Welcome back to the Charlie The Unicorns Weekly Feature. NFL Week 8 is here. For the record, 69-36 straight-up / 55-50 (ATS)….. Lot’s of work to do this week, there are quite a few uninspiring games this week. However two of the unbeaten 6-0 teams face off, which should be exciting. As always, the number of stars rank the best games, in my opinion, to sink your precious time into watching.
BYE WEEK: Bills, Eagles, Jaguars and Natives
Thursday Football (OCT 29)
Dolphins at Patriots 8:25 PM CBS/NFL (**)
Point Spread : -8 Patriots
O/U : 51.0
Is this the fish team from the last 2 weeks, or the sardine team from prior to that. The Patriots OL vs Dolphin DL will determine the game.
Prediction: 34 – 30 Patriots
Sunday Football (Nov 1) EASTERN TIME Broadcast
Lions at Chiefs (London) 09:30AM FOX
Point Spread : -3.5 Chiefs
O/U : 45.0
What a terrible game. It will be early and in London. I can’t figure out why the Chiefs are favored. I’ll just go on the gut call and back the hapless Lions in this one.
Prediction: 30 – 27 Lions
Buccaneers at Falcons 1:00 PM FOX
Point Spread : -7.5 Falcons
O/U: 48.5
The Falcons escaped last week. At home, with a relatively healthy team they should take care of business…. and get rushing attack rolling early and often.
Prediction: 30 – 18 Falcons
Cardinals at Browns 1:00 PM FOX
Point Spread : -6.5 Cardinals
O/U: 46.5
Something keeps saying to me, pick the Browns. Then I realize Johnny Football is the likely starter….. ground and pound Cardinals, you will win.
Prediction: 34 – 14 Cardinals
49ers at Rams 1:00 PM FOX (**)
Point Spread : -8.5 Rams
O/U: 39.5
Word on the street is there is internal strife on the team. Shocker. Rams at home better get it done, or Loyal will be very mad (and get trolled mercilessly).
Prediction: 27 – 17 Rams
Giants at Saints 1:00 PM FOX (***)
Point Spread : -3.5 Saints
0/U: 49.5
Both of these teams were thought to be playoff contenders. The loser will be in big trouble, the winner might be able to squeak in still. Brees vs Eli.. tough call.
Prediction: 44 – 37 Saints
Vikings at Bears 1:00 PM FOX
Point Spread : -1.0 Bears
0/U: 42.5
Tough NFCN battle. I love what the Vikings are doing overall. The Bears are trending downward overall. I also like the Vikings weapons now that Diggs is making some plays for Bridgewater on the outside, inside and everywhere on the field.
Prediction: 24 – 16 Vikings
Chargers at Ravens 1:00 PM CBS
Point Spread : -3.0 Ravens
O/U: 50.5
Both teams are way underperforming in the win total. The Ravens are the most disappointing team in the NFL. Flacco vs Rivers. Ravens keep playing with grit and sneak out a late win via FG.
Prediction: 24 – 23 Ravens
Bengals at Steelers 1:00 PM CBS (*****)
Point Spread : -1.5 Steelers
O/U: 48.5
This game is predicated on how well Big Ben can play. The Bengals are hot and specifically Dalton vs the Steelers the last few match-ups. This will be an explosive-playpalooza. I think a WR goes over 200 yards in this one.
Prediction: 33 – 30 Bengals
Titans at Houston 1:00 PM CBS
Point Spread : Even
O/U: 42.5
These are the games that kill me when predicting them. Texans at home, good enough for me.
Prediction: 17 – 14 Texans
Jets at Raiders 4:05PM PM CBS (***)
Point Spread : -3.0 Jets
O/U: 44.5
The coaching job of the Jets has been masterful. They are rising and believing they can win games now. I still love the Raiders as well. If this were 2016, these two might be close to the creme of the crop, but we are in 2015…. Jets D saves the day.
Prediction: 27 – 21 Jets
Seahawks at Cowboys 4:25 PM FOX (*)
Point Spread : -6.5 Seahawks
O/U: 41.0
Cowboys are playing a back-up QB and a RB group that is depleted. They also have a less than 100% Dez Bryant that might be playing on the outside. Ride Beastmode to the bank in this one.
Prediction: 30 – 20 Seahawks
Sunday Night Football
Packers at Broncos 8:30 PM NBC (****)
Point Spread : -2.5 Packers
O/U: 35.5
I love the Broncos defense. They might be one of a very few teams with an extremely good secondary capable of shutting down the Packers. This would be a minor upset, but take the home team. Perhaps McManus for the win in OT!
Prediction: 37 – 34 Broncos
Monday Night Football (Nov 2)
Colts at Panthers 8:25 PM ESPN
Point Spread : -7.0 Panthers
O/U: 46.5
The Colts are a complete debacle. They laid a serious egg last week. The other side of the ledger, the Panthers are playing with confidence and poise. I’ll play it safe here, but I could see the Colts win… this is more 50/50 to me right now.
Prediction: 25 – 19 Panthers
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