A Tale of Two A.J.s, Plus an Overlooked Zero-RB Star Emerges: Week 8 in Review

Blair Andrews
November 2, 2021

Get an early start on your preparation for the upcoming week with the RotoViz Monday Review tool. In this weekly article, Blair Andrews reviews some of the most interesting observations from the tool and the last week in fantasy football.

Week 8 brought with it a number of depressing injuries and inactives. Derrick Henry is probably lost for the season. Calvin Ridley is stepping away from football indefinitely.^[1]It’s a bummer for fantasy teams but almost certainly a measure more athletes should be encouraged to take, and Ridley’s decision deserves praise. We got confirmation Ja’Marr Chase is human.^[2]Kind of — he still scored a touchdown. But we were also treated to explosive performances from some of our favorite players. Let’s use the Monday Review tool to dig a littler deeper.

Observations and Overreactions from Week 8

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↑1	It’s a bummer for fantasy teams but almost certainly a measure more athletes should be encouraged to take, and Ridley’s decision deserves praise.
↑2	Kind of — he still scored a touchdown.

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Blair Andrews

Managing Editor, Author of The Wrong Read, Occasional Fantasy Football League Winner. All opinions are someone else's.

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