Our lone success in that department was Seattle (-7.5) vs Arizona. Our seven consensus misses were:
- Detroit (+3) at Baltimore [the Ravens blew the doors off the Lions]
- Las Vegas (-3) at Chicago [the Bears won outright]
- Buffalo (-8.5) at New England [the Patriots won outright]
- Washington (-2.5) at New York [the Giants won outright]
- Tampa Bay (-2.5) vs Atlanta [the Falcons won outright]
- Green Bay (-1.5) at Denver [the Broncos won outright]
- San Francisco (-7) at Minnesota [the Vikings won outright]
Perhaps we were a little too heavy handed in picking road favorites this week.
Congratulations to Sean Kennedy, who won our Week 7 fan contest outright. The fans had a similarly difficult week, but Sean stood above the rest and joined one other fan in outscoring all three of our hosts. Andrew Perez continues to lead our fan contest, just one point ahead of second place, and is currently one point ahead of Evan.
Email us at thesportsballers@gmail.com or DM us on Facebook or Twitter/X with your email address and we’ll enter you in our fan contest. You’ll receive a ballot every week after our Wednesday live show so you can submit your picks against the same spread as us before the Thursday night game. Play against us week-by-week or across the whole season!
Let’s get to our Week 8 picks!
Date | Network | Matchup | Bet MGM Spread | Cory | Eric | Evan |
Th 8:15p | PRIME | TB at BUF* | BUF -8.5 | Bucs |
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Su 1:00p | FOX | HOU at CAR* | HOU -3 | Panthers |
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| FOX | LAR at DAL | DAL -6.5 |
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| FOX | MIN at GB* | MIN -1.5 | Vikings | Vikings |
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| FOX | NO at IND* | NO -1.5 |
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| Saints |
| CBS | NE at MIA | MIA -9.5 | Fins | Fins | Fins |
| CBS | NYJ at NYG* | NYJ -3 | Giants | Giants | Jets |
| CBS | JAC at PIT* | JAC -2.5 | Jaguars | Jaguars |
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| CBS | ATL at TEN | ATL -2.5 | Titans | Titans | Titans |
| FOX | PHI at WAS | PHI -6.5 | Eagles | Eagles | Eagles |
Su 4:05p | FOX | CLE at SEA* | SEA -3.5 |
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Su 4:25p | CBS | BAL at ARI* | BAL -8.5 |
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| Cardinals |
| CBS | KC at DEN | KC -7.5 |
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| CBS | CIN at SF | SF -3.5 |
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Su 8:20p | NBC | CHI at LAC | LAC -8.5 |
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M 8:15p | ABC | LV at DET | DET -8.5 | Lions | Lions | Lions |
Standings
Week 8 | Cory | Eric | Evan |
Points | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Record | 8-7-1 | 7-8-1 | 7-8-1 |
Season | Cory | Eric | Evan |
Points^ | 63 | 63 | 59 |
Record^ | 63-56-3 | 63-56-3 | 59-60-3 |
Lone Wolf | Cory | Eric | Evan |
Games | 25 | 11 | 24 |
Wins | 12 | 5 | 9 |
*Denotes a game for which the three hosts of The Sportsballers Podcast did not pick the same team to beat or cover the spread.
^Season points and records will be updated after the final game of the week.
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