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NFL best bets for Week 8: Will Cowboys step up? How about the Jets?

Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb and the Cowboys should be in desperation mode Sunday, but it might not be enough against the 49ers. Tim Heitman/USA TODAY Sports

Week 8 is a bit of a gross week. There are 16 games, yet we don't have a total above 50, and six of the games have a spread of a touchdown or larger. Feels like a good week to build a 16-team money-line parlay and chase the screenshot. (That is not betting advice. Don't do that.)

I have three key games to watch this week, with a game-level bet for each (side or total), as well as a prop for each --- and a few more lines and props I'm targeting that you'll find at the bottom of the page.

All odds current as of publication time and courtesy of ESPN BET.

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Week 7 recap

A small positive week, making three of the past four weeks winners. If we bet only London games, we'd never lose again.

Slowly but surely, we're up out of our early season hole.

Week 7: 6-5 (+0.88 units)

Overall: 34-41 (-5.04u)
Spread: 5-7 (-2.44u)
Total: 8-9 (-1.8u)
Props: 21-18 (+0.6u)
Same-game parlay: 0-7 (-1.4u)


New York Jets (-7, 40.5) at New England Patriots