Pat Freiermuth Fantasy Hub: Week 8 Injury Update, Start ‘Em/Sit ‘Em Advice, Points Projection, and Weather Impact
The Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2) will host the Green Bay Packers (4-1) in Week 8. Here’s the latest fantasy football news and advice to help you with your lineups this week and moving forward, specifically regarding TE Pat Freiermuth.
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Is Pat Freiermuth Playing in Week 8?
Freiermuth is not on the injury report and barring a surprise, he is expected to play.
We’ll continue to monitor the Steelers’ injury report leading up to kickoff for any changes. You can also visit and bookmark our Fantasy News Tracker for the latest updates.
Should You Start or Sit Pat Freiermuth in Week 8?
I suppose this is a name that needs to be addressed for the first time in this space because he turned six targets into 28.1 PPR points on Thursday night in Cincinnati.
Relax.
Yes, it’s a name you know, and yes, this offense is going to use the TE position to essentially serve as their WR2 role, but there’s no way to project Pat Freiermuth as a viable option moving forward.
His first touchdown was an absolute dime from Aaron Rodgers, threading the needle in zone coverage, and the 68-yard score gave the Steelers a late lead that they’d squander. The two players were great, but it doesn’t change the fact that this man wasn’t a top-25 performer at the position once during the first 1.5 months of the season.
It also doesn’t change the fact that he accounted for one-third of the TE targets and 35.6% of the TE routes in Week 7.
Darnell Washington and Jonnu Smith also scored (five TE TDs across both teams, the first time that had happened since 2018) and were on the field plenty.
In combining through the snap data, there seems to be no real lean. Whether you split it off by third downs, red zone snaps, or participation when trailing … everything was split pretty evenly.
We all have developed trust issues with tight ends that have no role competition, they simply just struggle to produce on a weekly basis, so forgive me if I’m not jumping at the opportunity to throw a dart at a three-headed committee.
You know what happens to that? The three-dragon meme. There are two scary ones and one goofy one with its tongue sticking out. You hit the latter option.
Every. Time.
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Freiermuth’s Fantasy Points Projection in Week 8
Freiermuth is projected to score 6.1 fantasy points in PPR formats.
We project Freiermuth to have 3 receptions for 25 yards and 0.2 touchdowns.
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Week 8 Weather Impact: Packers at Steelers
The forecast for kickoff is 46 degrees Fahrenheit with 7 mph winds. These are ideal conditions for fantasy production.
