With road underdogs covering the spread at a 59% clip through the first seven weeks of the 2022 NFL schedule, working some road dogs into your Week 8 NFL bets could be an effective strategy. The Giants are 6-1 but continue to get little respect as they head to Seattle on Sunday, where the Seahawks are favored by three points in the latest Week 8 NFL spreads. The Bears are 9.5-point underdogs against the Cowboys despite coming off a dominant road win over the Patriots as 8.5-point underdogs. Should you back the Giants and Bears as you make your Week 8 NFL predictions or is now the point in the season where you should start fading the NFL trends involving underdogs? All of the Week 8 NFL lines are listed below, and SportsLine’s advanced computer model has all the NFL betting advice and predictions you need to make the best Week 8 NFL picks now.
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Top Week 8 NFL predictions
One of the model’s strongest Week 8 NFL picks is that the Colts (-3) cover the spread at home against Washington. After throwing nine interceptions, being sacked 24 times and fumbling a league-worst 11 times, Matt Ryan has been benched by the Colts in favor of former Texas star Sam Ehlinger. He threw for 11,446 yards and 94 touchdowns during his career at Texas and also rushed for 1,903 yards and 33 scores.
The sixth-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft played in three games as a rookie and will get his first career start against a Washington defense that has had issues with dual-threat quarterbacks. Jalen Hurts threw for 340 yards and three touchdowns while adding 20 yards on the ground in Week 3 and Justin Fields threw for 190 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 88 yards back in Week 6.
Jonathan Taylor will also be another week healthier after touching the ball 17 times in his…
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