NFL Picks Week 8: Expert Predictions, Odds Guide and over-Under Lines

The NFL begins to go heavy on the division matchups entering Week 8, with a number of enticing inter-divisional clashes among the 14 games on tap for this weekend.

A whopping six teams at this point sport perfect 6-0 records, the most in NFL history. That number is guaranteed to go down, however, with two of them facing off in a Sunday Night Football clash. 

Among this weekend's betting odds and over-under lines, let's take a look at what some of Bleacher Report's NFL Lead Writers think about the Week 8 slate.

Game	Line	Over/Under	Matt Miller, B/R	Mike Freeman, B/R	Ty Schalter, B/R
Miami at New England	NE -7.5	51	Patriots	Dolphins	Patriots
Detroit vs. Kansas City (London)	KC -3	45	Lions	Chiefs	Chiefs
Tampa Bay at Atlanta	ATL -7	48.5	Falcons	Falcons	Falcons
San Diego at Baltimore	BAL -3	50	Ravens	Chargers	Ravens
Minnesota at Chicago	MIN -2.5	42.5	Vikings	Vikings	Vikings
Arizona at Cleveland	ARI -4.5	46	Cardinals	Cardinals	Cardinals
Tennessee at Houston	HOU -4.5	--	Titans	Texans	Texans
New York Giants at New Orleans	NO -3	49	Giants	Saints	Saints
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh	CIN -2.5	48	Bengals	Bengals	Bengals
San Francisco at St. Louis	STL -7.5	39.5	Rams	Rams	Rams
New York Jets at Oakland	NYJ -2.5	44	Jets	Jets	Jets
Seattle at Dallas	SEA -6	41	Seahawks	Seahawks	Cowboys
Green Bay at Denver	GB -3	45.5	Packers	Packers	Packers
Indianapolis at Carolina	CAR -5.5	46.5	Panthers	Panthers	Panthers

Note: Experts' predictions are straight up, not against the spread.

Game of the Week

Green Bay Packers at Denver Broncos

Of all the 6-0 teams left in the NFL, these are quite possibly the two most intriguing candidates possible to face off at this point in the season.

On one hand, there's the Green Bay Packers, who have looked mighty as ever en route to their six victories. Aaron Rodgers is playing some of his best ball, albeit with a depleted receiving corps, and a once-shoddy defense is playing lights-out.

On the other hand, there's the Denver Broncos, on whom nobody can really get a grip.

The defense has been spectacular, yes. The unit ranks tops in the NFL, giving up 281 yards per game. Its 26 sacks also lead the league. But it has needed every bit of that defensive effort to combat the regression of Peyton Manning and a suddenly shaky Broncos offense.

Huge defensive touchdowns and stands have been necessary to preserve wins, but it doesn't really matter to the Broncos how they got here, as the team tweeted:

If that "worst 6-0 team" title really carries any weight, it will present itself on Sunday Night Football.

Rodgers has the poise necessary to avoid making those costly mistakes that the Broncos defense thrives on, while his defense should also continue to make 2015 a difficult campaign for Manning. 

But Rodgers' getting the space necessary to carve it up through the air will be predicated upon establishing a running game in which the Packers are beat up, as Adam Schefter of ESPN noted:

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Packers RB Eddie Lacy is not listed on today's injury report but Green Bay RB James Starks did not participate due to a hip injury.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 28, 2015"

When it comes down to it, though, the Packers have been most dominant—this season and in seasons past—at home. They aren't playing at home Sunday but instead will be at Mile High. 

Denver has won its last 11 games at home dating back to 2014, not counting the postseason loss to Indianapolis. The defense has every bit as much to do with that as Manning does, and even more so in the last several outings.

All three of the above B/R NFL guys are rolling with the hotter team, which is hard to argue against. But history also tells us that the Broncos will do anything but fold in their home stadium.