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Video: Week 8 Waivers

By Matt Schauf | Updated on Wed, 23 Oct 2024 . 9:33 AM EDT

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The Chris Godwin injury. The Mike Evans injury. The Brandon Aiyuk injury. Deebo Samuel pneumonia. All those situations are driving this week's strategy for the fantasy football waiver wire. We're talkin' Jauan Jennings, Ricky Pearsall, Jalen McMillan and more. Plus TE help and streaming defenses.

0:00 Intro

0:44 49ers WRs

3:22 Buccaneers WRs

7:23 Troy Franklin

9:07 Tre Tucker

10:12 Hunter Henry

11:47 Jonnu Smith

13:26 Noah Fant

16:51 One more waiver wire target

18:10 Week 8 streaming defense

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Matt Schauf, Editor

Matt has earned two Fantasy Pros accuracy awards for IDP rankings and won thousands of dollars as a player across best ball, dynasty, and high-stakes fantasy formats. He has been creating fantasy football content for more than 20 years, with work featured by Sporting News, Rotoworld, Athlon, Sirius XM, and others. He's been with Draft Sharks since 2011.