NFL Week 8 picks odds Patriots topple Bills Lions stun Colts Raiders take down Browns
No need to harp on this too long but it needs to be said: get the NFC East OUT OF MY FACE. Why are there three NFC East teams in prime time this week? Is this a Halloween gag? The NFL wants to jam a bunch of hideous monsters in our face? Or maybe they're dre sing up three collections of misfits as football teams and trotting them out for the world to see. The are a hideous Frankenstein monster created in Dr. Jerry Jones' lab, a stars and scrubs concoction that can't protect its quarterback with an aging offensive line. In theory they're a good fantasy football team with , , and , but those guys won't even help your squad moving forward very much without some QB help. And we're going to have to suffer through seeing them prominently on our televisions over and over for the next two months. Send help and/or cancel the NFC East. Let's stay hot this week after a nice little run over the last two weeks. Make sure and check out the Pick Six Podcast for all of our picks and best bets -- we've hit the podcast parlay in four of seven weeks so far! All via William Hill Sportsbook. Who'll cover the spread in Week 8? Pete Prisco, R.J. White and Kenny White join Will Brinson on the Pick Six Podcast to pick every game; listen below and for daily NFL goodne s fired into your eardrums. Atlanta (1-6) at Carolina (3-4) 8:20 p.m. ET (Fox) Point spread: -2.5 This is a pretty stinky line because the Panthers -- in case you mi sed the gigantic header above -- aren't a .500 team and they're favored. I'm not sure everyone is caught up on how well-coached they are. Matt Rhule is a good coach; this team is hustling, and it wants to win. You know who doesn't want to win? The . They bounced off the concrete after Dan Quinn was fired but haven't showed up since. They'll force-feed here and ignore having on their roster. The Panthers will hit D.J. Moore and several times. I like the Over here a lot, but it's climbed to 52 or so, which is pricey. Don't love either side and definitely watch the weather, but I would take Carolina and the Over if you force me to. The Pick: Panthers 31, Falcons 28 What picks can you make with confidence in Week 8? And which Super Bowl contender goes down hard?. New England (2-4) at Buffalo (5-2) 1 p.m. ET (CBS) Point spread: -3.5 This is purely a buy-low play. And ASAP Ferg Jersey that's an important concept in betting the NFL -- no one wants to back and Bill Belichick right now. I don't blame them. Cam looked bad against the last week and the Pats defense just ... isn't good? is on the trade block apparently! I do think New England might have just called the dogs off last week to stay healthy for this Buffalo game. "It just means more," to quote the SEC. But it does, right? These divisional games are going to decide a playoff spot. I think Belichick might run Cam 20 times this week against a bad Buffalo defense that regre sed out of nowhere. Get a lead, play some soft zone against , let a pi sed-off Gilmore pre s and see what you can do. The Pick: 21, Bills 13 L.A. (5-2) at Miami (3-3) 1 p.m. ET (CBS) Point spread:Rams -4 Pretty sure everyone will want to back the East Coast team off a bye against the West Coast team playing early off a Monday night game. And I appreciate that! Because the Rams are much better than the and Miami just changed to a rookie quarterback who everyone inexplicably thinks will do whatever and are doing. Tua is great but this is a terrible spot to start him. Everyone sees that right? Hammer the Rams. The Pick: Rams 24, Dolphins 10 Indianapolis (4-2) at Detroit (3-3) 1 p.m. ET (CBS) Point spread: -2.5 Home-field advantage doesn't matter in 2020 for COVID-19 reasons, but there's still a little built-in price on it and I think we're getting a discount on Detroit. This team isn't bad! I mean it! They should be at least 4-2, and if they are we're talking about the being in the hunt. But they're not, so everyone is dismi sing them. Do not dismi s the Lions (he said at his own peril). They're starting to stop the run, they just added Everson Griffen, and we haven't seen a big game yet. I'm here for the Colts and I think they're good, but I bet they force up the middle in this spot and it backfires to the Lions' benefit. The total is way too high. The Pick: Lions 24, Colts 21 Tenne see (5-1) at Cincinnati (1-5-1) 1 p.m. ET (CBS) Point spread: -6 It's pretty early in "aggre sively overbet Unders based on weather" (WUNDERS, if you follow Tom Fornelli) season, but this feels like a watchable spot. The Titans and should combine for 80 points in good weather. Watch this one because the total is low if the weather is good. There's not any defense here on either side. The Bengals run Joe Burrow -- a legitimately great young QB -- onto the field to po sibly get killed 50-60 times a game. They're throwing, buddy. The Titans want to run , but Henry running doesn't preclude them from scoring tons of points, especially against a quality offense. I'll take the Over here and a Bengals backdoor because both defenses are bad. The Pick: Titans 35, Bengals 31 Pittsburgh (6-0) at Baltimore (5-1) 1 p.m. ET (CBS) Point spread:-3.5 The slander has gone too far. People are accusing the Ravens of not being good because they haven't played anyone. People think has regre sed. You monsters are ignoring him getting a bye before he plays his division rival who just lost . The did a good job containing Derrick Henry, but this rushing offense is different. Additionally, the Ravens defense is just good (whereas the Titans is not). I hate laying more than three for this rivalry game, but this line should be like six. And if you agree with me, do not let Sunday come and go without betting the Ravens to win the division. They're -125. It's their best price in two years, and while it's not free money, this is a really good team that is being undervalued. The Pick: Ravens 31, Steelers 17 Las Vegas (3-3) at Cleveland (5-2) 1 p.m. ET (CBS) Point spread: -2.5 I think the optics of this game largely DeAndre Jordan Jersey line up with taking Cleveland after looked fantastic against the Bengals and the got pummeled by the . And, frankly, I don't have a very good reason for why I like the Raiders here. Both defenses are pretty bad! But I think the Raiders can run the football effectively here and find a way to steal a win. Seriously, it's just sort of a hunch and a bet on a market value. That's not a great reason and I don't care. Just win, baby. Or just cover. The Pick: Raiders 28, Browns 24 Minnesota (1-5) at Green Bay (5-1) 1 p.m. ET (Fox) Point spread: -7 Every week there's a line where I think it's just too obvious to take. This is that week's line! The are giving up. They're trading players to contenders. There's buzz about trading and drafting Trevor Lawrence (not even kidding). annually rips apart Minnesota and shouldn't have trouble doing so at home here. Having said all that, seven points is just too many for a Packers team with a bad defense that can be stormed against for a backdoor cover by Minnesota. is playing and there has to be a source of pride here for the Vikings. You can't just get beat around by your chief rival in a disaster season. Step up and cover, ! The Pick: Packers 35, Vikings 31 N.Y. (0-7) at Kansas City (6-1) 1 p.m. ET (CBS) Point spread: -19 You know the rule? We don't bet on Adam Gase in this house. Even when he's catching almost *three touchdowns* we don't bet on him. Plus, I think is gonna run wild in the second half here and po sibly score two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to spite Gase and give the Chiefs the cover. The Pick:Chiefs 28, Jets 3 L.A. (2-4) at Denver (2-4) 4:05 p.m. ET (CBS) Point spread:Chargers -3 This line should just be higher. The Chargers and might have the same record, but Los Angeles is a better team and a much healthier (somehow) team. Justin Herbert's playing really well. Vic Fangio can cook up defense to give him i sues, but the run game of Los Angeles should be able to do enough to open up shots down the field for Herbert. I don't trust against this Bolts defense. The Pick: Chargers 21, Broncos 10 New Orleans (4-2) at Chicago (5-2) 4:25 p.m. ET (Fox) Point spread: -4 OK, I'm done trolling fans by picking them to win every game. I can't submarine my ATS and SU records like that when they have tough matchups coming up. They'll still make the playoffs though, so Bears fans can quit worrying about insisting the "season isn't over" or whatever he said after that ugly Rams game on Monday. is starting to find his groove and is just a monster who you can't contain. The Pick: Saints 24, Bears 3 San Francisco (4-3) at Seattle (5-1) 4:25 p.m. ET (Fox) Point spread:-3 Had a weird thought this week and it won't sit well in Washington: what if the aren't good? This isn't a angle, obviously, but what if he's so good he's buoying up a surprisingly terrible roster? I'm willing to accept an alternate reality where John Schneider just flipped this whole thing towards the offense with Ru s, and D.K. Metcalf. That makes sense, but I really believe Seattle thought the defense would be better and it isn't. It's terrible! Now they have to rely on perfect Ru s games to win and if he's not perfect, they won't win. They can't stop Kyle Shanahan's schemes. They just can't. Give me the Niners here. The Pick: 49ers 31, Seahawks 28 Dallas (2-5) at Philadelphia (2-4-1) 8:20 p.m. ET (NBC) Point spread: -9 There is no spread big enough for me to take the Cowboys. Get this ghoul of a game out of prime time already. The Pick: Eagles 28, Cowboys 10 Tampa Bay at N.Y. Monday, 8:15 p.m. ET (ESPN) Point spread:Buccaneers -10.5 Just like the Dallas-Philly matchup, this game features a bad offensive line and a young/questionable quarterback against a good defensive line. This is a ton of points at home on Monday night, but fading right now isn't a great idea and is a turnover machine with no protection. The Pick: Buccaneers 35, Giants 14
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