Starting off week 8 Sunday games with an early morning football game in London at Wembley
Stadium. The two teams featured are the Denver Broncos and the Jacksonville Jaguars. A Denver team
that is 2-5 and not looking any better as the weeks go by. The focus has been on the below-par
performance from Russell Wilson. It’s not the Russell we are used to seeing and some reason for it could
be due to some injuries. This is the week the Broncos must figure out what they need to do to win
games, or it may be too late to make a run for playoffs. They face a Jaguars team that isn’t doing much
better this season also at a 2-5 record. The Jaguars have played some good football this season losing close
games. Last week coming up short by a touchdown to the Giants. Based on the momentum the Jaguars look
to be the favorite to win this game in front of a huge London crowd.
Prediction: 24 – 14 Jaguars over Broncos
Carolina Panthers going into Atlanta with new starter PJ Walker who helped lead them to a win
last week. Walker stepped in ready to play facing Tom Brady and throwing for 177 tards and 2
touchdowns in only his 12th game played in his career. The Panthers’ organization is confident he is the guy to
help them win and says it’s tough to pull him after helping get the win in week 7. Atlanta goes into week 8
with plenty on the line as they sit in first place in the NFC South division with a 3-4 record. The falcons still
have to be without Cordarrelle Patterson for the 4th straight week. Putting all the pressure on Marcus
Mariota led the Falcons to win and to stay on top of the division. Mariota has the potential to carry
the team, but he continues to have his up and downs and this week is a big week for him to step up and
prove he is a winner for this team.
Prediction: 27 – 20 Falcons over Panthers
Dallas Cowboys catches another bad break just as they get Dak Prescott back. Zeke Elliot injured
his knee in last week’s matchup and could end up sitting out for their matchup with the Chicago Bears.
With Zeke out as their backup, Tony Pollard is ready to carry the load and give support to Dak Prescott in his
second game back from his thumb injury to stay in the race for first place in the division. The bears still struggling to figure out their offense as they continue to rely on the running game with their backs and Justin Fields
who runs just as much as he throws in a game. Is the offense that they should continue to go with or is
the head coach using their young quarterback the wrong way and could end up getting him hurt? Don’t
see much from this team this week facing the Cowboys.
Prediction: 28 – 17 Cowboys over Bears
Tua and the Miami Dolphins look to build some momentum in his second game back after being
out with a concussion. The Dolphins are 4-3 in a tough division right behind the Jets and Bills. With a win this
week it would put the Dolphins back in contention for the division and be a possible contender for
playoffs. The Lions have not had a good season and have fallen to a 1-5 record. A team that most gave
some hope to do well this season after being seen on HBO Hard Knocks, but things aren’t going to get
any better this week facing the Miami Dolphins. It’s going to be tough to contain this explosive offense
and keep it close.
Prediction: 34 – 21 Dolphins over Lions
One of the surprises of the season is the New York Jets with a 5-1 record. Nobody expected this
maybe not even the Jets fans. But will their winning record continue to grow after losing Breece Hall for
the season after suffering a torn ACL? Just unfortunate for this to happen currently when the Jets were
really getting going early this season. Now its next man up for Michael Carter and Ty Johnson to carry
the running game for the Jets to go along with the great play from their defense only giving up 19.6
points per game and will have to rely on the defense much more to keep the team in games if there is low
production from the offense after their devastating injury to Breece Hall. On the other side will the New
England Patriots go with their two-quarterback rotation of Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe in this division
game. It didn’t work out so well after pulling Mac Jones after only 3 series and Zappe playing the rest of the
game and ending up getting beat by the Bears 33-14. Don’t expect anything different this week as we
don’t know what direction the Patriots and Belichick may go with starting quarterback choice.
Prediction: 27 – 13 Jets over Patriots
The red-hot Philadelphia Eagles are at home this week and look to stay undefeated and improve to
7-0 as they welcome the Pittsburgh Steelers to Lincoln Financial Field. Steelers are 2-5 and lead by
rookie first-round pick Kenny Pickett. This game seems to be a lock for the Eagles and could easily add to
their win record this season to continue their domination so far into the season. The Eagles are surprising
everyone with the way they are playing on both sides of the ball and superstar Jalen Hurts is leading the
way. Despite only having thrown for 6 touchdowns and rushing for 6 touchdowns he is doing what is
needed to help this team keep winning and stay in the conversation for a super contender. This week
don’t be surprised for this Eagles offense to just play their best football of the season.
Prediction: 34 – 10 Eagles over Steelers
Let’s talk about the other hot team in New York and I’m talking about those Giants. Last year the
The Giants were 2-5 at this point of the season but boy did they turn things around this season. Sitting right
behind the Eagles at 6-1 and continuing to build the momentum toward being serious contenders once
playoffs start. Their offense has been led by Daniel Jones and superstar running back Saquon Barkley.
Jones has thrown for 1,223 yards and 6 touchdowns and will add a couple more to his stats this week.
Barkley could have his best game so far facing a defense that gives up 26.6 points per game and 149.7
rushing yards per game. But don’t think it’s going to be that easy of a game against the Seattle Seahawks.
Geno Smith has proven that he is capable of winning games but still has some big shoes to fill after the
departure of Russell Wilson. So far, he has 1,712 yards and 11 touchdowns on the season but could also
hurt you with running if he gets outside the pocket. Geno will do enough to keep this game close but
doesn’t have enough to help secure a win.
Prediction: 28 – 20 Giants over Seahawks
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