The NEO Sports Insiders Staff Picks The Week Eight NFL Games

Matt Williamson
Last Week 6-8
Season 68-37

Patriots over Dolphins
Steelers over Bengals
Giants over Saints
Falcons over Buccaneers
Seahawks over Cowboys
Ravens over Chargers
Bears over Vikings
Texans over Titans
Rams over 49ers
Jets over Raiders
Packers over Broncos
Panthers over Colts

Cardinals over Browns – McCown downspin continues. Browns lose by double digits.

Ryan Kaczmarski
Last Week 9-5/strong
Season 63-42

New England over Miami
Detroit over Kansas City
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
Baltimore over San Diego
Minnesota over Chicago
Tennessee over Houston
New Orleans over NY Giants
Cincinnati over Pittsburgh
St. Louis over San Francisco
NY Jets over Oakland
Seattle over Dallas
Green Bay over Denver
Carolina over Indianapolis

Arizona 35 Browns 21 – Johnny runs the offense well, but the Browns still have no defense to stop the high-powered old men on the Cardinals roster.

Matt Loede
Last Week 9-5
Season 64-41/strong

New England over Miami
Detroit over Kansas City
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
Baltimore over San Diego
Minnesota over Chicago
Houston over Tennessee
NY Giants over New Orleans
Pittsburgh over Cincinnati
St. Louis over San Francisco
Oakland over NY Jets
Seattle over Dallas
Green Bay over Denver
Carolina over Indianapolis

Arizona 27 Browns 17 – Browns run defense is ranked 32nd in the league, allowing over 150 yards a game. Combine that with too much Carson Palmer and the Browns season of disaster continues.

Scott Piker
Last week 9-5
Season 66-39

Miami @ New England – New England
Detroit @ Kansas City – Detroit
Tampa bay @ Atlanta – Atlanta
San Francisco @ St. Louis – St. Louis
New York Giants @ New Orleans – New Orleans
Minnesota @ Chicago – Minnesota
San Diego @ Baltimore – San Diego
Cincinnati @ Pittsburgh – Cincinnati
Tennessee @ Houston – Houston
New York Jets @ Oakland – Oakland
Seattle @ Dallas – Seattle
Green Bay @ Denver – Denver
Indianapolis @ Carolina – Carolina

Cardinals 31 Browns 13 – If you thought the Rams defense was tough, the Cardinals are just as tough if not better. The Cardinals offense can score points with ease as well. The Browns catch a break because Arizona played Monday night and have to travel east for a 1PM kickoff on Sunday, but it won’t matter that much.

Eddy Jensen
Last Week 9-5
Season 65-40

New England over Miami
Detroit over Kansas City
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
Chicago over Minnesota
Rams over San Francisco
Giants over New Orleans
Bengals over Steeler
Chargers over Ravens
Houston over Titans
Jets over Raiders
Seattle over Cowboys
Green Bay over Broncos
Carolina over Colts

Cardinals 19 Browns 12 – Cardinals bring desert heat to dry up any upset chances. Cardinals 19 Browns 12

Steve Dimatteo
Last Week 11-3
Season 64-41

New England over Miami
Detroit over Kansas City
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
Minnesota over Chicago
Rams over San Francisco
New Orleans over NY Giants
Steelers over Bengals
Chargers over Ravens
Houston over Titans
Oakland over Jets
Seattle over Cowboys
Green Bay over Broncos
Colts over Carolina

Arizona 30 Browns 10 – The Browns descent continues with another loss, this time a blowout at home.

Adrienne Goehler
Last Week 9-5
Season 64-41

NE over MIA
KC over DET
ATL over TB
BAL over SD
MIN over CHI
HOU over TEN
NO over NYG
PIT over CIN
SF over STL
NYJ over OAK
SEA over DAL
GB over DEN
CAR over IND

ARI over CLE 28-16 – The Browns have done nothing to show me they can win as of late, and the injuries aren’t helping either. I think the Cardinals will handle the Browns easily in week 8.

Spencer Davies
Last Week 9-5
Season 61-44

NE over MIA
KC over DET
ATL over TB
CHI over MIN
STL over SF
NYG over NO
PIT over CIN
BAL over SD
HOU over TEN
NYJ over OAK
SEA over DAL
GB over DEN
CAR over IND

Arizona over Cleveland

Vince Miller
Last Week 11-3
Season 67-38

NE over MIA
KC over DET
ATL over TB
CHI over MIN
STL over SF
NYG over NO
CIN over PIT
SD over BAL
HOU over TEN
OAK over NYJ
SEA over DAL
GB over DEN
CAR over IND

Cardinals 38 Browns 14 – Understandably, getting Joe Haden and Tashaun Gipson back this week is a sizable upgrade to what has been forced to play in the secondary. However, Arizona’s offense is just way too powerful for opposing defenses to slow down. Not-so-bold prediction for this one: Larry Fitzgerald and Michael Floyd eclipse 100 yards receiving on Sunday. CJ2K, you know the guy the Browns passed on when T-West and Duke Johnson Jr. were idle for camp, is also the second leading rusher – not good news for the front seven in Cleveland.

Mike Perry
Last Week 11-3
Season 53-20

New England over Miami
Kansas City over Detroit
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
Baltimore over San Diego
Minnesota over Chicago
Houston over Tennessee
New Orleans over NY Giants
Cincinnati over Pittsburgh
St. Louis over San Francisco
Jets over Oakland
Seattle over Dallas
Green Bay over Denver
Carolina over Indianapolis

Arizona 35 Browns 10 – Arizona is a good, young team playing with a ton of confidence. The Browns are a trainwreck. Will Cleveland go with a banged-up career loser or an untested youngster that can’t seem to keep his personal life out of the headlines? Does it really matter? The Cardinals could seriously embarrass the Browns on Sunday. And, think…they Cleveland has just four days to prepare for the Bengals! Going on record now to say the Browns-Bengals Thursday night game is going to be a turning point for this franchise…in one way or another.
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Brandon Urasek
Last Week 11-3
Season 52-21

NE over MIA
DET over KC
ATL over TB
CHI over MIN
CIN over PIT
TEN over HOU
STL over SF
NO over NYG
BAL over SD
NYJ over OAK
SEA over DAL
GB over DEN
IND over CAR

Arizona 28 Cleveland 10 – Cleveland isn’t going to be able to cover the Arizona wide receivers and the Browns wide receivers won’t be able to separate from the Arizona corners. Arizona strolls to a victory.

Dan Gilles
Last Week 10-4
Season 58-31

New England over Miami
Detroit over Kansas City
Pittsburgh over Cincinnati
Minnesota over Chicago
New Orleans over NY Giants
San Diego over Baltimore
St. Louis over San Francisco
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
Houston over Tennessee
NY Jets over Oakland
Seattle over Dallas
Green Bay over Denver
Carolina over Indianapolis

Arizona over Browns – After four straight games that came down to the final play, the Browns were simply whitewashed last weekend. The return home does them no favors this week, regardless of who is at quarterback.

Matt Medley
Last Week 8-6
Season 48-25

New England over Miami
Detroit over Kansas City
Atlanta over Tampa Bay
San Diego over Baltimore
Minnesota over Chicago
Tennessee over Houston
Giants over Saints
Steelers over Bengals
Rams over 49ers
Raiders over Jets
Seahawks over Cowboys
Packers over Broncos
Panthers over Colts

Arizona 28 Cleveland 17 – Bruce Arians reminds the Browns why they shouldn’t have passed on him in their head coaching searches in recent years. Meanwhile the Browns are well on their way to beginning yet another coaching search.