Fantasy Football Week 8 Start ‘Em & Sit’ Em: Tony Pollard Breakout Week, Tua Tagovailoa’s dream match, and more

The biggest thing we want to see in Week 8 is an injury-free scoring period. The mash unit we had at week seven was brutal, and we were still trying to pick up the pieces.

From Breece Hall (ACL) to DK Metcalf (knee) to Mike Williams (ankle) and so many others, it wasn’t fun watching our stars go down. Injuries happen, we know that. It is part of the NFL. But we can hope this week isn’t that bad, and infections don’t increase.

The flip side of players dropping is that they can unlock jobs for other players, and we’ll address that below with Ezekiel Elliott (knee) out in Week 8 for Tony Pollard. But I’m sure most fantasy managers prefer limited or no injuries when it comes to our stars, especially when that knocks them out for an extended period of time.

I wasn’t planning on using Pollard as the start of the week, but when the news broke on Wednesday, Ezekiel Elliott (knee) was going to miss Week 8 against bearIt became a great option. For the fantasy directors who have crafted Pollard this season, you’ve been waiting for a chance to see how Pollard can do in an iconic role, and here we are.

He’s already done a great job alongside Elliott, scoring no less than 12 PPR points in three of his past six games. He has two games this season with over 100 yards, including Week 7 against Detroit, and has scored twice this year’s touchdown.

With Elliott out, Pollard could look at his first game of the season with more than 20 touches. Elliot’s average load is 15.5 for the season – he only has six grabs – and that job should mostly belong to Pollard. In four games this season with double-digit touches, Pollard has either 100 yards or touchdowns on three of them.

The Bears allowed their backflip to score at least 12 PPR points in six straight games, including five with at least 18 PPR points, and Chicago just replaced star defensive end Robert Quinn to Philadelphia on Wednesday. The shady defense just got worse, and Pollard should excel in this match.

The CowboysEven with Dak Prescott returning, he must lean on their ground play, and Pollard is now the catalyst for that attack with Elliott out. I love Pollard as a top 10 runner-up in all tournaments for Week 8.