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If you're a fan of the , or , you definitely don't need to celebrate Halloween on Monday and that's because you've already dealt with enough horrors this year: You've been forced to watch your team play offense.If you're a fan of one of those teams and you need a costume idea, I have Tyson Jost Kids Jersey some quick ones. If you're a Colts fan, you could go as a bench, since that's where will be spending the rest of the season. If you're a Buccaneers fan, you could go as Father Time, since it appears he might have finally caught up with . And if you're a Packers fan, you could go as nothing since that's what Green Bay has done on offense all season.After watching all three of those teams lose in Week 7, I can't po sibly pick any of them to win in Week 8? CAN I? Let's get to the picks and find out.Actually, before we get to the Week 8 picks, here's a quick reminder that you can check out the weekly picks from every. Also, as you probably know by now -- because I point it out every week -- I'm in charge of the NFL newsletter here at CBSSports.com. If you want to subscribe, all you. I get a four cent bonus every time someone signs up, although it's not as lucrative as it sounds because I have to give six cents back every time I get a pick wrong, so I think I'm actually losing money in this deal. I'll probably need to fix that during my next contract negotiation. Since I'm now running a newsletter, you might be thinking that I'll be way too busy to podcast, but nope. If there are two things I'm never too busy for, it's podcasting and playing Star Wars Monopoly.For the rest of the season, I'll be joining Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson four days per week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday) on the Pick Six Podcast, which is our daily NFL podcast here at CBSSports.com. You can listen to Tuesday's episode below. The reason you're going to want to check it out is because we spent half the podcast wondering whether is any good after what he did to the on Monday.Alright, I've babbled enough, let's get to the picks.8:15 p.m. ET, Thursday (Amazon Prime)Usually when I see that Tom Brady is playing in prime time, I automatically pick his team to win because I hate betting against Brady, especially when that prime-time game is being played on a Thursday. However, I am now throwing all my automatic "pick Tom Brady to win" rules out Conor Timmins Women Jersey the window because Tom Brady is no longer playing like Tom Brady. One rule is that you never pick against Brady in a Thursday night game because he's 10-1 all-time when he has to. However, that rule means nothing to me now because Brady is 45 and no 45-year-old can function on three days of rest. Also, the Buccaneers offense looks mostly broken and I'm not convinced it can be fixed in just three days.Another Brady rule I used to always abide by is that you should never pick against him when he's a home underdog. Over the course of his 23-year career, Brady has only been a home underdog a total of 12 times and he's gone 9-3 in those games (11-1 against the spread). However, the Buccaneers lost to a team (Carolina) last week that fired its coach and traded away its best player in a span of 11 days and if they can lose to the , they can lose to anyone. I mean, I'm not sure what rock bottom is in the NFL, but only scoring three points against the Panthers has to be close. Brady is probably starting to wish that he would have stayed retired.Not only is the Buccaneers offense broken, but their defense can't stop the run and that's the one weakne s you can't afford to have when you're facing the , who rank fifth in the NFL with an average of 156.3 rushing yards per game. The Ravens have held a double-digit lead in every game they've played this season and if they get one against Tampa Bay, it's hard to see the Bucs making any sort of comeback considering how bad their offense has looked.As you can probably already tell at this point, I'm breaking all my Brady rules and taking the Ravens.The pick: Ravens 23-20 over Buccaneers1 p.m. ET (Fox)If you would have told me before the season started that something involving Panthers and would be must-see TV in October, I would've a sumed that you were talking about a show on Animal Planet that involved actual panthers and actual falcons, but nope, this week's game is MUST-SEE TV. If you're wondering whether I took tequila shots before writing that, the answer is no, I actually do think this game is must-see TV and that's because first place COULD be on the line. If the Buccaneers lose to the Ravens on Thursday night, then the winner of this game will take over first place in the NFC South.If the Falcons win, they'd move up to 4-4, which would give them a one-game lead over the next best team. If the Panthers win, they'd improve to 3-5 and they'd hold the tiebreaker over both the NHL Colorado Avalanche Kids Jersey Buccaneers and Falcons thanks to their 3-0 division record.Nothing sums up this crazy NFL season more than what Carolina is doing right now: The Panthers traded away their best offensive player, they fired their coach and they're down to their third option at quarterback, but they could be in first place heading into Week 9 if they can win on Sunday. The only problem is that I don't think they can win on Sunday. If the Panthers defense struggles with one thing, it is stopping the run. The problem with that is that running the ball is the only thing the Falcons are good at on offense. The Falcons are averaging 156.9 yards per game on the ground, which ranks fourth in the NFL. The Falcons love to run the ball so much that they refuse to throw the ball even when they should probably be throwing it. In the NFL, most teams will throw the ball when they're trailing big, but not the Falcons. Against the in Week 7, the Falcons trailed by 21 points in the first half and 18 points in the second half, but they still only threw 13 pa ses over the course of the entire game.The Falcons are going to run the ball and they don't care that you know that they're going to run the ball and I think they run the ball all the way to first place in the division with a win over the Panthers. The Falcons being in first place after eight weeks would be the most shocking thing to left his family in 1992 to become a falconer. I've also thought about moving off the grid to train falcons, but I can barely function on the grid, so it probably wouldn't be a great idea. The pick: Falcons 23-17 over Panthers4:25 p.m. ET (Fox)I don't know how it happened, but after falling off the face of the earth for nearly six years, not only has re-emerged, but he's re-emerged playing the best football of his life. Through seven weeks, Smith has played so well that he actually looks like he could end up being an MVP candidate. Is it dumb to talk about MVP candidates in October? Probably, but I also once thought it would be dumb to mention Smith's Andrew Hammond Men Jersey name in any conversation involving the MVP, yet here we are, so I'm not going to pretend to know anything about what's dumb and what's not anymore.Before signing with the in 2020, Smith played for three teams over the first seven seasons of his career and one of those teams was the GIANTS. During his time in New York, Smith was known for doing exactly one thing and that's ending streak of consecutive games started. Needle s to say, fans in New York did not take the news well. Geno Smith's dad received a death threat after Geno was named Giants' starting QB, per Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) Two years later, Manning would get benched again, but this time for , which means we are now getting a showdown featuring the only two quarterbacks that Eli Manning ever got benched for. The world has come full circle. Joonas Donskoi Men Jersey .. or has it come full-square? I'm not sure, you'd have to ask Geno. Former Jets and Giants QB Geno Smith becomes latest athlete to at least entertain the Flat Earth notion Flat Earth 2017 (@EarthIsFlat2017) The interesting thing about this game is that both of these teams can run the ball, but neither of them can stop the run (They've surrendered the fourth- and fifth-most rushing yards per game this year). This might be the most underrated game of Week 8 and I think it's going to be a shootout that ends with Geno getting revenge on his old team.The pick: Seahawks 34-27 over Giants4:25 p.m. ET (Fox)It's almost fitting that the and Rams are playing each other this week, because I've been trying to decide which team has been the bigger disappointment this year, and now, I don't even have to decide, because they're going to settle it on the field.Actually, they already settled it on the field back in Week 4 in a game that the 49ers won 24-9. The Niners have now won seven straight regular season games against the Rams and one reason they've been so dominant is because of Kyle Shanahan's offensive brilliance. Shanahan definitely doesn't look b |
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