Start or sit in week 8

What Waiver projects for week 8 alone, with a floor and a ceiling for each player, so you can start the steady one when you are ahead and the volatile one when you need points. To weigh up two of your own players, compare them in the tool.

Quarterbacks

The QB18 is where starting ends in a twelve-team league.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Projected	Floor–ceiling
1	Drake Maye	NE	MIA	19.8	12.1–31.2
2	Joe Burrow	CIN	TEN	19.5	12.0–31.1
3	Josh Allen	BUF	BAL	19.1	11.7–30.7
4	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	IND	18.1	10.6–29.2
5	Dak Prescott	DAL	ARI	17.0	9.9–28.2
6	Caleb Williams	CHI	SEA	16.5	9.3–27.4
7	Jordan Love	GB	CAR	16.4	9.1–27.1
8	Lamar Jackson	BAL	BUF	16.3	9.2–27.3
9	Matthew Stafford	LA	LAC	15.9	9.2–27.3
10	Patrick Mahomes	KC	DEN	15.7	8.7–26.6
11	Bryce Young	CAR	GB	15.4	8.1–25.8
12	Jayden Daniels	WAS	PHI	15.2	8.0–25.7
13	Jacoby Brissett	ARI	DAL	15.1	8.2–25.9
14	Aaron Rodgers	PIT	CLE	14.8	8.4–26.2
15	Jared Goff	DET	MIN	14.7	7.8–25.4

Running backs

The RB30 is where starting ends in a twelve-team league.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Projected	Floor–ceiling
1	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	MIN	20.6	10.7–37.9
2	Bijan Robinson	ATL	TB	17.3	8.4–32.3
3	James Cook	BUF	BAL	16.3	7.8–30.8
4	Javonte Williams	DAL	ARI	16.2	7.7–30.5
5	Kyren Williams	LA	LAC	16.2	7.7–30.4
6	Kenneth Walker III	KC	DEN	15.4	7.2–29.3
7	Chase Brown	CIN	TEN	15.2	7.0–28.9
8	Josh Jacobs	GB	CAR	15.1	7.3–29.6
9	Jonathan Taylor	IND	JAX	14.6	6.7–28.0
10	Ashton Jeanty	LV	NYJ	14.3	6.4–27.4
11	Jaylen Warren	PIT	CLE	14.2	6.4–27.3
12	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	GB	13.5	5.9–26.1
13	Bucky Irving	TB	ATL	13.5	5.9–26.0
14	Bhayshul Tuten	JAX	IND	13.3	5.8–26.0
15	Derrick Henry	BAL	BUF	12.9	5.8–26.0

Wide receivers

The WR36 is where starting ends in a twelve-team league.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Projected	Floor–ceiling
1	Puka Nacua	LA	LAC	20.3	8.8–37.9
2	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	CHI	19.4	8.3–36.2
3	Amon-Ra St. Brown	DET	MIN	17.7	7.4–33.6
4	Zay Flowers	BAL	BUF	17.5	7.3–33.2
5	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	ARI	16.7	6.7–31.7
6	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	TEN	15.6	6.1–30.0
7	Drake London	ATL	TB	14.2	5.3–27.6
8	Tee Higgins	CIN	TEN	13.9	5.2–27.2
9	Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	GB	13.3	4.8–26.1
10	Parker Washington	JAX	IND	13.3	4.8–26.0
11	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	LV	13.2	4.8–25.9
12	Justin Jefferson	MIN	DET	12.2	4.2–24.3
13	Luther Burden III	CHI	SEA	12.1	4.1–24.0
14	DK Metcalf	PIT	CLE	12.0	4.1–24.1
15	Rashee Rice	KC	DEN	11.8	4.0–23.8

Tight ends

The TE14 is where starting ends in a twelve-team league.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Projected	Floor–ceiling
1	Trey McBride	ARI	DAL	14.4	5.7–28.0
2	Brock Bowers	LV	NYJ	14.0	5.6–27.5
3	Tucker Kraft	GB	CAR	10.5	3.7–21.1
4	Brenton Strange	JAX	IND	10.5	3.7–21.1
5	Hunter Henry	NE	MIA	10.0	3.6–20.7
6	Tyler Warren	IND	JAX	10.0	3.4–20.3
7	Sam LaPorta	DET	MIN	9.9	3.4–20.2
8	Dallas Goedert	PHI	WAS	9.9	3.5–20.6
9	Travis Kelce	KC	DEN	9.6	3.5–20.6
10	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	PIT	9.5	3.1–19.3
11	Kyle Pitts	ATL	TB	9.3	3.0–18.9
12	Chig Okonkwo	WAS	PHI	8.5	2.6–17.8
13	Mark Andrews	BAL	BUF	8.4	2.6–17.7
14	Dalton Kincaid Q	BUF	BAL	8.0	3.7–21.2
15	Mason Taylor	NYJ	LV	8.0	2.3–16.8

Projected points count each player's chance of playing. A floor is a bad week and a ceiling a good one: about one week in ten falls outside each. Rebuilt every week.