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2018 Week 8 NFL Picks


Week 7: 10-4 Overall, 7-6-1 vs the spread

Miami 16, Houston 20 HOU -7.5
Philadelphia 24, Jacksonville 10 PHI -3
NYJ 13, CHI 20 CHI -7.5
Tampa Bay 13, Cincinnati 28 CIN -4
Seattle 20, Detroit 13 DET -3
Denver 13, Kansas City 31 KC -10
Washington 17, NYG 13 NYG -1
Cleveland 9, Pittsburgh 20 PIT -8.5
Baltimore 17, Carolina 20 BAL -2
Indianapolis 24, Oakland 7 IND -3
San Francisco 14, Arizona 17 ARI -1
New Orleans 34, Minnesota 27 MIN -1
New England 34, Buffalo 27 NE -14

Notes: 
- Preferable to take the home game in Thursday games. Miami is 1-3 in their last 4 games and Ryan Tannehill is out. The Dolphins have also lost Albert Wilson to IR.
- The Eagles are another team that has gone 1-3 in their last 4 games and their next two against Jacksonville and Dallas are arguably must-win games ahead of their 11/18 game at New Orleans.
- Quincy Enunwa and Bilal Powell are out for the Jets at Chicago.
- The Bengals are coming off 2 losses to good teams (Steelers, Chiefs) but should rebound at home against the Buccaneers.
- At worst Seattle should keep it close in Detroit. And they are coming off a bye week.
- Doubtful that the Broncos' offense can keep up with Patrick Mahomes.
- Surprising to see the NY Giants favored when their record is 1-6.
- The Steelers are starting to get on a roll and the Browns are a flat tire.
- The Ravens-Panthers game is a difficult one to pick - going with the Panthers as they do well in close games and are at home.
- It's looking like the Raiders are going to tank for better draft picks.
- The 49ers lost 28-18 at home against Arizona on 10/8 and haven't improved since.
- The Saints have a better point differential (+41 to +12) than the Vikings and will not want to go into next week's game off a loss vs. the Rams.
- Picking the Patriots to beat Derek Anderson is easy - predicting by how much is more difficult. But 14 points is a lot to cover against a division opponent.

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