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Fantasy Football: Early waiver wire pickups for week 8

Yahoo Sports’ Andy Behrens offers up a trio of players for fantasy managers to consider — Ravens' Gus Edwards, Panthers' D'Onta Foreman and Giants' Daniel Jones.

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ANDY BEHRENS: Andy Behrens here with some early fantasy pickup options for week 8. And we have to start with Gus Edwards. He's available in almost 60% of Yahoo leagues right now. Made his return from that knee injury. And wow, did he return in style. A couple of touchdowns, 66 rushing yards. And we know he's not a volume pass catcher.

But Gus, especially near the goal line, incredibly efficient, powerful runner. It's a guy who came in averaging 5.2 yards per carry for his NFL career. Looked great against Cleveland on Sunday. You have to think of him as the lead back for the Ravens for however long certainly JK Dobbins is going to be out and perhaps beyond.

Also, D'Onta Foreman, 145 scrimmage yards for Carolina. He's available in just over 50% of Yahoo leagues. Clearly needs to be rostered right now. I'll also toss out the name Daniel Jones, who really outplayed basically all of his receivers on Sunday. Excellent game from him. Huge rushing contributions. And next week, it's the Seattle Seahawks. That's been a very user-friendly fantasy defense.