NFL Week 8 Betting Online
Week 8 of the 2025 NFL season opens with a Thursday night Prime Video matchup of the Minnesota Vikings and the LA Chargers from SoFi Stadium. It is not inconceivable that these teams could clash in the Super Bowl come February. The Vikings are an interesting study under 4th-year head coach Kevin O’Connell, who has gone 13-4, 7-10, 14-3 in his three seasons in Minnesota. However, the Vikings lost in the wild-card round in both of their playoff appearances. Even more interesting is that the Vikings never wanted QB Sam Darnold and tried to trade him during last season. Darnold has moved on to the Seattle Seahawks, clearing the way for 2024 first-round draft pick JJ McCarthy. For the Chargers, the QB is more than settled with Justin Herbert under famed quarterback whisperer Jim Harbaugh, who was McCarthy’s head coach at the University of Michigan when they won the 2023 national championship.
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In the early Sunday window, the Baltimore Ravens will host the Chicago Bears in an intriguing QB matchup with Caleb Williams and Lamar Jackson. Williams did not inspire confidence in his rookie season as the first overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft. To try and fix things, the Bears hired former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator and quarterback whisperer Ben Johnson as their new head coach. Johnson has been tasked with getting Williams' mind right and developing a respectable Chicago offense.
Lamar Jackson has NFL MVP bona fides but has yet to make the Super Bowl. Jackson’s mission in 2025 is to get the Ravens to Super Sunday and win it. If he can pull it off, his career resume will be complete, and a Gold Jacket from Canton will be a fait accompli.
Head coach John Harbaugh and the Ravens have been good enough to earn playoff berths and high seeds consistently, but their failure to close remains a bitter disappointment in the Jackson era. Harbaugh led the Ravens to the 2012 season world championship, but that was with Joe Flacco under center. To Baltimore fans, it seems like ancient history.
A name-brand matchup that will draw eyeballs and betting action is in the late afternoon window with the Denver Broncos hosting the Dallas Cowboys. Denver impressed everyone in 2024 by making the playoffs with rookie QB Bo Nix, who was tutored well by head coach Sean Payton. Payton demonstrated why he has the reputation of being the ultimate NFL quarterback whisperer.
Jerry Jones has one last living wish before passing on to the ultimate skybox. Jones wants to win a Super Bowl without Jimmy Johnson, who is a former college teammate who masterminded the Cowboys' 1993-94 Super Bowl run but left because he could not tolerate Jones’ meddling and ego. Dallas won the Super Bowl under Barry Switzer in 1995 with the team that Johnson built, but has never returned. Jones is not a total failure as a general manager, but he has never come close to a Super Bowl. Now in his early 80s, Jones is desperate to go out in glory, but his desperation has only made things worse. Not much is expected from the Cowboys this year, and perhaps that will help the Dallas cause.
Speaking of name brands that capture national attention, the Pittsburgh Steelers will host the Green Bay Packers on NBC Sunday Night Football. Certainly, NBC would love for the Steelers to sign Rodgers by the time this matchup takes place, which would put Rodgers up agaisnt his former team.
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