8 Big-Name Players You May Want to Bench in Week 8

Alfred Morris, RB, Washington Redskins

Lama sabacthani! The old Hebrew expression for "Why have you forsaken me?" applies very readily to our former fantasy studmuffin, Alfred Morris. The Washington offense as a whole hasn't looked like it did even last year, let alone in 2012's pinnacle of production, but Alf has somehow looked even worse.

Here's a fun quiz: How many weeks this year has Morris eclipsed 10 fantasy points in? Answer: two, against Jacksonville and the New York Giants. Here's another: How many weeks this year has seen Morris achieve 100 rushing yards? Answer: none. This offense is barely treading water, having seen the reanimated corpse of Colt McCoy supplant Kirk Cousins as the starting quarterback this week, and no certainty on Robert Griffin III's timetable for a return.

Morris is caught in a quagmire on his own team, and now he has to square off against a still-shockingly effective Dallas Cowboys' defense who held Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch to just seven fantasy points in Week 6. Morris is - on his best days - a poor man's Lynch, but Monday does not appear likely to be one of those days.