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N.F.L. Week 8 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread
The Rams will try to get to 8-0 against Aaron Rodgers and the Packers, and the streaking Saints will face the Vikings.

By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN
Oct. 25, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/sports/nfl-picks-week-8.html?

The Rams will try to get to 8-0 against Aaron Rodgers and the Packers, and the streaking Saints will face the Vikings.


Even with some defensive issues for both teams, the Rams and Chiefs have continued to look like Super Bowl contenders. This week, Los Angeles has a chance to start 8-0 for the first time since 1969, and Kansas City is favored heavily to get to 7-1. The distance between them and their competition seems fairly wide, but Minnesota and New Orleans will be battling this week to see which team is the second-best in the N.F.C., while New England has seemingly righted the ship and is back to contention in the A.F.C.

Here is a look at N.F.L. Week 8, with all picks made against the point spread.

Last week’s record: 8-5-1

Overall record: 57-46-3

Seahawks at Lions, 1 p.m. Fox

The Seahawks (3-3) have won three of their last four games, but with two of the wins coming against Oakland and Arizona, it is hard to get too enthusiastic about them. Even with the improvement, their path to a wild card looks awfully steep (there is no point in pretending they have a chance of catching the Rams for the division title). They have a brutal stretch over the next five weeks. Going on the road to Detroit is more complicated than it has been in recent years, thanks to the Lions (3-3) finding some balance in their offense, with Kerryon Johnson and LeGarrette Blount giving them a decent running game. This game should be an excellent barometer for whether Seattle’s rebuilt defense has gotten better, or if they have just gone against easy competition. Pick: Lions -3

Redskins at Giants, 1 p.m., Fox

Give the Giants (1-6) some credit: They made a game of it on Monday night against Atlanta. Coach Pat Shurmur took some grief for a few calls that were deemed unconventional and didn’t go the team’s way, but they were the same type of mathematical decisions that have had everyone praising Philadelphia’s Doug Pederson and Carolina’s Ron Rivera in recent years. Hosting the Redskins (4-2) is a tough matchup, though, as Washington not only has more talent, but they have something to play for with the N.F.C. East looking like it is theirs for the taking. Pick: Redskins -1