2012 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings: Week 8

Author:
Athlon Sports
Publish date:
Oct 25, 2012

Each week during the NFL season, we will rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, because if you're looking at who the 50th-best running back or the 17th-best kicker is for that week, you need more help than any Web site can give you.

Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincinnati and Houston are all on bye this week.

2012 NFL Week 8 Fantasy Football Rankings — Quarterbacks


Rk	Player	Team	OPPONENT	Notes
1	Aaron Rodgers	GB	vs. JAC	Reigning MVP has 16 TDs, 2 INTs last 4 games.
2	Drew Brees	NO	at DEN	Four straight games w/ at least 3 TD passes.
3	Peyton Manning	DEN	vs. NO	Has three straight 300-3 performances.
4	Tom Brady	NE	vs. STL (London)	Only one game w/ 3+ TD passes so far.
5	Robert Griffin III	WAS	at PIT	Steelers No. 1 in passing defense.
6	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	vs. WAS	Redskins worst in NFL against pass.
7	Matt Ryan	ATL	at PHI	Looking to put Week 6 (1 TD, 3 INTs) behind him.
8	Eli Manning	NYG	at DAL	Only had 213 yards, 1 TD vs. Cowboys in Week 1.
9	Andrew Luck	IND	at TEN	Titans have allowed 16 TD passes vs. 5 INTs.
10	Michael Vick	PHI	vs. ATL	Is his job on the line against Falcons?
11	Tony Romo	DAL	vs. NYG	Put up 307-3-1 against Giants in Week 1.
12	Cam Newton	CAR	at CHI	Has just one 300-yard game to this point.
13	Philip Rivers	SD	at CLE	Extra week to stew on 6 TOs vs. Broncos.
14	Carson Palmer	OAK	at KC	Averaging 40+ pass attempts per game.
15	Matthew Stafford	DET	vs. SEA	Has more INTs (6) than TDs (5).
16	Jay Cutler	CHI	vs. CAR	Will his ribs be an issue against Panthers?
17	Josh Freeman	TB	at MIN (Thurs.)	Has thrown for 728 yds., 6 TDs in last two games.
18	Matt Hasselbeck	TEN	vs. IND	Gets 4th straight start, looking for 3 Ws in a row.
19	Alex Smith	SF	at ARI (Mon.)	Has thrown 1 TD pass vs. 4 INTs in last two games.
20	Brandon Weeden	CLE	vs. SD	Has posted 6:3 TD:INT ratio over last three games.
21	Sam Bradford	STL	vs. NE (London)	Rams' passing attack been inconsistent all season.
22	Christian Ponder	MIN	vs. TB (Thurs.)	Only 58 yds. (1 TD, 2 INTs) last week vs. Cardinals.
23	Mark Sanchez	NYJ	vs. MIA	Threw for season-high 328 yds. last week vs. Pats.
24	Russell Wilson	SEA	at DET	Has 2:7 TD:INT ratio on road vs. 6:1 at home.
25	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	at NYJ	Rookie has just 4 TD passes (6 INTs) thus far.
26	John Skelton	ARI	vs. SF (Mon.)	Cardinal QBs have been sacked 35 times already.