Week 8 Statistical Trivia and other random thoughts....
28 = Roster size with the highest year-to-date survival rate through 8 weeks @ 
31.71%  (#27 was highest through week 7)
18 = Roster size with the lowest year-to-date survival rate through 8 weeks @ 
16.56% 
28 = Roster size with the lowest elimination rate in week  8 @ 
18.75% 
18 = Roster size with the highest elimination rate in week 8 @
 35.68%  (highest 5 weeks in a row)  
The top 8 roster sizes in terms of best year-to-date survival rate are all between 23 and 30.
Through 8 weeks, we have completed only
 57% of the qualifying phase of the contest, but 
79% of the teams that started out have now been eliminated.
The overall survival rate in week 8 for all teams was 70.04% with the 30% cut line;
FootballGuys Staff survival rate in week 8 was 77.78%.
@TheWinz ... 48% of the teams that still qualifed for the 
@Joe Bryant "$100 derby"  were eliminated in week 8.  
 
At the start of the contest, 222 teams of the 12,254 that started were projected to make the finals.
After 8 weeks, 223 of the 2,569 surviving teams are now projected to make the finals.
If your team survived this far, 
pat yourself on the back.  Your statistical chance of reaching the finals is 
479.6% better now than it was at the start of the contest.
 Bye week blues in week 9?... or is it the other way around?
Bye week blues in week 9?... or is it the other way around?  18.75% of the NFL teams are on bye in week 9.
Generally the cut line tends to be lower when more teams are on bye, but ultimately it depends on the  number of high scoring individual players that play for those teams.  Nothing is absolute.
For those who are still alive....  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkX2XPmHYl4
Good Luck in week 9!