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Week 8 boards · 1 window
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Ranked by stash priority among games that have not kicked off; numbers are each back’s rank in the whole window, and roster percentages are from ESPN public leagues, so your league may differ. Scores are rankings, not probabilities.
Monday Night · Week 8
Monangai out again, so Johnson is the only pickup
Write-up updated Mon, Nov 2, 3:47 AM EST.
Rest of the stableZavier Scott (RB4)ExpandCollapse
Zavier ScottRB40% rostered · free long shotPromoted from Chicago's practice squad to the active roster Tuesday Oct. 27 with Monangai still sidelined, the Bears releasing DB Nick McCloud for the spot. Reporting frames him as another body behind D'Andre Swift, not a new role: he has 46 special-teams snaps and no offensive snaps this season, and Roschon Johnson remains the RB2. Organizational depth only.
Injury history: No injury designation or absence has been reported for him in 2026, and no injury history was verified this cycle; the absence of reported injury data does not establish health.
42score
Wilson still leads if Charbonnet cannot go
Write-up updated Mon, Nov 2, 3:47 AM EST.
Rest of the stableGeorge Holani (RB4), Robert Henry Jr. (RB6)ExpandCollapse
George HolaniRB4receiving5% rostered · free long shotHealthy but squeezed. Holani carries no designation for Monday night vs. Chicago, yet both Charbonnet (knee) and Price (chest) were cleared this week, making Seattle's backfield whole for the first time in 2026. He had been the passing-down complement behind Emanuel Wilson; with two higher-pedigree backs back, his snap share should shrink. Situational pass-game depth, not a hold.
Injury history: No significant reported absences since entering the league in 2024. 2026: a knee appeared on the Week 3 report and a rib injury limited him in Week 4 and Week 5 prep, but he has missed no games. He is not listed on Seattle's Oct. 31 injury report, so the rib issue appears resolved; absence from a report does not by itself establish full health.
46score
Robert Henry Jr.RB60% rostered · free long shotPushed further down a now-healthy room. The undrafted UTSA rookie, signed off Washington's practice squad to Seattle's active roster Oct. 6, carries no designation on the club's Oct. 31 report but still has not played for the Seahawks. With Charbonnet and Price both cleared for Monday night and Wilson and Holani ahead of him, he is a deep dynasty watch only.
Injury history: Last cycle's feed carried an Out designation dated Oct. 18 with no club report explaining it. He does not appear on Seattle's Oct. 31 injury report, the first dated evidence that the designation has lapsed, but nothing confirming its cause or resolution was located. Absence of reported injury data establishes nothing about his health.
37score
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