NFL Picks Week 8: Expert Predictions, Odds Guide and Over/Under Lines

Good luck finding a safe bet in the Week 8 slate of NFL matchups.

According to Odds Shark, none of the 13 games on tap feature a team favored by so much as a touchdown. Five of the games boast spreads of less than a field goal. For bettors, it’s probably fitting that a set of odds this scary comes on the weekend of Halloween.

The New England Patriots on the road against the Buffalo Bills is the biggest spread of Week 8, with the Pats sitting at 6.5-point favorites. While the Patriots are perennial powerhouses and a fine bet to win most weeks, it’s hard to put too much faith in a road team playing a division rival that shut it out earlier this season.

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Whether you make predictions for pick’em leagues, survivor pools or even just for fun, there’s no avoiding this difficult Week 8 schedule. If you’re looking for some guidance, here’s a rundown of the odds, over/under lines and some expert picks from around the web. All expert picks are straight up, not against the spread.

Oakland Can Pull Off an Upset over Tampa Bay (-1.5)

Perhaps it’s time people stopped doubting the Oakland Raiders.

Sure, it’s difficult to trust a franchise that hasn’t had a winning season since 2002 (in which they lost the Super Bowl to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers), but the Raiders have pulled off wins as the underdog more than once this year.

Just last week, the Raiders were slight underdogs to the Jacksonville Jaguars, but they ended up coming away with a 33-16 road victory. 

The Raiders’ shoddy secondary managed to pick off Blake Bortles twice in that contest and held him to 246 yards passing—positive signs heading into a matchup against Jameis Winston, who has had a couple of dud performances this year but tossed three touchdowns in a win over the San …

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