Wide receiver-cornerback showdowns might be the most important individual matchups in football.
In this piece, I leverage snap data from Pro Football Focus to project NFL Week 8 WR/CB matchups.
For more, see the FantasyLabs Matchups page, where we provide basic and advanced data — including fantasy and red-zone performance — for each offensive skill-position player based on his matchup.
Also consult our Week 8 injury report or status updates on receivers and corners. I will update this piece for Sunday morning based on the week’s practice reports.
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Let’s start with this week’s featured matchup then run through all the potential shadow matchups and sort through my matrix featuring every matchup.
WR/CB Matchup of the Week
Michael Thomas vs. Patrick Peterson
Oh, baby.
Thomas entered the year with an all-time NFL-high 321 receptions through his first three seasons, and even without Drew Brees (thumb) for most of the past six weeks, Thomas leads the league with 62 receptions and 763 yards receiving.
His 83.1% catch rate since last year’s 2018 All-Pro campaign is the stuff of legends.
In NFL history, Thomas is just one of six players to open his career with three straight 1,000-yard receiving seasons, and he’s well on his way to his fourth such feat. I don’t want to overstate, but he’s on a Hall-of-Fame trajectory.
