Best Bets NFL Week 8: Keeping the Hot Streak Alive?
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PIT (+3.5) @ BAL
ODDS: EVEN
Pittsburgh enters this game as the only undefeated team remaining in the NFL at 6-0, while the Ravens are 5-1 coming off a bye week, so this should be a great game. Typically I stay away from betting on tough divisional matchups, but I’m betting the Steelers in this one for three reasons. First, the Steelers are 5-1 against the spread this season. Second, in the last five matchups between these teams, the underdog is 4-0-1 ATS. And lastly, the Steelers have the best defense against the run in the NFL, allowing under 65 yards per game on the ground, and Lamar Jackson has yet to prove he can win a game with his arm at the NFL level.
LV @ CLE OVER(51.5)
ODDS: +110
I’ll keep this writeup short and sweet, because it’s really simple. Raiders OVERs are 6-0 this season while Browns OVERs are 5-2. Raiders games have an average of 59.7 points, while Browns games have an average of 60 points. I know the weather looks bad in Cleveland, but I’m still confident in how bad both of these defenses are. Both teams have strong running games and I feel that this OVER can hit even if both teams go with a run-heavy approach.
TEASER (6 POINTS): LV (+8.5), SF (+9), IND (+3)
ODDS: +150
I love this teaser mainly because I think all of these teams win their games outright, and we get points for all of them. Starting with the Raiders, I see them playing a very close game with the Browns who are a very similar team. This one should stay within a touchdown.
I love San Francisco in this spot, as underdogs going to Seattle to take on the Seahawks. The Seahawks have the better record at 5-1, but their 5 wins came against teams that are a combined 10-23. The 49ers have battled the injury bug in a big way this season, but they seem to be rounding into form after convincing wins over the Rams & Patriots the past two weeks. The Seahawks also have such a bad defense that it’ll be difficult for them to win by double-digits, and the only time they’ve done so this season was in Week One against the Falcons. Even if Seattle wins, it will be much tighter than a nine-point differential.
I like the Colts in this spot coming off a bye week and getting some of the injured players back, namely Darius Leonard, on defense. The Lions have one of the worst defensive fronts in the NFL, and the Colts have one of the best offensive lines, so Indy should have no issue controlling the line of scrimmage and running the football. The Lions are also 0-7 in their last seven games as home underdogs, as they are in this game.
TEASER (6 POINTS): TEN(-1), LAC (+2.5), TB (-7)
ODDS: +150
Derrick Henry against the league’s 27th ranked run defense? Yea, I think I’ll take the Titans (-1). The Titans are simply the better football team in this one, and I really can’t see a way they lose again after a narrow loss to the undefeated Steelers last week. I think the Titans win by multiple scores, but any type of Titans win will cash this bet.
The Chargers have been playing some solid football since Justin Herbert took over as the starting quarterback, while the Broncos have a strong defense but are struggling mightily to score points. The Chargers are 4-1 ATS since Herbert took over as the starter. The Broncos have scored only 7 touchdowns in five games (excluding their matchup with the Jets), so I just can’t see them keeping pace with Herbert and the Chargers in this one.
The Buccaneers are coming off consecutive wins over the Packers and Raiders by a combined margin of 58 points, and now they’re taking on a pitiful Giants team. I’m surprised this line isn’t larger in favor of the Bucs. Tampa wins this one handily.