Week 8 Fantasy Football Rankings Risers & Fallers: Jonah Coleman, Tyler Allgeier & More

There’s a saying in poker: it’s better to win late than win early. The same can be said in fantasy football. From a weekly standpoint, the rankings leading into kickoff are far more important than the rankings early in the week. We get more information as the week progresses, with the final piece of news dropping when inactives are officially announced.

We got our first big wave of news with the Friday injury reports. A handful of big-name players were ruled out, while others appear poised for returns. This results in a definite shake-up in the Week 8 fantasy football rankings.

Let’s dive into some of the biggest movers.

Risers In The Week 8 Fantasy Football Rankings

Jonah Coleman, RB, DEN

Coleman returned to the lineup following a four-game absence in Week 7, and he immediately stepped right into a meaningful role. He played on 50% of the team’s offensive snaps, and he handled 41% of their rushing attempts. That included 100% of the short-yardage opportunities.

Coleman has the opportunity for an even larger workload in Week 8. The Broncos have utilized a three-man committee at running back when healthy this season, with Coleman, J.K. Dobbins, and RJ Harvey all factoring into the equation. Harvey has handled most of the pass-catching responsibilities, while Dobbins and Coleman have had more of the rushing attempts.

Harvey has been ruled out for this week’s matchup vs. the Chiefs, and he ranks fourth among all RBs with a 17% target share this season. Someone is going to have to fill his shoes in the Broncos’ backfield, and Coleman is the more natural fit. He had solid pass-catching chops in college, and he’s been targeted more frequently than Dobbins this season (36% TPRR vs. 22%).

Additionally, Coleman appears to have overtaken Dobbins as the team’s primary ball carrier. Dobbins played on just 21% of the offensive snaps last week, and he handled just 27% of the rushing attempts. Both were his lowest marks of the year.

It creates a scenario where Coleman could be a legit three-down back in Week 8. He’s up to RB23 in our fantasy football projections, making him a legit RB2 candidate.

Wan’Dale Robinson, WR, TEN

It’s hard to get excited about anyone who catches passes from Cam Ward at the moment. He has not made “the leap” in his second professional season. If anything, he’s taken a step backward; he’s dipped from 5.8 adjusted yards per attempt as a rookie to just 5.0 this year.

That said, Robinson has the potential for significant volume this Sunday. Carnell Tate has been ruled out for the Titans, and he leads the team with a 27% target share this season.

Robinson is just slightly behind Tate at 23%, and that number should see a big bump vs. the Bengals. The matchup is also appealing. The Bengals’ defense is generally improved this year, but no team has allowed more fantasy production to slot receivers.

Add it all up, and Robinson looks like a solid WR3 for fantasy purposes this week. He checks in at WR28 in our projections.

Makai Lemon, WR, PHI

The Eagles offense remains in a state of crisis. Jalen Hurts is not coming back any time soon, and both DeVonta Smith and Dontayvion Wicks remain out at receiver. Saquon Barkley will suit up this week, but who knows how many snaps he’ll play vs. the Commanders. He was limited to just 10 snaps last week and was forced to sit out the entire fourth quarter.

Lemon has been a near-every-snap player for the Eagles as a rookie, but his impact has been limited with the team at full strength. That changed last week. He posted a season-high 25% target share, so he served as the team’s clear WR1. He responded with 16.2 0.5-PPR points, good for a WR13 finish for the week.

Lemon ultimately still has to catch passes from Tanner McKee, so it’s hard to vault him too high up the rankings. However, the matchup vs. the Commanders is a good one. They rank 22nd in EPA per pass defensively, and they’ve allowed the sixth-most fantasy points per game to opposing receivers. It’s enough for Lemon to crack the top-30 in the WR projections.

Fallers In The Week 8 Fantasy Football Rankings

Emanuel Wilson, RB, SEA

Wilson has served as the Seahawks RB1 for a large chunk of the season, but those days could be coming to an end. He’s facing multiple challengers for touches moving forward. Rookie Jadarian Price logged a full practice on Friday, so he appears on track to return to the lineup Monday vs. the Bears.

Zach Charbonnet is also on the verge of making his season debut. He was a full participant in practice early in the week before being downgraded to limited on Friday. Charbonnet could still theoretically miss one more contest before being activated before Week 9, but he now has nearly two weeks of practice under his belt. Odds are, he’ll also be back in the lineup vs. the Bears.

It creates a nightmare situation for fantasy purposes. If both Price and Charbonnet are active, we have no idea how the touches in the backfield will be divided. It looks like a potential three-person committee, though it wouldn’t be a huge shock if Wilson fell out of the equation entirely.

This is a clear “wait and see” situation. Charbonnet is the safest of the bunch given his likely pass-catching role, but it’s hard to trust any of the Seattle RBs in this contest.

Tyler Allgeier/Bam Knight, RBs, ARI

Price isn’t the only rookie RB who is expected to return this week. Jeremiyah Love will suit up for the Cardinals after missing the past two games.

That’s a clear blow for both Allgeier and Knight, who have split the touches in the backfield over the past two games. They’ve each played on at least 49% of the team’s offensive snaps during that stretch, and they’ve each handled at least 40% of the team’s rushing attempts.

Knight feels like the biggest loser of the two. He was basically invisible to start the year, playing on 8% of the snaps or fewer through the first five weeks. Allgeier is more likely to maintain his role in the rotation, but he could also see a reduction in responsibilities.

Before getting injured, Love had started to pull away from the pack. He handled at least 71% of the carries in two of his previous three games, and as the No. 3 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, that’s not a huge shocker. The team should only continue to increase his workload, which makes the other RBs in Arizona pretty irrelevant.

Xavier Worthy, WR, KC

Rashee Rice has missed nearly all of the team’s past three games, which has allowed Worthy to serve as the team’s top receiver. He’s had a 25% target share over that stretch, and he’s also racked up 38% of the team’s air yards. That hasn’t resulted in a ton of fantasy production – he’s averaged just 7.5 0.5-PPR points per game across those contests – but it represented a clear uptick in volume.

Now, Rice is set to return to the lineup this week vs. the Broncos. Rice has not been nearly as large of a target hog when on the field this season, but he did have a 39% target share in his last full game before getting injured. It feels like it’s just a matter of time before he’s back to being the team’s clear-cut No. 1 option. The Chiefs have been much more successful on the ground than through the air this season, so it’s hard to imagine multiple receivers being relevant for fantasy purposes.

Worthy drops all the way to WR50 in our projections for Week 8. That makes him a clear bench in all formats.