Sorry to be late with these again. These are our predictions for Week Eight, and, since we are now 32-24 on the year in our predictions, you should pull all the money out of your 401k to bet on these predictions (Hey, it’s got to be better than the stock market.) We have:
Miami by half a point over Buffalo
Baltimore by 14 over Oakland
Carolina by 5 over Arizona
Tampa Bay by 3 over Dallas
New Orleans by 2 over San Diego
(I think the first time this season I have picked the Chargers to lose. They haven’t been doing my prediction record any good.)
Philadelphia by 9 over Atlanta
Jets by 13 over KC, assuming KC can find their way to the airport
New England by 12 over St. Louis
Washington by 12 over Detroit, although Detroit has to win sometime
Houston by 6 over Cincinnati, ditto for the Bengals
Jacksonville by 4 over Cleveland
Pittsburgh by 8 over the Giants, in perhaps the marquee game of the week
San Francisco by 7 over Seattle
We’re picking the team with the better record to win in every game except that
1) We’re picking the Dolphins (2-4) to beat the Bills (5-1)
2) The Chargers and Saints are both 3-4
3) The Steelers and Giants are both 5-1, and
4) We’re picking the Eagles (3-3) to win the battle of the Birds of Prey, although the Falcons are 4-2.
We appear to be at odds with the betting line in three games--Buffalo/Miami, San Diego/New Orleans, and Dallas/Tampa Bay.