Fantasy Football Start ‘Ems: Players to Start in Week 8

October 29, 2011   ·   Allie Fontana - Bruno Boys   ·   Jump to comments

If you are struggling to find suitable starters this week, our “Fantasy Football Start ‘Ems” for Week 8 will help you identify which players are worth taking that risk on during the dreaded bye weeks.
 
Philip Rivers (San Diego Chargers) @ Kansas City
Rivers has not been particularly good for much of this season, leading to some speculation he is playing through an injury. He had an especially poor effort against the New York Jets in Week 7, throwing for just 179 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions in the game.
The Jets obviously have a tough pass defense and things should be significantly easier this week against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs are coming off a strong effort in Week 7 against the Oakland Raiders as they intercepted quarterbacks Kyle Boller and Carson Palmer six times and allowed just 177 yards passing.
Kansas City had allowed 12 passing touchdowns prior to last week, though they did hold Rivers without a to...

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