Las Vegas Raiders fantasy: 2020 Week 8 Sit ‘Em or Start ‘Em

The Las Vegas Raiders travel to Ohio to take on the Cleveland Browns and we tell you whether to sit em or start em in Week 8.

The Las Vegas Raiders kept it close against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 7 but ran out of steam in the fourth quarter and ended up losing by more than three scores. Their reward for that loss is a trip to rainy Ohio to face one of the NFL’s surprise teams in the 5-2 Cleveland Browns.

The Browns have won more than 6 games just twice since 2008 and have not won more than 10 games since 1994 so they are already on pace for one of the best seasons in the team’s modern history. They are doing so with a combination of a prolific rushing offense and a stout run defense that can make teams one dimensional.

They are giving up plenty of yards through the air but they force turnovers and can get to the quarterback thanks to NFL sack leader Myles Garrett. The defensive backs and linebackers struggle in coverage and the Raiders can exploit that but the Raiders have weaknesses the Browns can exploit as well.

From a fantasy perspective this should be equally as fascinating as the teams have differing strengths and weaknesses and individual players should be able to take advantage, specifically the Raiders receivers and tight ends. In the next few slides we’ll take a dive in to the individual matchups and what they mean for the Raiders fantasy options.

Let’s start with team MVP Derek Carr.