//Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 8

Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Week 8

The Week 8 waiver wire is filled with quality players to pickup for fantasy football teams including Baker Mayfield, Cole Beasley and Sterling Shepard.

Week 8 Waiver Wire

There wasn’t a depressing amount of injuries in Week 7 like there have been at time this season, but players are still emerging from the free agency pool in fantasy leagues. With four teams on a bye (Washington, Houston, Arizona, Jacksonville), fantasy football players will need to find quality replacements in Week 8 and stash some players for their upcoming playoff run.

Here are Sports Illustrated‘s top pickups heading into Week 8:

Quarterbacks

Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins: The 3-3 Dolphins made the decision to ride with their rookie quarterback for the rest of the season, giving Tua the starting nod over Ryan Fitzpatrick when the team returns from their Week 7 bye. Fitzpatrick was playing well both from a fantasy and reality standpoint, so the move