NFL Week 8 Fantasy Preview: Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans, Kendall Wright, Antonio Andrews, Chris Polk, Alfred Blue, DeAndre Hopkins

Oct 28, 2015 03:37 PM EDT
Running back Antonio Andrews #26 of the Tennessee Titans
Running back Antonio Andrews #26 of the Tennessee Titans carries the ball during a NFL game against the Buffalo Bills at Nissan Stadium on October 11, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee."

Tennessee Titans

Kendall Wright (Wide Receivers): The Texans have given up the 10th most fantasy points to wide receivers this season giving these wide receivers a solid matchup in week 8. Wright is the team's number 1 receiver and is averaging around 6 targets a game so he should be in the mix plenty. A lot of this depends also on whether or not Mariota returns to continue his chemistry with this wide receiving corps.

Antonio Andrews (Running Back): Antonio Andrews is not Lamar Miller by any stretch of the imagination but has a great matchup heading into week 8's contest with the Texans. The Texans have given up the 6th most fantasy points to running backs and gave up 248 yards to Lamar Miller last week. Andrews should see the end zone in this game.

Houston Texans

DeAndre Hopkins (Wide Receiver): The Titans are great at defending the pass so Hopkins may have another down week especially with the loss of Arian Foster. Hopkins has led the NFL in Targets and fantasy points however he has mostly faced bottom barrel defenses (Indianapolis/Jacksonville/Tampa Bay/Kansas City etc) so it will be interesting to see how he performs down the stretch.  

Chris Polk/Alfred Blue (Running Back): Polk and Blue are the leading candidates to replace the injured Arian Foster.  Polk played better than Blue through all of the games Foster was injured earlier on in the season so it would come as no surprise if he was the starting running back again. Tennessee has been incredibly stingy on the run this season so it might be best to sit both of these guys and wait to see who emerges.

 

 

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