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All The Must Knows from NFL Week 8

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Daniel Jones, undrafted, is quarterback six on the year and in the MVP conversation in Shane Steichen's offense.

1. Top-10 Takeaways, hosted by Pete Nova of Player Profiler, runs through ten Week 8 fantasy football takeaways at the NFL season's midpoint, which Nova calls "probably the worst week in fantasy football" of the year. 2. Nova hosts with producer Morgan Grimes in the background, and he closes with a live mailbag from the chat after a sponsored read for FastDraft's Quick Six Super Slam, where he says he finished inside the top 12. 3. His central argument is that Week 8 produced backup quarterbacks and backup running backs outscoring starters, so managers should favor waiver pickups, streaming and buying low over holding struggling early picks. 4. The injury section covers Cam Scadaboo's dislocated ankle and emergency surgery, Carson Wentz's shoulder surgery, a Luther Burden concussion and a Quinshon Judkins shoulder that is day to day, with Nova saying Barkley and Judkins "escaped" worse outcomes. 5. Nova targets Sam Darnold (under 30% rostered, facing Washington, projected to finish ahead of Caleb Williams as a top-12 quarterback) and says Khalil Shakir is the Bills receiver to trust, with 21 targets over the last three weeks versus Keon Coleman's inconsistency. 6. He calls first-round rookie Matthew Golden droppable, noting just one game over 12 PPR points and two red zone targets, while recommending Tyrone Tracy, Devin Singletary, Colson Loveland and Christian Watson as pickups. 7. Chase Brown has posted back-to-back 100-yard games and 10-plus fantasy points in four of five games, and Nova points to a closing schedule of Baltimore twice, Miami, Buffalo and Arizona. 8. On Rico Dowdle, Nova says the snap share fell to 46% then 36% but that Dowdle is outproducing Chuba Hubbard (12 carries for 34 yards), citing the coach's remark that Rico "has been exceptional." 9. He labels the Colts "ADP crushers": undrafted Daniel Jones is QB6, Jonathan Taylor leads running backs at 27.1 points per game with four three-touchdown games, and Tyler Warren (ADP 88) is TE5, which Nova says supports punting quarterback and tight end. 10. Fantasy football managers who stream defenses and work the waiver wire will get the most from this episode.

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