The Cleveland Browns will face the Baltimore Ravens in Week 8. Here’s the latest fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups this week and moving forward, especially regarding QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson.
Is Dorian Thompson-Robinson Playing in Week 8?
Head coach Kevin Stefanski noted Wednesday that the Browns plan to see how Thompson-Robinson progresses from his finger injury — specifically in terms of his throwing — before a determination on the QB’s Week 8 availability is made.
Thompson-Robinson participated fully in practice all week. He will serve as Clevleand’s QB2 behind new starter Jamies Winston.
We’ll continue to monitor the Browns’ injury report. You can also visit and bookmark our NFL Injury Tracker and Fantasy News Tracker for the latest updates.
Should You Start or Sit Dorian Thompson-Robinson in Week 8?
Thompson-Robinson averaged nearly 2.5 touchdowns per interception and ran for 28 scores during his collegiate career, demonstrating the type of skill set that fantasy managers love to target (see Richardson, Anthony). He took over for the Browns after the injury to Watson last week, and it didn’t take long for his athleticism to flash with a 34-yard carry.
It also didn’t take long for an injury to occur. We will see where his status nets out with time, but the middle finger injury puts this offense at risk of looking like when Malik Willis was leading the Packers. I like DTR more than I did Watson, but if he’s under center, this projects as a run-heavy script — that’s the last type of offense I want to invest in against the Ravens.
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson’s Fantasy Points Projection in Week 8
Thompson-Robinson is projected to score 6.4 fantasy points in Week 8. This includes 116.5 passing yards, 0.3 passing touchdowns, and 1.1 interceptions. It also includes 3.7 rushing attempts for 17.2 yards and 0 touchdowns.
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Dorian Thompson-Robinson’s Week 8 Fantasy Ranking
Our Weekly Consensus PPR Rankings are below — both positional and overall. They were last updated at 11:45 PM ET on Saturday, January 25.
Conference Championship QB PPR Rankings
1) Josh Allen | BUF (at KC)
2) Jalen Hurts | PHI (vs. WAS)
3) Jayden Daniels | WAS (at PHI)
4) Patrick Mahomes | KC (vs. BUF)
Baltimore Ravens at Cleveland Browns Insights
Baltimore Ravens
Team: The Ravens play three divisional games over the next four weeks – Week 11 will mark the end of their road divisional games this regular season.
QB: Lamar Jackson completed 11-of-14 passes for 181 yards and two touchdowns in the first half on Monday night in Tampa Bay. The reigning MVP has a first-half touchdown pass in five straight games, matching the second-longest streak of his career (he had nine straight games bridging the 2019-20 seasons).
Offense: The Ravens have scored 30-plus points in four straight games, the third time they’ve done that in a single season since the start of 2000. A fifth straight game would match their longest streak over that stretch (Weeks 7-11 in 2023, Weeks 7-12 in 2019).
Defense: Baltimore entered Week 7 with three interceptions – they picked off Baker Mayfield twice in the stretch of three first-half passes.
Fantasy: Zay Flowers is turning into one of the more frustrating fantasy options in the league. Through seven weeks, he now has four games with under 40 receiving yards and three with north of 90
Betting: Overs have come through in nine of Baltimore’s past 13 games played on short rest.
Cleveland Browns
Team: The Browns have lost five straight games and haven’t scored more than 16 points in any of them – that’s the longest such streak within a single season since the 2017 Texans (Weeks 12-17).
QB: Deshaun Watson’s season is over – no QB who kept his job through seven weeks was averaging fewer yards per pass this year (5.3).
Offense: The Browns have punted on most of their drives this season (50.6%, pacing for the highest rate since both the Rams and 49ers punted on 50.8% of their possessions in 2016).
Defense: The Browns have allowed the second-lowest completion percentage this season (58.8%) but also have the third-worst interception rate (0.5%).
Fantasy: David Njoku scored last week and has a pair of top-10 finishes at the tight end position this season – if there is going to be a bright spot in this passing game, he seems poised to be it.
Betting: Home underdogs getting more than seven points have covered 60.2% of the time since 2020 (44-29-2).