Nfl Upset Predictions And Picks For Week 8 (will Bears Keep Hot Streak Alive Vs. Ravens?)

Upsets person been fewer and acold betwixt this NFL season, and Week 7 was nary different. The Cincinnati Bengals beating nan Pittsburgh Steelers connected Thursday nighttime and nan Indianapolis Colts beating nan Los Angeles Chargers, were nan only upset results amongst nan 15 games. We had nan Colts past week.

We move connected to Week 8 pinch a short 13-game slate, but nan SI Team is present trying to find immoderate much upset winners for this week's action.

Odds via FanDuel Sportsbook

Minnesota Vikings (+150) vs. Los Angeles Chargers

I can’t spot this Chargers team, not erstwhile they can’t protect Justin Herbert and let teams to tally each complete them. Look for nan Vikings to use changeless unit connected Herbert and create a fewer takeaways. That will let Minnesota to build an early double-digit advantage and thin connected its tally game.  

Matt Verderame Week 8 Upset Pick

Chicago Bears (+250) vs. Baltimore Ravens

Lamar Jackson mightiness not play aft missing nan past 2 games pinch a hamstring wounded sustained successful Week 4 against nan Chiefs. If it’s Snoop Huntley nether center, forgive maine for not having a ton of religion successful nan Ravens to triumph this crippled against nan streaking Bears. 

Chicago has won 4 consecutive games and is correct successful nan operation for a playoff spot successful nan NFC astatine 4–2. Caleb Williams has thrown 9 touchdowns pinch only 3 interceptions. The defense is concerning arsenic it ranks 25th, but that intends thing if Jackson isn’t connected nan field. Also, Baltimore’s defense ranks 30th, only amended than nan Bengals and Cowboys.

New York Jets (+260) vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Let's not commencement reasoning this Bengals squad is immoderate bully because they hit a divisional rival connected a short week. The Bengals stay 1 of nan worst teams successful nan NFL, and they person nary business being this large of favorites against anyone, nan winless Jets included. The Bengals rank 29th successful DVOA, 31st successful Net Yards per Play (-1.4), 25th successful EPA per play, and 29th successful force EPA per play. The Jets, connected nan different hand, rank 27th, 30th, 29th, and 27th successful those respective stats.

From a axenic metrics perspective, this crippled should beryllium adjacent to a coin flip. With that successful mind, I'm going to return a changeable connected nan Jets to triumph outright arsenic my favourite upset prime of nan week. Let's retrieve conscionable really bad this Bengals squad is.

Peter Dewey Week 8 Upset Pick

Minnesota Vikings (+150) vs. Los Angeles Chargers

The Los Angeles Chargers person dropped 3 of their past 4 games, and they’ve slipped to 29th successful nan NFL successful EPA/Rush entering Thursday night’s matchup pinch nan Minnesota Vikings. 

L.A. is banged up crossed nan board, and its struggles stopping nan tally (allowing 5.1 yards per carry) should thief nan Vikings make nan astir of yet different crippled pinch Carson Wentz nether center. Minnesota has been acold from awesome this season, but it does rank sixth successful nan NFL successful EPA/Play connected defense.

The Chargers are a one-dimensional discourtesy pinch Omarion Hampton out, and I wouldn’t beryllium shocked to spot them autumn down early again aft past week’s shellacking against Indianapolis.

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