I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for, but you could try 8. Bd3 -- delaying the question of whether to take on g7 for another move. It's a bit less forced, a bit less theoretical -- in short, it turns down the temperature a degree or too over the main lines of the Poisoned Pawn, but it's still strategically rich, with the potential for fireworks, and White is definitely still pressing.
Another idea that's been trendy lately has been 7. h4. This too is a bit less forced than the old main line of the Poisoned Pawn, while still giving White good chances to play for an advantage.
I play the normal Variation of the French with Nc3. However I find it hard especially online to play variations like the Winawer as it is just so complicated and especially as a high level bullet player (2300). Playing against it is just horrible for reference here is a game I lost very fast as white.
Although it was a fast game I lost very badly and this happens way too much in fast games I also played some other anti-main-line theory like the king's Indian attack and Two Knights French and they are alright but I wish there was something that didn't throw me down on evaluation and still give me a not hard to play position .