Here's the Times' Bucs coverage team's predictions for week 8 of the NFL season:
Game | timeday | Martin Fennelly, @mjfennelly | Tom Jones, @tomwjones | Ernest Hooper, @hoop4you | Rick Stroud, NFLStroud | Thomas Bassinger, @tometrics | Greg Auman, @gregauman |
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Against the spread (last week) | ----- | 8-7 | 7-8 | 6-9 | 3-12 | 4-11 | 12-3 |
Against the spread (overall) | ----- | 57-49 | 54-52 | 53-53 | 49-57 | 49-57 | 48-58 |
Straight up (last week) | ----- | 13-2 | 10-5 | 7-8 | 11-4 | 7-8 | 11-4 |
Straight up (overall) | ----- | 68-38 | 67-39 | 61-45 | 60-46 | 45-61 | 64-42 |
Upsets of the week | ----- | 4-3 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 2-5 | 2-5 |
Locks of the week | ----- | 4-3 | 4-3 | 5-2 | 4-3 | 6-1 | 3-4 |
Carolina at Tampa Bay (-2.5) | 1 PM/Sunday | TB 27-24 | TB 27-17 | TB 20-17 | TB 27-24 | CAR 35-28 | TB 23-17 |
Miami at Baltimore (-3.5) | 8:25 PM/Thursday | MIA 13-12 | MIA 13-9 (U) | BAL 21-20 | MIA 19-17 | MIA 21-17 | BAL 20-14 |
Minnesota (-9.5) at Cleveland | 9:30 AM/Sunday | Minn 27-13 | MIN 31-20 | MIN 30-10 (L) | MIN 30-17 | MIN 34-23 | MIN 31-13 |
L.A. Chargers at New England (-7.5) | 1 PM/Sunday | NE 27-23 | NE 30-10 | NE 28-17 | NE 30-24 | NE 31-21 | NE 31-21 |
Chicago at New Orleans (-9.5) | 1 PM/Sunday | NO 27-10 (L) | NO 31-9 (L) | NO 17-10 | NO 24-17 | NO 28-20 | NO 38-24 |
Atlanta (-5.5) at N.Y. Jets | 1 PM/Sunday | ATL 23-17 | ATL 24-21 | ATL 24-14 | ATL 30-21 | ATL 30-27 | ATL 21-14 |
San Francisco at Philadelphia (-12.5) | 1 PM/Sunday | PHI 34-17 | PHI 33-7 | PHI 30-10 | PHI 35-20 (L) | PHI 26-7 | PHI 38-14 (L) |
Oakland at Buffalo (-2.5) | 1 PM/Sunday | OAK 27-24 | BUF 23-20 | OAK 23-13 (U) | OAK 27-21(U) | BUF 26-9 (L) | OAK 24-21 (U) |
Indianapolis at Cincinnati (-10.5) | 1 PM/Sunday | CIN 31-17 | CIN 23-13 | CIN 14-7 | CIN 14-7 | CIN 33-23 | CIN 24-13 |
Houston at Seattle (-5.5) | 4:05 PM/Sunday | SEA 23-10 | SEA 20-14 | SEA 20-10 | HOU 24-21 | SEA 32-24 | SEA 31-24 |
Dallas (-2.5) at Washington | 4:25 PM/Sunday | DALL 31-27 | WAS 27-23 | DAL 27-24 | DAL 24-23 | WAS 25-23 (U) | DAL 24-21 |
Pittsburgh (-3.5) at Detroit | 8:30 PM/Sunday | DET 21-20 (U) | DET 21-20 | PITT 31-30 | PIT 31-27 | PIT 42-26 | PIT 31-24 |
Denver at Kansas City (-7.5) | 8:30 PM/Monday | KC 24-14 | KC 30-20 | KC 28-20 | KC 30-24 | KC 28-21 | KC 34-21 |