6 Things I Learned From Week 8 of the NFL Season

Arian Foster Deserves More Love

The number of fantasy football-related Rob Gronkowski "I told you so" tweets yesterday couldn't be counted. There were thousands. And I find that a little odd. Gronk hasn't been his usual elite self this year, and seeing him do what he did yesterday was big for fantasy owners. I get it. But some owners - not all, please keep this in mind - drafted Gronk in the second round this year, close to straight-up studs like Antonio Brown, Le'Veon Bell, and one man who's getting no love, Arian Foster.

In games played since Week 1, Foster has had weekly ranks of 5th, 18th, 3rd, 2nd, 10th at the running back position. And after Week 8, we should be able to add a "1st" to that list.

His consistency has only been matched by DeMarco Murray, Matt Forte and the aforementioned Bell, and he's doing this on a team with no true quarterback presence. Foster has a positive Rushing NEP - something difficult for a high-volume back to obtain - during a year in which everyone wrote him off. He's been a stud.