Week 8 fantasy football action featured all 32 teams, and we saw a fair amount of the same old, same old in terms of utilization for the usual suspects, but a few notables stood out.
Running backs Breece Hall and Rachaad White have seen inflated PPR value the last two weeks with more stable receiving roles, whereas Saquon Barkley and Bijan Robinson each saw five targets in Week 8 but produced zero yards combined. Robinson didn’t even catch a pass. That can be chalked up as an anomaly, fortunately, but it stung nonetheless.
Barkley was utilized a ridiculous 41 times in Week 8, five familiar receivers all garnered 14 or more targets, and four tight ends each drew at least 10 looks. There were several moderate displays of fireworks statistically, but only CeeDee Lamb really went bonkers (41 PPR) with his massive utilization. Seven of the top 13 fantasy receivers in terms of points scored were utilized fewer than 10 times.
