Fantasy Football Week 8 Lineup Cheat Sheet Rankings tell you who to start and sit in PPR leagues (2024)

FAQs

What position should be picked first in fantasy football? ›

Your first pick should be a running back, preferably Robinson, and so is your second pick — either Jacobs or Kansas City's Isiah Pacheco, who will have plenty of scoring opportunities with little competition for touches in the backfield.

This one is pretty straightforward: Set your lineup before "Thursday Night Football" kicks off (usually 8:15 p.m. ET). Head to your team page, take a look at the injury designations and projected point totals, and select the players you want in your lineup for the week.

A fantasy football team consists of one quarterback, two running backs, two wide receivers, one tight end, one flex, one kicker, and a team defense/special teams.

It's not better to draft early or late in fantasy football. The truth is -- most successful fantasy teams each season don't tend to come from either end of the draft but more toward the middle.

I recommend dedicating (at least) one of your first four picks to either a QB or TE. Consider Travis Kelce, Sam LaPorta, Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes or Jalen Hurts in the third round, or Lamar Jackson, Trey McBride, Mark Andrews or Dalton Kincaid in the fourth. ... stuff your bench with league-winning upside.

This starting lineup features one quarterback, two running backs, two receivers, one tight end, one defense/special teams, and one kicker. Most leagues nowadays feature one more starter, whether it be a receiver or a flex position. We will cover that below.

You need enough depth at each position to account for all of this. Every fantasy manager should draft their Best Ball roster with the same basic starting point. You will take at least two quarterbacks, four running backs, five wide receivers, and two tight ends. Those are the minimums you should have at each position.

The Lineup Lock Time is when team lineups lock each week. This applies to moving players between active slots, or between active slots and bench slots. NOTE: In League Manager leagues, the League Manager (LM) may change the Lineup Lock Time settings up until one hour prior to the draft.

By consensus ADP, Breece Hall and Bijan Robinson are both top-six selections, which is a little too high when Amon-Ra St. Brown and Justin Jefferson are available. They are much safer bets in the first round. Even if the top five wide receivers are gone, picking A.J. Brown is a relatively safe pick in this range.

What is the best fantasy draft strategy? ›

You select your own team of players, setting a lineup every week. Then, you watch as they run, pass, catch and score touchdowns, all of which are worth fantasy points. Every week, you are matched up against someone else in your league, and whoever has the most fantasy points that week, wins!