NFL Picks Week 8: 3 Spreads That Are a Sure Thing

Here are three games this weekend that have points spreads where you can make money.

How in the world is New Orleans only a 14-point favorite in St. Louis?  The Saints scored more points last week, 62, than the Rams have scored all season long, 56.

That is just one of the three games that are sure winners this weekend against the spread.

Miami Dolphins @ New York Giants (-10)

The Giants have one of the best offenses in the league.  They will not have any trouble putting up more than 30 points against a terrible Miami defense.

That means the Dolphins will have to score 20 or more points just to cover the spread.  There is no way that happens.

Take the Giants and the points.

Detroit Lions (-3) @ Denver Broncos

The people that make the lines must be buying into the Tim Tebow hype.  That is the only reason I can come up with why the Lions are only a three-point favorite in this one.

The Broncos needed a miracle to come from behind last week and beat the Dolphins.  This just in, the Lions are a whole lot better than the Dolphins.  

Detroit averages 27.7 points per game.  They will win this game by a lot more than three if they get anywhere close to that average, and there is no reason to believe they should not.

New Orleans (-14) @ St. Louis Rams

It looks like the Rams will be without Sam Bradford for the second straight week.  Their offense has been bad with Bradford.  It was horrible last week without him.

The Rams average 9.3 points per game.  9.3.  Just last week the Saints hung 62 on the Colts, who have very similar defensive numbers to the Rams.

There is no scenario where the Rams are able to hold the Saints under 30 points, and no scenario where they can score more than 10.