The Los Angeles Rams host the Minnesota Vikings in the Week 8 kickoff game.
Week 8 of the NFL season kicks off tonight as the Minnesota Vikings visit the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday Night Football. Minnesota is coming off their first loss of the season, dropping to 5-1 and into second place in the NFC North as they fell to the Detroit Lions. The Rams are sitting in the fourth position in the NFC West at 2-4, but they are coming off a win over the Las Vegas Raiders to end a two-game losing streak. How will tonight’s game play out?
Our contributors are back this week to make their straight up winners picks for the game. Each week throughout the season, our group of contributors pick the straight-up winners for every game, working our way from Week1 through the Super Bowl. They can also make picks against the spread and over or under the point spread. The odds are brought to us by FanDuel sportsbook.
As of Thursday evening, the Vikings were sitting as 2.5-point favorites on the road. the moneyline has the Vikings -146 for the straight-up win, with the Rams +124 to pull off the victory. The point total for the game is 47.5.
For Week 7, I came away with the win at 14-1, followed by Marek Brave and Sumeet Jena who were both 12-3. James McKinney was fourth a 11-4.
For the season, our standings are:
Marek Brave (70-37)
James McKinney (69-38)
Sumeet Jena (69-38)
Kevin Nogle (68-39)
And, as always, thanks to Tallysight for allowing us to use of their widget for publishing our picks.
