But Week 8 likely won’t create separation from the pack. Most of our experts are far too aligned for that to happen. Of the 16 games this week, there’s a consensus pick against the spread in seven of them. Feel free to tail or fade as you see fit.

As we approach Week 8 in the NFL it’s all about chalk. After weeks of having the schedule break in a series of confusing matchups we finally have an easy route with some very obvious games. A total of nine games have unanimous picks among our panel,

Before looking at SportsbookWire staff’s Week 8 NFL picks, here are the against-the-spread (ATS) and Over/Under (O/U) leaders, according to Teamrankings.com. With the Minnesota Vikings losing at home 31-29 as a 1-point favorite to the Detroit Lions in Week 7, there are no more NFL teams perfect against the spread.