The NFL's Week 8 schedule highlights several divisional and conference matchups while four teams — the Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, and San Francisco 49ers — have byes. Top divisional games include the Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions (-3), Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-1.5), Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers (-3.5), Indianapolis Colts at Jacksonville Jaguars (-9.5), Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos (+1.5), New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins (+7), and Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Commanders (-5.5). Key intraconference matchups feature the Baltimore Ravens at Buffalo Bills (-3.5) and Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys (-7).
Week 8 concludes with a Monday Night Football matchup between the defending NFC North champion Chicago Bears and the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks (-3) in a key NFC contest.
SportsLine's self-learning AI model has evaluated the odds for every game. For the Patriots-Dolphins matchup, the AI projects a 31-28 New England victory. The Patriots sit second in the AFC East at 4-3, behind the 5-1 Bills, while the Dolphins are fourth at 1-5 after a 28-25 win over the New York Jets. Miami quarterback Malik Willis has completed 57.6% of his passes for 1,057 yards with four touchdowns and four interceptions, adding 35 rushes for 223 yards (6.4 average) and three touchdowns. Running back Ollie Gordon leads the Dolphins' ground attack with 72 carries for 339 yards and four touchdowns. New England's third-year quarterback Drake Maye has completed 65.9% of his passes for 1,784 yards and 13 touchdowns with eight interceptions in seven starts; his top target, tight end Hunter Henry, has 26 receptions for 296 yards and two touchdowns.
The AI recommends the Over on the 44.5-point total and favors the Dolphins (+7) as the better value against the spread. SportsLine's AI has hit thousands of 4.5- and 5-star prop picks since the start of the 2023 season and has nailed more than 2,000 highly-rated picks overall.
