Fantasy Football Week 8 Waiver Wire: Players To Cut From Your Fantasy Team

For so many years Donovan McNabb was a good fantasy quarterback when he played for the Philadelphia Eagles. It was almost a guarantee that if you had him on your team you’d start him every week. Now McNabb has moved on to the Washington Redskins, who are in transition under first-year coach Mike Shanahan.

With just six touchdowns in six games this season, McNabb has lost his fantasy value, and in a lot of cases isn’t even a good spot starter.

That’s why McNabb is one of the 11 players that makes our Week 8 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire—Cut Them Loose List.

Donovan McNabb (Washington Redskins)

Aside from throwing just six touchdowns in six games this year, Washington Redskins quarterback Donovan McNabb just hasn’t quite looked like his old self. Transitioning to a new team is never easy on a veteran quarterback, but McNabb’s consistency isn’t there anymore either.

In the last two weeks he’s thrown two touchdowns with four interceptions. Other than wide receiver Santana Moss and tight end Chris Cooley, there just aren’t any consistent receiving options for McNabb.

It begs the question: Are McNabb’s best years behind him? That remains to be seen, but for now he is no longer a legitimate fantasy option and should be cut in favor of somebody who can boost your team.

Louis Murphy (Oakland Raiders)

In the first three weeks it appeared that Oakland Raiders receiver Louis Murphy was going to break out in his second year in the league.

In Weeks 2 and 3 he combined for 11 catches for 210 yards and a touchdown. However, since then Murphy has caught just six passes for 99 yards and no touchdowns in four games. That’s good enough to cut it as a WR3 in standard leagues, and now that Jason Campbell is back at quarterback, Murphy’s situation doesn’t stand to improve.

Campbell is too inconsistent from game to game. There’s a number of receivers available on the waiver wire worth picking up in favor of Murphy. Don’t hold out hope that he’ll start putting up numbers like he did in the first three weeks.

Nate Washington (Tennessee Titans)

For some reason Tennessee Titans receiver Nate Washington is owned almost 50 percent of standard leagues. He’s got three catches in the past three weeks, and in each of the last two games he’s had single-digit receiving yards.

Perhaps this has something to do with the emergence of Kenny Britt. Britt has scored at least one touchdown in each of the team’s last five games, including last week’s win over the Philadelphia Eagles when he caught seven passes for 225 yards and three touchdowns.

Now that Britt has emerged, Washington takes a back seat and likely won’t catch more than a pass or two a game. If you’re still holding on to him, it’s time to dump him.

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