It is time to have our writing staff make their Week 8 picks. Those who got a pick in for Thursday's game all got a win. It was unanimous in favor of the Pats, which is pretty much easy money, as Tom Brady is 9-0 on Thursday Night Football. As for last week's picks, Michael Ferguson and I were the best of the week, picking 11 of 14 games correctly. That put me in the lead by two wins.
Here is where we stand after seven weeks of football:
| Week 7 games | Jess Root | Randy Fields | Robert Norman | Jesse Reynolds | Tyler Derby | Skii | Seth Cox | Shaun Church | Kent Hodder | Michael Ferguson |
| SEA/SF | SEA | SF | SEA | No pick | SEA | SEA | SEA | SEA | SEA | SEA |
| BUF/JAX | JAX | JAX | BUF | BUF | BUF | BUF | JAX | BUF | BUF | BUF |
| MIN/DET | DET | MIN | DET | MIN | MIN | MIN | DET | DET | DET | MIN |
| NO/IND | IND | IND | IND | IND | IND | IND | IND | IND | IND | IND |
| PIT/KC | KC | PIT | PIT | PIT | PIT | PIT | PIT | KC | PIT | KC |
| HOU/MIA | MIA | MIA | MIA | MIA | MIA | MIA | MIA | HOU | MIA | MIA |
| NYJ/NE | NE | NYJ | NYJ | NE | NE | NYJ | NE | NE | NE | NE |
| CLE/STL | STL | STL | STL | CLE | STL | STL | STL | STL | STL | STL |
| ATL/TEN | ATL | ATL | ATL | ATL | ATL | ATL | ATL | ATL | ATL | ATL |
| TB/WAS | WAS | TB | WAS | WAS | TB | TB | TB | TB | WAS | WAS |
| OAK/SD | SD | OAK | OAK | SD | OAK | OAK | SD | SD | SD | SD |
| DAL/NYG | NYG | NYG | NYG | NYG | NYG | NYG | NYG | NYG | NYG | NYG |
| PHI/CAR | CAR | CAR | CAR | CAR | CAR | CAR | PHI | CAR | CAR | CAR |
| BAL/ARI | ARI | ARI | ARI | ARI | ARI | ARI | ARI | ARI | ARI | ARI |
| Week 7 results | 11-3 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 8-6 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 8-6 | 8-6 | 9-5 | 11-3 |
| Overall record | 72-33 | 70-35 | 69-36 | 69-36 | 67-38 | 66-39 | 61-44 | 58-47 | 56-34 | 23-7 |
Now for this week's picks.