{"id":469139,"date":"2025-10-23T11:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/469139\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:36:10","slug":"kimani-vidal-start-or-sit-week-8-fantasy-football-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/469139\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimani Vidal start or sit: Week 8 fantasy football advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season kicks off tonight with a Thursday showdown featuring the Minnesota Vikings heading west to take on the Los Angeles Chargers at 8:15 p.m. ET on Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Chargers were pantsed by the Colts at home on Sunday, falling 38-24 to drop their third game in the last four weeks. Running back Kimani Vidal didn\u2019t quite have the explosive game that he had in their victory the week prior and we\u2019ll see if he can step up in this midseason primetime contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Below, we\u2019ll go over Vidal\u2019s outlook in fantasy football for Week 8.<\/p>\n<p>Fantasy Football analysis: Chargers RB Kimani Vidal<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Vidal logged just nine carries for 20 rushing yards and four receptions for 15 receiving yards in Sunday\u2019s loss to the Colts. It was a steep drop-off from his 124-yard rushing outburst against the Dolphins the Sunday prior and this could most likely be chalked up to L.A. having to go pass heavy after falling into a multi-score deficit early in the contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The second-year back has been on the field for at least 64% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballguys.com\/stats\/snap-counts\/teams?team=LAC&amp;year=2025&amp;type=snap-counts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">offensive snaps<\/a> in back-to-back games since taking over for an injured Omarion Hampton. With fellow back Hassan Haskins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasypros.com\/nfl\/news\/546718\/hassan-haskins-hamstring-doubtful-thursday-night.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dealing with a hamstring injury<\/a> this week, the Troy product could see an even bigger workload against the Vikings tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Start or sit in Week 8 PPR leagues?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Start. I\u2019d bank on the Chargers wanting to get their run-game going early tonight and the possibility of Joe Alt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/chargers-lt-joe-alt-remains-limited\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">returning<\/a> could it easier to get that accomplished. Vidal could really make his mark as the only healthy contributor in the running back room at the moment and I like his upside as a Flex start this week.<\/p>\n<p>Start or sit in Week 8 Standard leagues?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season kicks off tonight with a Thursday showdown featuring the Minnesota Vikings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[1999,58206,62739,7,233,259,2529,6,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-469139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-fantasy-football","9":"tag-fantasy-football-running-backs","10":"tag-fantasy-football-start-sit-advice","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-minnesota","13":"tag-minnesota-vikings","14":"tag-minnesotavikings","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115423280757315072","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}