NFL Week 8 picks: Ravens beat Tom Brady’s Buccaneers, Seahawks top 6-1 Giants, Bills steamroll hapless Packers

If you’re a fan of the Colts, Buccaneers or Packers, 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 some quick ones. If you’re a Colts fan, you could go as a bench, since that’s where Matt Ryan 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 Tom Brady. 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 possibly 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 CBSSports.com NFL expert by clicking here. 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 have to do is click here and enter your email address. 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 Justin Fields is any good after what he did to the Patriots on Monday. 

Alright, I’ve babbled enough, let’s get to the picks. 

NFL Week 8 Picks

Baltimore (4-3) at Tampa Bay (3-4)

8:15 p.m. ET, Thursday (Amazon Prime)