DFS: Week 8 Team Ranks

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Orlando Ramirez / USA TODAY Sports

Here is a look at each teams' offensive and defensive rankings based on yardage-per-game statistics from from the first seven weeks of the NFL season (all times ET):

Sunday

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons, 1 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
Tampa Bay 4th 23rd 15th 5th
Atlanta 5th 9th 2nd 25th

Arizona Cardinals at Cleveland Browns, 1 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
Arizona 10th 6th 7th 7th
Cleveland 28th 8th 32nd 16th

San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams, 1 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
San Francisco 17th 31st 20th 31st
 St. Louis 13th 32nd 14th 17th

New York Giants at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
NY Giants 25th 14th 21st 30th
New Orleans 22nd 3rd 28th 26th

Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears, 1 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
Minnesota 6th 30th 13th 11th
Chicago 16th 24th 25th 6th

San Diego Chargers at Baltimore Ravens, 1 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
San Diego 29th 1st 31st 9th
Baltimore 19th 12th 10th 28th

Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers, 1 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
Cincinnati 12th 5th 16th 21st
Pittsburgh 9th 26th 8th 27th

Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans, 1 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
Tennessee 20th 25th 29th 2nd
Houston 27th 4th 27th 15th

New York Jets at Oakland Raiders, 4:05 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
NY Jets 3rd 16th 1st 4th
Oakland 23rd 11th 3rd 32nd

Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
Seattle 2nd 28th 6th 3rd
Dallas 7th 20th 9th 13th

Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos, 8:30 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
Green Bay 8th 22nd 22nd 12th
Denver 30th 18th 4th 1st

Monday

Indianapolis Colts at Carolina Panthers, 8:30 p.m.

TEAM RUN PASS RUN DEF PASS DEF
Indianapolis 26th 10th 23rd 29th
Carolina 1st 29th 18th 8th

The Digest

DFS: Week 8 Daily Fantasy Digest

by theScore Staff
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Here's a comprehensive breakdown of theScore's daily fantasy coverage entering Week 8 of the NFL season:

  • In The Slate (Part I and Part II), James Bisson takes a comprehensive look at the week's schedule from a DFS standpoint.
  • Our weekly Pigskin Panel examines where Antonio Brown will finish among wide receivers, and who will lead Houston in carries.
  • Esten McLaren breaks down the best quarterback-receiver tandems of the week in his Combo Plays feature.
  • Our Debate Team feature examines Darren McFadden is a top-10 running back play in Week 8.
  • Jason Wilson uncovers the deepest, cheapest sleeper picks of the week in Mystery Men.
  • Ken Conrad's weekly Deal or No Deal post looks at the Houston Texans, who have played more than their share of garbage time of late.
  • In Don't Believe the Hype, Jason Wilson shares three players whose Week 7 successes should be ignored in Week 8.
  • David Chernish's Counterattack outlines the week's top contrarian plays.
  • Andrew Potter's Numbers Game takes a look at the most relevant statistics from an entertaining Week 7.

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