Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season arrives at the absolute worst time for fantasy football managers. With six teams on bye and injuries piling up across the league, finding the right wide receiver plays becomes paramount to keeping your playoff hopes alive. The obvious starts like Ja'Marr Chase and CeeDee Lamb will be locked into lineups, but this week demands deeper roster analysis and bold decisions on receivers flying under the radar. Making the right calls on fringe WR2s and WR3s could be the difference between victory and defeat during this brutal byemageddon stretch.
Start 'em wide receivers in fantasy football Week 8
Courtland Sutton , DEN (at DAL)
The Denver wideout has been remarkably consistent this season, finishing between WR10 and WR18 in four of his six games. Sutton remains B

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