NFL Week 8 thread -- Song of the South

[Cosmo]

Weirdly enough, the Texans can just about salt the AFC South away this week if they beat the Colts. Two games up with a season sweep in hand if it happens.

Thursday night
Minnesota (-3/48) at L.A. Rams, 815, PRIME

Sunday early
Arizona at Miami (-3/46.5), FOX
Atlanta (-2.5/46) at Tampa Bay, FOX
Baltimore (-9/44.5) at Cleveland, CBS
Green Bay (-4.5/49.5) at Jacksonville, FOX
Indianapolis at Houston (-5.5/46), CBS
N.Y. Jets (-7/41.5) at New England, CBS
Philadelphia at Cincinnati (-2.5/48), CBS
Tennessee at Detroit (-11/45.5), FOX

Sunday late
Buffalo (-3/47) at Seattle, FOX
New Orleans at L.A. Chargers (-7.5/40), FOX
Carolina at Denver (-9/43.5), CBS
Chicago (-1.5/43.5) at Washington, CBS
Kansas City (-10/41.5) at Las Vegas, CBS

Sunday night
Dallas at San Francisco (-4.5/46.5), NBC

Monday night
N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh (-6.5/36.5), ABC

 

[poindexter]

No byes. Kinda weird,

 

[da man]

Bye, bye.

 

[dixiehack]

Oh I think you can mark the Lions down for a bye.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Oh I think you can mark the Lions down for a bye.

And … is that why they’re the Lions?

 

[MileHigh]

Bryce Young back in the lineup Sunday at Denver. Dalton sprained a thumb after being involved in a car accident.

 

[da man]

Bryce Young back in the lineup Sunday at Denver. Dalton sprained a thumb after being involved in a car accident.

Well, that makes a fantasy decision for me -- I'm starting the Denver defense (I know, no one etc.)!

 

[Regan MacNeil]

I also have Denver's defense.

 

[playthrough]

NY team at Pittsburgh two prime-time weeks in a row. Yippee.

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Bryce Young back in the lineup Sunday at Denver. Dalton sprained a thumb after being involved in a car accident.

Or the Panthers are so ****ing awful it doesn't matter who the QB is, so might as well play the young guy and see if five weeks on the bench solved any issues.

 

[outofplace]

NY team at Pittsburgh two prime-time weeks in a row. Yippee.

I get why they want that one in prime time, but yeah, it's not a thrilling matchup.

 

[Batman]

Bryce Young back in the lineup Sunday at Denver. Dalton sprained a thumb after being involved in a car accident.

I'd say Sean Payton is living right when he gets the freefalling Raiders, a Saints team with more wounded than a regiment on D-Day, and the Panthers in three out of four games. But the next two after this are on the road against the Ravens and Chiefs, so it'll be a reality check soon enough.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Cowboys at SF is easy money just on the spread. They'll be wearing brown pants at the end.

 

[HanSenSE]

Cowboys at SF is easy money just on the spread. They'll be wearing brown pants at the end.

Another time when the 49ers could send the Santa Clara High JVs out there - and they're darn close - and still be slightly favored.

 

[Batman]

Cowboys at SF is easy money just on the spread. They'll be wearing brown pants at the end.

Which way? The Niners are banged up and are not exactly lighting the world on fire.

 

[da man]

Which way? The Niners are banged up and are not exactly lighting the world on fire.

I'm not a gambler, but if I was I wouldn't touch this game with a 10-foot Hungarian.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

NY team at Pittsburgh two prime-time weeks in a row. Yippee.

Are you kidding? History is on the line as Daniel Jones tries to fall to 1-15 in prime-time games and extend his lack of a passing touchdown to eight consecutive prime-time games. Big stuff!

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Bryce Young back in the lineup Sunday at Denver. Dalton sprained a thumb after being involved in a car accident.

Panthers offense isn't getting anything done regardless of who is behind center since Andy Dalton's first start. But this could be almost as painful to watch as Dalton's thumb might feel right after the wreck he and his family were involved in in Charlotte.

The folks at Dilworth Neighborhood Grill in Charlotte have not lost their sense of humor, and I suspect they couldn't care less what David Tepper thinks.

 

[User 149557]

This Browns disaster can only end one way.

— Shadeur Sanders is drafted and his dad holds Jimmy Haslam hostage for the head coaching job and eventual part ownership of the team.

— Two years later the Browns are still picking second in the draft and Deion Sanders owns the team after Jimmy Haslam is indicted for putting Mr. Bubble in his gas mix at Pilot Flying J stations. His pardon from President Trump comes too late to save his ownership stake, but he now runs the Department of Energy.

— The new dome is made of thin metal sheeting and collapses under the weight of the first snow storm.

— The team is moved to San Antonio. All are relieved.

— DeSean Watson, following his release, wins his second straight MVP quarterbacking the London Jaguars. Joe Flacco, at 46, is Super Bowl MVP for the Colts. All declare him elite.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Panthers offense isn't getting anything done regardless of who is behind center since Andy Dalton's first start. But this could be almost as painful to watch as Dalton's thumb might feel right after the wreck he and his family were involved in in Charlotte.

The folks at Dilworth Neighborhood Grill in Charlotte have not lost their sense of humor, and I suspect they couldn't care less what David Tepper thinks.

I still have a Dilworth Billiards shirt somewhere in my closet.