My game has been slipping lately. I went 7-7-1 and have learned that I will never, ever, EVER pick the 49ers to win a game again this season. What an abomination. Another abomination was that terrible Sunday Night game. A 6-6 tie? Seriously.
Anyways here are my week 8 picks. Let’s getter done.
Jacksonville Jaguars at Tennessee Titans
The Jaguars have proven that we were wrong to feel optimistic about them. The Titans on the other hand have shown a lot of promise, even though they are 3-4. This one is easy.
Pick: Titans 27 Jaguars 20
Washington Redskins at Cincinnati Bengals
Another stupid London game, this time featuring two playoff teams from a year ago. Talk about a slap in the face to Bengals fans. Anyways, the Redskins look like the better team through 7 games so far. On a neutral field, they have my pick.
Pick: Redskins 26 Bengals 20
Kansas City Chiefs at Indianapolis Colts
The Chiefs seem to have corrected a few things since their bye week as they are 2-0 since. The Colts are inconsistent at best and bad at worst. The Chiefs are a little out of their league.
Pick: Chiefs 28 Colts 24
Oakland Raiders at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Raiders finally got a win by more than a touchdown. Unfortunately, it was against the Jaguars. The Buccaneers are feeling good after humiliating the 49ers, but the other team by the bay is much better. Raiders take it.
Pick: Raiders 17 Buccaneers 13
Seattle Seahawks at New Orleans Saints
The Seahawks offense was stymied against the Cardinals defense last week. They’ll be licking their chops facing a defense as bad as the Saints.
Pick: Seahawks 34 Saints 7
Detroit Lions at Houston Texans
The Texans are definitely the worst team leading a division right now. They have gotten outscored by 37 points despite being 4-3. I’ll take the Lions getting their fourth straight win.
Pick: Lions 17 Texans 14
New York Jets at Cleveland Browns
The lone winless team gets a favorable matchup against the 2-5 Jets at home, but I just can’t pick them to win a game. Not even this one.
Pick: Jets 20 Browns 3
New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills
The Patriots only loss was a shutout at the hands of these Bills. However, this is a completely different team with Tom Brady playing. It should be a relatively good game, but I’ll take the Patriots.
Pick: Patriots 31 Bills 20
Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers
Hard to believe these two teams were in the NFC Championship game last year. Both have struggled to get things going this year. It’s definitely a tossup, but Carolina had an extra week to prepare. I’ll go with them by a point.
Pick: Panthers 28 Cardinals 27
San Diego Chargers at Denver Broncos
Two weeks ago, these Chargers handed the Broncos their first loss and last week they went on the road and stunned the Falcons. The will definitely be in the game the whole way, but I’ll take Denver at home.
Pick: Broncos 30 Chargers 27
Green Bay Packers at Atlanta Falcons
What do the Packers offense and the Falcons defense have in common? Both are wildly inconsistent. The Falcons have lost two straight, but I like their chances to bounce back this week.
Pick: Falcons 31 Packers 13
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys
Who would have thought that these two teams would be leading the NFC East right now with their two rookie quarterbacks. Wentz has struggled as of late though, which make me lean Dallas for this one.
Pick: Cowboys 34 Eagles 20
Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears
Chicago has officially reached rock bottom. They are 1-6 with a schedule that hasn’t exactly been tough and have a laughable offense. The Vikings did lose for the first time last week, but they will easily bounce back for this one.
Pick: Vikings 27 Bears 13
ATTENTION HOMERS AND TROLLS: With Charlie the Unicorn taking a hiatus from posting articles, I need a new challenger. Every week, the first person to send me their pick article will have it posted by Friday. If you beat me, you get to rename me whatever you want for the comments.. Submit it here or send it to [email protected] and it will be promptly posted. I look forward to kicking your asses.
Deplorable Tribe