Top Sports Betting Takeaways From NFL Week 8 (2025)
The National Football League (NFL) regular season has eight weeks in the rear-view mirror. I have to say, Week 8 stunk. There weren’t a lot of thrilling, competitive games or good storylines. We did have the ugly, ugly dislocated ankle injury for New York Giants RB Cam Skattebo, and that’s video I’d prefer not to have to see ever again.
Each week, we’ll review some of the important facts that we learned from the previous week, while looking at some trends, stats and bad beats, with some facts, conjecture and a little bit of fun along the way.
Let’s get started with our top sports betting takeaways from NFL Week 8.
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Week 8 Betting Takeaways
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For the Record
In Week 8, we had six teams on a bye. Favorites went 11-2 straight up (SU), and favorites were also an amazing 11-2 against the spread (ATS). Through 121 games in the regular season, favorites are 85-35-1 (70.8%) straight up.
Joe Public hit the jackpot again in Week 8, too, as the public tend to back favorites. The sportsbooks did not have a good day for the second consecutive weekend. Favorites are now 71-50 ATS (58.7%), too.
Home teams ended up going just 8-5, with big upsets coming thanks to the New York Jets posted a 39-38 victory as a 5.5-point underdog for their first win of the season, and the Miami Dolphins stunned the Atlanta Falcons 34-10 as a 7-point underdog. The No. 32 rushing defense in the league someone stymied RB Bijan Robinson. Home teams were also 8-5 ATS, and that’s 64-56-1 (53.3%) through Week 8. For totals, the Over was 9-2-2, so that means the Over is 65-53-3 (55.1%) through eight weeks.
We had three divisional games in Week 8, with the favorite going 3-0 SU and ATS. That means favorites are 26-7 SU (78.8%) in divisional play this season, and favorites are 20-12-1 ATS (62.5%) in those games. The Over was 2-1 in those divisional matchups, but the Under is still hanging on at 18-15 (54.5%) through Week 8.
Looking to the AFC vs. NFC games, the AFC put it on the NFC in Week 8, winning seven of eight games straight up, while also going 7-1 ATS. The NFC is now just 18-16 ATS (52.9%) through 34 games, and the Over went 5-1-2.
Thursday Must-See TV?
In Week 8, the Los Angeles Chargers took care of the Minnesota Vikings 37-10 at SoFi Stadium as the Over (44.5) cashed. While that’s not a very good game, obviously, we had a ton of offense, at least from the Chargers’ perspective.
The Over has cashed in four consecutive Thursday games, with a combined total of 47, 64, 51 and 49 in the past four weeks in the Amazon Prime Video game. That should get Al Michaels to stop whining this season.
Red Rifle Red Alert
The Carolina Panthers were horrible in Week 8, and all of a sudden Bryce Young isn’t looking all that bad, is he?
Young rolled his ankle in the 13-6 victory against the New York Jets in Week 7, and he was unavailable to play in the Week 8 game against the Buffalo Bills. It was already going to be a tall order facing the Bills, who were coming off a bye, but it was a doubly steep, uphill battle with veteran QB Andy Dalton, a.k.a. ‘The Red Rifle’ starting.
Buffalo took a 19-3 lead at halftime, before rolling to the 40-9 victory, snapping a three-game win streak for Carolina. Dalton threw a pick, while losing two fumbles, and if he starts again in Week 9, we’re going to avoid the Panthers for sure.
The Patriot Way
The New England Patriots have been the way to covers this season, posting a 6-2 ATS record through eight games. That’s tied with the Indianapolis Colts for the best ATS mark in the NFL.
The Patriots are taking advantage of a rather easy schedule, but that’s not the team’s fault. You can only play who you play, and New England is winning regularly. QB Drake Maye is not nearly as hated as former QB Tom Brady was — at least not yet.
New England is averaging 353.1 total yards per game (11th in the NFL), 240.5 passing yards (10th) and 26.6 points scored (7th) per game. On defense, the Pats allow just 300.4 total yards (7th), 76.0 rushing yards (2nd) and 18.3 PPG (5th). That solid offense and defense has been a great combination for covers.
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