NFL Week 8 early look: projections before the injury reports

These are the Crow’s first Week 8 numbers, run on Tuesday, October 27, 12:50 AM ET, before any team has filed a Week 8 injury report. Treat them as a starting point for waivers and trades, not as start/sit calls.

Our full Week 8 projections go live on Tuesday, October 27, 4:00 AM ET, within about 20 minutes. That’s when the projections, rankings and start/sit pages switch to Week 8 and start updating every 20 minutes.

What these numbers assume

• No Week 8 injury reports yet. Teams file the first practice report on Wednesday. Until then every player counts as available, unless he’s on injured reserve or his team has announced something since his last game (those show a chance to play next to his name).
• Depth charts and usage are as of today, scored in PPR.

On bye

Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers.

Top early projections (PPR)

QB

#	Player	Team	Opponent	Median
1	Josh Allen	BUF	vs BAL	23.8
2	Joe Burrow	CIN	vs TEN	22.1
3	Drake Maye	NE	@ MIA	21.9
4	Jayden Daniels	WAS	vs PHI	20.7
5	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	vs IND	20.2
6	Jordan Love	GB	vs CAR	17.6
7	Tyler Huntley	BAL	@ BUF	17.4
8	Dak Prescott	DAL	vs ARI	16.4
9	Jared Goff	DET	vs MIN	16.1
10	Matthew Stafford	LAR	vs LAC	16.1
11	Baker Mayfield	TB	vs ATL	16.1
12	Bryce Young	CAR	@ GB	16.1

RB

#	Player	Team	Opponent	Median
1	Bijan Robinson	ATL	@ TB	21.1
2	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	vs MIN	20.9
3	Braelon Allen	NYJ	vs LV	18.3
4	James Cook	BUF	vs BAL	17.6
5	Chase Brown	CIN	vs TEN	17.0
6	D'Andre Swift	CHI	@ SEA	16.4
7	Ashton Jeanty	LV	@ NYJ	16.0
8	Javonte Williams	DAL	vs ARI	15.7
9	Kyren Williams	LAR	vs LAC	15.5
10	Derrick Henry	BAL	@ BUF	15.5
11	Kenneth Walker III	KC	@ DEN	15.3
12	Bucky Irving	TB	vs ATL	15.2
13	Jonathan Taylor	IND	@ JAX	14.7
14	Jaylen Warren	PIT	vs CLE	14.5
15	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	@ GB	13.2
16	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	@ MIA	12.7
17	Josh Jacobs	GB	vs CAR	12.0
18	Bhayshul Tuten	JAX	vs IND	11.7
19	Tony Pollard	TEN	@ CIN	11.0
20	Dameon Pierce	PHI	@ WAS	10.5
21	Emanuel Wilson	SEA	vs CHI	10.3
22	Rachaad White	WAS	vs PHI	10.2
23	Tyler Allgeier	ARI	@ DAL	9.6
24	Quinshon Judkins	CLE	@ PIT	9.5

WR

#	Player	Team	Opponent	Median
1	Puka Nacua	LAR	vs LAC	22.6
2	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	SEA	vs CHI	19.7
3	Christian Watson	GB	vs CAR	17.6
4	Zay Flowers	BAL	@ BUF	16.6
5	Drake London	ATL	@ TB	16.6
6	Ja'Marr Chase	CIN	vs TEN	16.2
7	Tee Higgins	CIN	vs TEN	14.5
8	CeeDee Lamb	DAL	vs ARI	14.4
9	Parker Washington	JAX	vs IND	14.0
10	Jameson Williams	DET	vs MIN	13.7
11	Tetairoa McMillan	CAR	@ GB	13.7
12	Michael Wilson	ARI	@ DAL	13.6
13	Chris Godwin Jr.	TB	vs ATL	13.5
14	George Pickens	DAL	vs ARI	13.4
15	DK Metcalf	PIT	vs CLE	12.9
16	A.J. Brown	NE	@ MIA	12.3
17	Xavier Worthy	KC	@ DEN	12.0
18	Justin Jefferson	MIN	@ DET	11.8
19	Garrett Wilson	NYJ	vs LV	11.6
20	Stefon Diggs	WAS	vs PHI	11.1
21	Amon-Ra St. Brown (69% to play)	DET	vs MIN	11.1
22	Tre Tucker	LV	@ NYJ	11.0
23	Khalil Shakir	BUF	vs BAL	10.9
24	Carnell Tate	TEN	@ CIN	10.7

TE

#	Player	Team	Opponent	Median
1	Trey McBride	ARI	@ DAL	14.3
2	Brock Bowers	LV	@ NYJ	13.5
3	Colston Loveland	CHI	@ SEA	12.1
4	Brenton Strange	JAX	vs IND	11.4
5	Tucker Kraft	GB	vs CAR	11.3
6	Sam LaPorta	DET	vs MIN	10.1
7	Hunter Henry	NE	@ MIA	9.4
8	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	vs BAL	8.8
9	Travis Kelce	KC	@ DEN	8.7
10	Dallas Goedert	PHI	@ WAS	8.2
11	Kyle Pitts	ATL	@ TB	8.0
12	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	@ DET	7.8

Biggest changes from Week 7

Medians compared with our Week 7 projections, mostly from matchups and changed roles.

Up

• Tyler Huntley (QB, BAL): 4.8 → 17.4 (+12.6)
• Baker Mayfield (QB, TB): 3.6 → 16.1 (+12.5)
• DeVonta Smith (WR, PHI): 0.0 → 9.4 (+9.4)
• Braelon Allen (RB, NYJ): 11.1 → 18.3 (+7.2)
• Bucky Irving (RB, TB): 8.3 → 15.2 (+6.9)
• Joe Burrow (QB, CIN): 17.6 → 22.1 (+4.5)

Down

• Aaron Jones (RB, MIN): 15.4 → 6.3 (−9.1) (69% to play)
• Amon-Ra St. Brown (WR, DET): 19.3 → 11.1 (−8.2) (69% to play)
• Jalen Coker (WR, CAR): 13.2 → 6.6 (−6.5) (69% to play)
• Matthew Golden (WR, GB): 14.0 → 7.7 (−6.3) (69% to play)
• Jaylen Waddle (WR, DEN): 9.9 → 5.7 (−4.2) (69% to play)
• Sam LaPorta (TE, DET): 13.5 → 10.1 (−3.4)

What happens next

• Tuesday, October 27, 4:00 AM ET: full Week 8 projections, rankings and start/sit calls.
• Wednesday to Friday: practice reports. Each one updates the injury report and the projections within 20 minutes.
• Each kickoff: that game’s projections freeze and are scored on our accuracy page once the stats are in.