NFL Best Bets Week 8: Shootout in Seattle

For the first time since Week 4, the NFL resumes a full 16-game slate in Week 8 as no teams are on a bye.

• The Super Bowl odds favorite Kansas City Chiefs are off to their third 6-0 start in franchise history, the second team to start 6-0 after winning two straight Super Bowls, joining the 1990 San Francisco 49ers
• The Minnesota Vikings have suffered back-to-back losses but had a double-digit lead in every game except in Week 8 against the Los Angeles Rams
• Several quarterbacks left last week’s games with injuries (Jayden Daniels, Tyler Huntley, Deshaun Watson, Aidan O’Connell)

Our NFL best bets for Week 8, part of our NFL Week 8 predictions, back a tight end to score his first touchdown of the season, and we analyze our favorite team total involving a struggling rookie quarterback.

Best NFL bets for Week 8

NFL odds as of Friday and subject to change. Track the NFL scores for the latest line movement and matchup info.

• Evan Engram anytime touchdown scorer () vs. Packers  ⭐⭐⭐
• Cedric Tillman Over 36.5 receiving yards () vs. Ravens  ⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Saints team total Under 16.5 () vs. Chargers ⭐⭐⭐⭐
• Bills-Seahawks Over 47 (-108 via DraftKings) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Week 8 NFL odds & schedule

(Odds via BetMGM)

• Philadelphia Eagles (+2.5) vs. Cincinnati Bengals (-2.5), Sunday at 1 p.m. ET
• Baltimore Ravens (-9) vs. Cleveland Browns (+9), Sunday at 1 p.m. ET
• Tennessee Titans (+11.5) vs. Detroit Lions (-11.5), Sunday at 1 p.m. ET
• Arizona Cardinals (+4) vs. Miami Dolphins (-4), Sunday at 1 p.m. ET
• New York Jets (-7) vs. New England Patriots (+7), Sunday at 1 p.m. ET
• Atlanta Falcons (-2) vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+2), Sunday at 1 p.m. ET
• Green Bay Packers (-4) vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (+4), Sunday at 1 p.m. ET
• Indianapolis Colts (+5.5) vs. Houston Texans (-5.5), Sunday at 1 p.m. ET
• New Orleans Saints (+7) vs. Los Angeles Chargers (-7), Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET
• Buffalo Bills (-3) vs. Seattle Seahawks (+3), Sunday at 4:05 p.m. ET
• Carolina Panthers (+10) vs. Denver Broncos (-10), Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET
• Kansas City Chiefs (-10) vs. Las Vegas Raiders (+10), Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET
• Chicago Bears (-2) vs. Washington Commanders (+2), Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET
• Dallas Cowboys (+4.5) vs. San Francisco 49ers (-4.5), Sunday at 8:20 p.m. ET
• New York Giants (+6.5) vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (-6.5), Monday at 8:15 p.m. ET

NFL props for Week 8

NFL picks made Friday; odds subject to change. Our NEW NFL player prop odds tool can help you find the best odds on any market across legal sportsbooks in your area!

Evan Engram anytime touchdown scorer ⭐⭐⭐

Best odds: +275 via DraftKings | Implied probability: 26.67%

Evan Engram missed four games already this season and had no touchdowns in his three games. However, positive regression should be coming for the Jaguars tight end, as he leads the team in targets, receptions, and receiving yards since Week 6.

Engram has a team-high 27% target share in his two games since returning from injury. He now faces a Packers defense that has allowed 12 or more fantasy points to opposing tight ends in two of the last three games.

This is a three-star play, as Jacksonville figures to have to throw the ball plenty to keep up, given that Packers quarterback Jordan Love has nine touchdown passes in the last three games, and multiple touchdown passes in 15 of the previous 16.

There is a big 45-cent gap between FanDuel’s +230 anytime touchdown odds and the +275 odds offered at DraftKings. A winning $10 wager through DraftKings would pay out $37.50.

Cedric Tillman Over 36.5 receiving yards ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Best odds: -110 via bet365 | Implied probability: 52.38%

Dorian Thompson-Robinson replaced Deshaun Watson as the Cleveland Browns quarterback last week after Watson left with an Achilles injury. That paid immediate dividends for Cedric Tillman, who saw seven of his 12 targets from Thompson-Robinson.

While Jameis Winston will be under center this week, any change from Watson would seemingly pay huge dividends for Browns wide receivers.

Tillman’s eight catches in Week 7 were the most by a Browns wide receiver this season. It would behoove the Browns to attack the Ravens through the air this week, as Baltimore has the NFL’s best run defense (68.4 yards per game allowed).

Baltimore’s defense is definitely beatable. It has allowed six plays of at least 20 yards and an NFL-worst 35 plays of at least 20 yards this season. Baltimore has also allowed 400 yards of offense more times this season (three) than it did all of last season (two).

The Ravens’ defensive statistics should bode well for Tillman’s receiving yards total. I am overlooking his Over on 2.5 receptions since that is juiced as high as -154.

bet365 is the only one of our best NFL betting sites offering an O/U of 36.5 (FanDuel is at 37.5) while charging the standard -110 juice to back the Over (the Over is juiced as high as -127 at Caesars). A $10 winning wager with bet365’s -110 odds would net $9.09 in profits.

NFL game predictions for Week 8

Saints team total Under 16.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Best odds: -112 via FanDuel | Implied probability: 52.38%

The Saints' offense combined for 91 points in the first two weeks of the season and has scored 86 points in Weeks 3-7.

And since Spencer Rattler will be under center again for the injured Derek Carr, I am continuing to fade the New Orleans offense as a solid four-star play.

The Saints’ best play, especially after wide receiver Rashid Shaheed's season-ending injury, is to get running back Alvin Kamara as involved as possible.

However, Kamara was bottled up for 24 scrimmage yards in last week’s loss to the Broncos, and the Chargers allow the third-fewest fantasy points per game to opposing running backs.

Los Angeles is used to playing in defensive battles. Its 3-3 record is tied for the second-worst six-game start to a season since 1980 when allowing 20 points or fewer in every game.

New Orleans’ team total Under is juiced as high as -125 at bet365, so I am making this wager at FanDuel for the best value.

Bills vs. Seahawks Over 47  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Best odds: -108 via DraftKings | Implied probability: 51.92%

Buffalo is playing its fourth road game in five weeks. That would be daunting under normal circumstances, let alone after having to make the cross-country flight to Seattle on the back end of all of it.

If the Bills defense looks weary in this matchup, one should blame not only the travel but also the fact that this game is expected to have the third-highest pace compared to the league average, per .

I also expect the Bills to score plenty in this matchup, as Josh Allen enters with a league-best 78 Total QBR and faces a Seahawks defense that has allowed a top-10 fantasy receiver in three straight weeks.

In addition, Allen’s 12 passing touchdowns are the second-most by a quarterback with zero interceptions in a team’s first seven games since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.

DraftKings is the only one of our best sports betting sites offering an O/U of 47 (others are at 47.5) while charging the standard -110 juice to back the Over.

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