren Sproles at STL

13. BenJarvus Green-Ellis at PIT: Need to run to win at Pittsburgh

14. DeMarco Murray at PHI

15. Rashard Mendenhall vs NE

16. Knowshon Moreno vs DET: Tebow steals the goal line carries

17. Ryan Torain at BUF

18. Pierre Thomas at STL: No Ingram is good news for Pierre

19. Bernard Scott at SEA: Suspended Benson

20. Maurice Morris at DEN: Still no Best

21. Reggie Bush at NYG: Thomas inactive

22. Marshawn Lynch vs CIN

23. Jackie Battle vs SD

24. Peyton Hillis at SF

25. Jonathan Stewart vs MIN: Who knows with this backfield

26. DeAngelo Williams vs MIN: Flip a coin

27. Delone Carter at TEN

28. Roy Helu at BUF

29. Alfonso Smith at BAL: Desperate much?

30. Chris Ivory at STL

WIDE RECEIVER

1. Mike Wallace vs NE

2. Hakeem Nicks vs MIA

3. Calvin Johnson at DEN

4. Marques Colston at STL

5. Wes Welker at PIT

6. Jeremy Maclin vs DAL

7. Steve Smith vs MIN

8. Dwayne Bowe vs SD

9. Miles Austin at PHI

10. Steve Johnson vs WAS

11. DeSean Jackson vs DAL

12. Anquan Boldin vs ARI

13. Larry Fitzgerald at BAL

14. Brandon Lloyd vs NO

15. Nate Washington vs IND

16. Dez Bryant at PHI

17. Pierre Garcon at TEN

18. Antonio Brown vs NE

19. Brandon Marshall at NYG

20. AJ Green at SEA

21. Mario Manningham vs MIA

22. Jabar Gaffney at BUF

23. Michael Crabtree vs CLE

24. Reggie Wayne at TEN

25. Demaryius Thomas vs DET

26. Steve Breaston vs SD

27. Michael Jenkins at CAR

28. David Nelson vs WAS

29. Greg Little at SF

30. Victor Cruz vs MIA

31. Deion Branch at PIT

32. Sidney Rice vs CIN

33. Lance Moore at STL

34. Torrey Smith vs ARI

35. Kevin Walter vs JAX

36. Nate Burleson at DEN

TIGHT END

1. Jimmy Graham at STL

2. Antonio Gates at KC

3. Jason Witten at PHI

4. Owen Daniels vs JAX

5. Aaron Hernandez at PIT

6. Brandon Pettigrew at DEN

7. Fred Davis at BUF

8. Vernon Davis vs CLE

9. Greg Olsen vs MIN

10. Jermaine Gresham at SEA

11. Rob Gronkowski at PIT

12. Jared Cook vs IND

13. Evan Moore at SF

14. Jake Ballard vs MIA

15. Visanthe Shiancoe at CAR

KICKER

1. Rob Bironas vs IND

2. John Kasay at STL

3. Jason Hanson at DEN

4. Billy Cundiff vs ARI

5. David Akers vs CLE

6. Neil Rackers vs JAX

7. Dan Bailey at PHI

8. Nick Novak at KC

9. Olindo Mare vs MIN

10. Rian Lindell vs WAS

11. Alex Henery vs DAL

12. Ryan Longwell at CAR

13. Josh Brown vs NO

14. Lawrence Tynes vs MIA

15. Graham Gano at BUF

DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS

1. Baltimore vs ARI

2. NY Giants vs MIA

3. Tennessee vs IND

4. New Orleans at STL

5. Cincinnati at SEA

6. San Francisco vs CLE

7. Houston vs JAX

8. Carolina vs MIN

9. Philadelphia vs DAL

10. Cleveland at SF

11. Seattle vs CIN

12. Dallas at PHI

13. Buffalo vs WAS

14. Minnesota at CAR

15. Detroit vs DEN