Preview of Fantasy Football Week 8: Experts are looking for highly competitive candidates

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Week 8 is essential. It's Midway to Fantasy Season – Discover here our forecasts for the second half – and that means you have to start preparing for the playoffs. For some of you, this means taking a break, resting and staying focused on the 13th week or the 8th or 9th week. For others, you fight to try to make up for a slow start.

Either way, it's a key week. Welcome to week 8. Here's all you need to know:

And here are the answers from our three experts to six of the NFL's biggest questions in the week.

1. Who is your best low-cost candidate?

• Jamey Eisenberg: The & # 39; Veon Bell. Suppose he's playing at week 10 at this point. If he's fit, he'll have new legs for the fantasy playoffs. There's a lot of it, but talk to the frustrated owner of Bell and see if you can pay for it cheaply if your team is heading into the post-season.
• Dave Richard: Fournette, just so I can use it during the fantasy playoffs. I also think Keenan Allen is a fantastic target – he had a huge second half last year after being a failure in the first period. And I'm still chasing Josh Gordon too.
• Heath Cummings: Kenny Golladay. Week 7 was disastrous for him with only two targets scored and a touchdown recalled due to a penalty. But the new Lions in the first and second classes are not going to last. After the eighth week, they have five games to play that will expose their defense and will give rise to further attempts by Matthew Stafford.

2. What is your best selling candidate?

• Jamey: I would now look to trade Marlon Mack, who just scored 31 PPR points in Week 7 against Buffalo. He has a positive game in the eighth week in Oakland, but the Colts are eliminated in the ninth week. At the end of this match, Indianapolis will face Jacksonville and Tennessee twice in three of the four games, which are difficult. You also have history of injuries with Mack. If you can get something big in return, now is the time to sell.
• Dave: If I can get a good return on Amari Cooper after the Cowboys or James White deal after Sony Michel's injury, I'll do it. I can not help but think that David Njoku will not score a touchdown every week.
• Heather: I would certainly be listening to offers for Mack. It was good to see him play like he did against the Bills, but like the Lions, I do not think this Colts defense is good enough for her to be a running team. It's also hard to believe that Mack can handle this type of workload.

3. What are your expectations for Cooper after the transaction?

• Jamey: I think Cooper gets a slight increase in value in Fantasy with his move to Dallas. He should get consistent goals of what should be a better quarterback in Dak Prescott compared to Derek Carr. If you consider it a better version of Dez Bryant (what I do), then consider that Bryant has an average of 8.3 targets per game in 2017. Cooper has 27 games in his career with at least eight targets and an average of 16.7 PPR points in these categories. exits.
• Dave: I want to use a word that is not too mean for that. Something that expresses minimal optimism and minimal pessimism, as it will probably be the same unreliable receiver that it has always been. How about: "Meh."
• Heather: You will not believe it, but I think it could be inconsistent. Very seriously, I would expect that it will struggle for two weeks and that it will eventually fire later in the year. I do not feel very different from him today than before the job.

4. What would you do with Matt Breida at this point?

• Jamey: Hide it. You can not cut it because someone will pick it up right away. And you can not trade because its value is low because of his last ankle injury. In good health, it is a # 2 option for running back / flex in all leagues.
• Dave: Bench him. Keep it there. He will never be in the limelight this year, but he should still act as a base player No. 2 low-end once he's in good health. S & # 39; he becomes healthy. Please, someone tells me that he will be in good health.
• Heather: I wish, because it was electric when he touched the ball. I hope the 49ers will put two weeks to agree, then we will have a healthy Breida in the far right. In the meantime, add Raheem Mostert.

5. Do you have any hope for Leonard Fournette to make an impact?

• Jamey: Yes. I think what our colleague, Pete Prisco, said is related to his links with the Jaguars. According to Prisco, Fournette will still get nearly 80% of staves, which should allow him to run as a second runner. It will not work as a first-round pick, but it can still be a starter for your Fantasy team if it is healthy.
• Dave: Once he has healed his hamstring, Fournette will have a nice workload with a chance to find the reps. I think you really think Carlos Hyde and T.J. Yeldon will keep it to half the clichés ?! Many people are trying to trade against cheap Bell in the hope of using it for the playoffs. I'm trying to get Fournette for the same purpose. It could even come at a discount.
• Heather: When he comes back goodbye, he will be part of my starting training. I do not have much hope that it is in the top 10, but I really expect it to be beginner.

6. What is your best replacement next week at quarterback?

• Jamey: Baker Mayfield. He just scored 24 Fantasy points against Tampa Bay in Week 7, which was a season high. And his opponent at Week 8, Pittsburgh, has allowed all opposing quarters except one this year to score at least 21 Fantasy points.
• Dave: If it's just for week 8, that's Joe Flacco. It's completely non-sexy but the Ravens just can not run the ball (well, unless you count Lamar Jackson). That means the Ravens will have to go with Flacco's arm to carry the offensive.
• Heather: Derek Carr. I do not care that he just lost Cooper. Carr was more efficient throwing against Jordy Nelson, Jared Cook and Martavis Bryant anyway. More importantly, he has a bad defense and he has to face a bad defense of the Colts this week. I'm waiting for 280 yards and two touchdowns.

So who should you sit down and start the 8th week? And what shocking QB could you win week 8? See you now on SportsLine to get the Fantasy Football ranking for each position and see what QB shocked in the top 5 this week, all from the model that beat the experts in strength last season.