NFL Week 8 predictions, best bets: Picks against the spread for every game
From a bettor’s standpoint, anyone who’s not a die-hard Giants fan who took Big Blue +7.5 points last week in Denver came away happy with the result. Everyone’s already seen, read about, or heard about the Giants’ 33-32 loss to the Broncos, a game in which the Giants led 19-0 early in the fourth quarter and 26-8 with a little more than four minutes to go.An unfathomable interception by Jaxson Dart on a play that should have been a run call to sap Denver’s final timeout, Jude McAtamney’s second missed PAT of the game after the Giants had improbably retaken the lead, and a complete collapse by the defense, fueled by questionable strategy, all conspired to allow the Broncos to score 33 fourth-quarter points.All that, and Denver never came close to covering the spread.And for the non-Giants-fan bettor, there was plenty of good to take away.
Dart threw three touchdown passes and has done a great job turning a variety of lower-level receivers into weapons after the injury to Malik Nabers.Not a lot of teams are able to dominate the Broncos for three quarters in Mile High as thoroughly as they did.But one look at the Giants trudging off the field — particularly the images of a dejected Dart and a livid Brian Burns — makes you wonder if this experience is going to be worth more than just one loss.
Will they be able to shake this off in time for their visit to Philadelphia on Sunday?This one might leave a mark, particularly if the players start to question the in-game decisions of head coach Brian Daboll and defensive coordinator Shane Bowen, or the wisdom of GM Joe Schoen to suit up a sub-NFL level kicker.There are two primary reasons to back the Eagles as 7.5-point favorites at the Linc.l They are just 2 ¹/₂ weeks removed from a 34-17 destruction at the hands of the Giants at MetLife Stadium.On the NFL calendar, that counts as an ultra-rapid revenge spot. l They finally incorporated the passing game into their offense in a 28-22 win at Minnes...