The NFL season has nearly reached the halfway marker. We've seen teams like the Chiefs and Rams emerge as favorites to meet in the Super Bowl, while offseason retools have fallen flat for the Giants and Raiders, who have commenced selling off a sets to play for the future. But who is set to win -- and more importantly, cover the spread -- in Week 8? We'll take you game by game to reveal how our experts picked the lines earlier in the week while also sharing our thoughts on survivor pool picks for Week 8 and showing you all the great places you can find talk throughout the week. Let's get to it. vs. in London Time:Sunday, 9:30 a.m. ET (NFL Network) Open:Eagles -2.5 (-115) Current:Eagles -3.5 (105)"Everyone's throwing this Jaguars team under the bus, saying you know what, they're done, their defense is yelling at each other after the game ... but it's not like the Philadelphia Eagles have been world beaters. They're still trying to shake off that
Noel Acciari Jersey Super Bowl hangover. Carson Wentz has been impre sive, but in tight situations, specifically blowing a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter of a game against the Carolina Panthers, Wentz couldn't come up with a big drive at the end of the game. I think their struggles continue, and I think this is a time to buy the Jacksonville Jaguars. When everybody's counting them out, I think they'll get things back on track." -- Danny Kanell on the Off the Bench podcast Kanell picks all the games each week on , which he and Raja Bell roll out three times a week to talk about all things sports. Pete Prisco Jason La Canfora Will Brinson Jared Dubin Ryan Wilson John Breech Dave Richard Jamey Eisenberg Eagles (-3) vs. Jaguars at Time:Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (CBS) Open:Steelers -7.5 (Even) Current:Steelers -8.5"Lot of big spreads this week, but that's what happen as the league's haves
Johnny Bucyk Kids Jersey and have-nots begin to separate. The Steelers already had their one let-down game against the Browns and settled for that ugly tie in weird conditions. Now they come off a bye to host the reeling Browns, caught amid more of Hue Jackson's . Carlos Hyde and Josh Gordon have already been traded, and Pittsburgh's defense, which has been a lot better since the first two weeks of the season, will put Baker Mayfield under dure s. If you take away Jarvis Landry in the Browns pa sing game, who else can win for them? Cleveland is reeling a bit lately, and I really like this spot for the Steelers to stay atop the AFC North and maybe start pulling away from the pack." -- Jason La Canfora on his Week 8 best bets La Canfora is 10-5-1 in his best bets column this year, and . Pete Prisco Jason La Canfora Will Brinson Jared Dubin Ryan Wilson John Breech Dave Richard Jamey Eisenberg Browns at Steelers (-8)
Patrice Bergeron Jersey at Time:Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (CBS) Open:Chiefs -10.5 (+115) Current:Chiefs -9.5"I'd look for a -9.5 on this line, but either way, I think you have to play the Chiefs to keep rolling. Chiefs should score a ton of points like usual, and they've reached 38 in five of their seven games. That could be even easier if Von Miller and Brandon Marshall can't play (both are questionable). Royce Freeman is out for the Broncos, and that throws a wrench in the rushing attack. I wouldn't trust Case Keenum on the road to keep up with the Chiefs offense, and with Vance Joseph 0-6 ATS in 1 p.m. games, I'm willing to lay the big number." -- R.J. White on his Week 8 SuperContest picks Get , and use promo code WHITE to receive your first month for $1. Pete Prisco Jason La Canfora Will Brinson Jared Dubin Ryan Wilson John Breech Dave Richard Jamey Eisenberg Broncos at Chiefs (-10) at Time:Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (CBS) Open:Bears -7 (+110) Current:Bears -8If you're still in your survivor pool, that means you didn't use the Bears in Week 6 after it was announced on Sunday morning Brock Osweiler would be starting for the Dolphins. That caused the line to jump to Bears -7 by close, which made them the biggest favorites they'd been all season, but they walked out of Miami with a lo s. I can't see this game going the same way in the easiest home matchup they've had all year. The offense has been playing very well over their last
Johnny Bucyk Men Jersey three games, and I think they should have won against the Pats last week but were done in by special teams miscues. The Jets are dealing with multiple injuries at receiver and cornerback that lowers their ceiling pa sing the ball and defending the pa s, while Sam Darnold looked awful in his first exposure to cold weather last week. Bears get back on track here after two tough lo ses. But that's just my opinion. SportsLine expert Mike Tierney has a different take on , which you can check out over at SportsLine. Pete Prisco Jason La Canfora Will Brinson Jared Dubin Ryan Wilson John Breech Dave Richard Jamey Eisenberg Jets at Bears (-7) at Time:Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (FOX) Open:Pick 'em Current:Redskins -1"Despite to the Falcons, the Giants never really threatened the Falcons. Eli Manning put up a nice stat line, but he did most of his damage in the fourth quarter -- after he spent the first three quarters mi sing Odell Beckham in the end zone and dumping off pa ses underneath.
Terry Oreilly Jersey A good performance against a bad defense after the Giants fell behind by two touchdowns isn't enough to generate confidence in Manning moving forward ... It's not that the Redskins have been particularly impre sive, but they've been competent whereas the Giants have been the opposite of competent. Outside of , the Redskins have given up six, 21, 17, 17, and 17 points. Expect another solid outing by their defense against an offense that's limited by a bad offensive line and a washed up quarterback." Sean Wagner-McGough on his Week 8 best bets Wagner-McGough also dives deep into the next matchup on the board in . Pete Prisco Jason La Canfora Will Brinson Jared Dubin Ryan Wilson John Breech Dave Richard Jamey Eisenberg Redskins (-1) at Giants
