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Staff Game Picks, Week 8

The Footballguys staff picks this week's NFL games

By FBG Staff
October 28, 2021
Staff Game Picks, Week 8
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Looking to dominate your office pool this season? Eighteen Footballguys.com staff members are here to help you out. Each week they will pick the winners of every NFL game and rank their selections based on how confident they are that the team will win. The most-confident pick gets 16 points (when bye weeks are happening), and the least-confident gets just 1. We'll even total up everyone's picks so you can get an overall consensus on who our staff think will be the most likely winners. Each week we'll announce the weekly winners and track the overall record for the entire season.

Here are the specifics:

  • It lasts for 18 weeks
  • Pick every game straight up each week
  • Games are weighted; your most confident game would be weighed the most
  • If you miss a week, you will be awarded the lowest score for that week minus 1 point
  • The total correct picks score will determine standings
  • Tiebreaker: number of weeks with the highest score

Last Week's Picks

  • Correct picks are in bold.
  • LW is the number of points earned last week.
  • YTD is the number of points earned this season.
Visiting Team DEN ATL CAR CIN KC NYJ WAS DET PHI CHI HOU IND NO
Home Team CLE MIA NYG BAL TEN NE GB LAR LV TB ARI SF SEA Pts YTD
Andrew Davenport CLE ATL CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR LV TB ARI SF NO 68 626
5 1 2 10 7 9 8 13 3 11 12 4 6
Andrew Garda CLE ATL CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR LV TB ARI SF NO 71 600
2 4 8 6 3 9 11 12 7 10 13 1 5
Andy Hicks CLE MIA CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR LV TB ARI IND SEA 59 546
7 9 5 13 3 12 10 8 6 4 11 1 2
Ben Cummins DEN ATL CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR LV TB ARI SF NO 73 645
1 3 2 5 6 9 11 12 8 10 13 4 7
Clayton Gray DEN ATL CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR LV TB ARI IND NO 70 649
2 3 6 9 4 8 10 13 7 11 12 1 5
Dan Hindery CLE MIA CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR PHI TB ARI SF NO 65 653
4 2 9 5 3 8 10 12 1 11 13 6 7
Danny Tuccitto DEN ATL CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR PHI TB ARI SF NO 66 602
2 5 4 8 3 9 10 12 1 11 13 7 6
James Brimacombe CLE ATL CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR PHI TB ARI SF NO 65 669
3 2 4 7 8 9 10 13 1 11 12 6 5
Jason Wood DEN MIA NYG BAL KC NE GB LAR PHI TB ARI SF NO 60 601
1 3 2 9 8 7 10 13 4 11 12 6 5
Jeff Bell DEN MIA CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR LV TB ARI IND NO 56 602
6 5 8 7 9 4 10 12 3 11 13 2 1
Jeff Haseley DEN MIA CAR BAL TEN NE GB LAR LV TB ARI SF NO 67 605
2 4 8 9 6 5 10 11 7 13 12 1 3
Jeff Tefertiller DEN MIA CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR LV TB ARI SF SEA 60 608
3 2 6 8 7 9 10 11 5 12 13 4 1
Keith Roberts DEN MIA CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR LV TB ARI SF SEA 61 655
3 2 7 8 4 9 11 12 6 10 13 5 1
Matt Bitonti DEN ATL CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR LV TB ARI SF NO 68 616
1 2 3 8 6 10 11 12 7 9 13 5 4
Matt Carey CLE ATL CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR PHI TB ARI SF NO 62 636
2 1 6 7 3 9 10 12 8 11 13 5 4
Ryan Weisse CLE ATL CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR PHI TB ARI IND NO 67 602
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 12 11 1 10
Sean Settle DEN MIA CAR BAL KC NE GB LAR LV TB ARI SF NO 68 648
6 4 7 3 2 8 9 13 5 12 11 1 10
Will Grant CLE ATL CAR BAL TEN NE GB LAR LV TB ARI SF NO 74 623
4 5 7 8 3 10 9 13 6 12 11 2 1

Standings

  • Tot is the number of points earned this season.
  • Wk01 is the number of points earned in Week 1.
  • Etc.
  • People who missed picking for a week are awarded the lowest score for that week minus 1 point
Player Total Wk01 Wk02 Wk03 Wk04 Wk05 Wk06 Wk07 Wk08 Wk09 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18
James Brimacombe 669 99 92 99 104 *124 86 65
Dave Kluge 655 68 *119 98 *121 114 80 55
Keith Roberts 655 90 99 110 92 116 87 61
Dan Hindery 653 95 106 98 89 118 82 65
Clayton Gray 649 77 110 107 88 111 86 70
Sean Settle 648 52 109 *114 107 121 77 68
Benjamin Cummins 645 76 94 113 100 112 77 73
Matt Carey 636 76 97 103 103 104 *91 62
Andrew Davenport 626 52 104 104 93 123 82 68
William Grant 623 66 106 103 93 105 76 *74
Matt Bitonti 616 78 98 106 79 111 76 68
Alessandro Miglio 612 89 88 102 81 112 85 55
Jeff Tefertiller 608 69 113 89 69 117 *91 60
Jeff Haseley 605 69 88 110 90 112 69 67
Danny Tuccitto 602 74 91 98 83 114 76 66
Jeff Bell 602 52 92 106 105 109 82 56
Ryan Weisse 602 53 105 101 103 99 74 67
Jason Wood 601 80 92 86 85 *124 74 60
Andrew Garda 600 63 90 101 92 116 67 71
Bob Henry 589 85 91 104 84 102 68 55
Andy Hicks 546 58 109 88 92 64 76 59

This Week's Picks

  • YTD is the number of points earned this season.

Visiting Team GB CAR CIN LAR MIA PHI PIT SF TEN JAC NE TB WAS DAL NYG
Home Team ARI ATL NYJ HOU BUF DET CLE CHI IND SEA LAC NO DEN MIN KC YTD
Alex Miglio ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF DET CLE CHI TEN SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 612
8 6 13 14 15 4 1 2 5 9 3 11 7 10 12
Andrew Davenport ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF PHI CLE SF TEN SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 626
9 6 12 14 15 2 5 4 8 1 11 10 3 7 13
Andrew Garda ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF PHI CLE SF TEN SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 600
10 8 12 13 14 4 2 1 11 7 3 9 5 6 15
Andy Hicks GB CAR CIN LAR BUF DET CLE CHI IND JAC LAC TB DEN DAL NYG 546
1 3 14 13 12 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 15 11
Ben Cummins ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF DET CLE SF TEN JAC LAC TB DEN DAL KC 645
6 8 14 15 12 1 7 9 5 3 2 13 4 10 11
Clayton Gray ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF DET CLE SF TEN SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 649
8 7 13 14 15 1 4 3 2 6 9 12 5 10 11
Dan Hindery ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF DET PIT SF TEN SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 653
11 6 13 14 15 1 3 7 5 8 10 9 4 2 12
Danny Tuccitto ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF PHI PIT SF TEN SEA LAC NO DEN DAL KC 602
6 9 13 15 12 8 5 3 7 11 10 1 2 4 14
Dave Kluge ARI CAR CIN LAR BUF DET CLE SF TEN JAC LAC TB WAS DAL KC 655
9 1 13 11 12 8 10 5 6 3 4 7 2 14 15
James Brimacombe ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF PHI CLE SF IND SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 669
9 1 13 15 14 2 8 7 3 6 10 11 4 5 12
Jason Wood ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF PHI PIT SF TEN SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 601
8 3 13 14 15 1 2 7 10 4 9 11 5 6 12
Jeff Bell ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF PHI CLE SF IND JAC LAC TB DEN DAL KC 602
11 7 15 14 13 6 2 4 3 1 8 10 5 9 12
Jeff Haseley ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF DET CLE SF TEN JAC LAC TB WAS DAL KC 605
11 12 13 14 15 1 8 3 9 5 2 10 4 7 6
Jeff Tefertiller ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF PHI CLE SF TEN SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 608
8 2 10 14 15 1 7 6 11 5 4 12 3 13 9
Keith Roberts ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF DET PIT SF TEN SEA LAC TB DEN MIN KC 655
10 9 13 15 14 3 2 4 8 6 7 12 5 1 11
Matt Bitonti ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF DET PIT CHI TEN JAC LAC TB DEN DAL KC 616
8 7 15 14 13 2 3 4 6 1 10 11 5 9 12
Matt Carey ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF PHI PIT SF TEN SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 636
6 9 11 14 13 10 5 12 4 3 1 8 2 7 15
Ryan Weisse ARI CAR CIN LAR BUF DET CLE SF TEN SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 602
7 1 10 15 14 2 5 6 8 4 11 13 3 9 12
Sean Settle ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF PHI PIT SF TEN SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 648
9 8 12 15 14 6 7 5 4 1 11 10 3 2 13
Will Grant ARI ATL CIN LAR BUF PHI CLE SF TEN SEA LAC TB DEN DAL KC 623
11 10 14 13 15 1 6 5 12 7 9 3 2 4 8
Away Picks 1 3 20 20 0 10 7 17 17 6 0 19 2 19 1
Home Picks 19 17 0 0 20 10 13 3 3 14 20 1 18 1 19
Away Conf 1 5 256 280 0 41 27 91 121 17 0 190 6 149 11
Home Conf 165 118 0 0 277 28 72 15 8 78 140 1 77 1 225
Tot Conf 166 123 256 280 277 69 99 106 129 95 140 191 83 150 236

Heavy Favorites

  • On paper, this is the most-lopsided week of the schedule, with a whopping 10 teams receiving single-digit confidence points.
  • The Rams are the heaviest of heavy favorites as 280 confidence points were given to LA.
  • The Chargers, on the other hand, are the lightest unanimous favorites with only 140 confidence points.

Dual Support

  • There is but one game with a close split of votes, and it's a 10-10 deadlock. What a barnburner it should be!
    • Philadelphia (10 votes) at Detroit (10 votes)
  • That contest is also the closest game with regards to confidence points. The staff has allotted 41 points to the visiting Eagles, while a less-confident 28 points were given to the winless Lions.

Odds and Ends

With a 15-game slate this week, having a perfect score will give you 120 total points.

As an additional reminder - these picks and confidence points were made on Wednesday night so that this article may come out well before the Thursday opener. These picks won't be updated as the week progresses, so any late-breaking news will not change the confidence points. If your league allows you to change your picks right up until each NFL game starts, make sure to check the latest news before making your final selections.

Good luck this weekend!

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