It was a fantastic Week 8 of projecting games for our experts in the Eastern Maine Sports NFL pick’em contest. Fred Yeo and Anthony DelMonaco topped the leaderboard by both going 12-4. All seven experts had at least 10 wins. Rich Rotella still leads overall for the season by four games over Gabe Nason. Yeo, Jeff Hoak, and Marc Calnan are one behind Nason, while Chris Lessner is two back of second place. DelMonaco is just three shy of Lessner.
Some premiere games in Week 9 sees the red-hot Denver Broncos visit Baltimore to take on the Ravens in an AFC battle. Three key games in the NFC has the Dallas Cowboys visiting Atlanta as the Falcons try to hold down first place in the South, a showdown in the West between the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks in Seattle, and a clash at the top of the NFC North in Detroit between the Lions and Green Bay Packers. The New England Patriots, after snapping a six game losing streak by beating the NY Jets on Sunday, look for a two-game win streak in Nashville against the 1-6 Tennessee Titans. Here are the Week 8 results, the list of games we’re picking for Week 9, and then our picks beside our season standings-
Week 8 results:
Fred- 12-4
Anthony- 12-4
Rich- 11-5
Jeff- 11-5
Gabe-10-6
Marc- 10-6
Chris- 10-6
Week 9 games:
Thursday, October 31
Texans at Jets
Sunday, November 3
Saints at Panthers
Commanders at Giants
Dolphins at Bills
Chargers at Browns
Patriots at Titans
Cowboys at Falcons
Raiders at Bengals
Broncos at Ravens
Bears at Cardinals
Jaguars at Eagles
Rams at Seahawks
Lions at Packers
Colts at Vikings
Monday, November 4
Buccaneers at Chiefs
1. Rich (80-43)- Texans, Saints, Commanders, Bills, Chargers, Titans, Cowboys, Bengals, Ravens, Bears, Eagles, Rams, Lions, Vikings, Chiefs
2. Gabe (76-47)- Texans, Saints, Commanders, Bills, Chargers, Patriots, Falcons, Bengals, Ravens, Cardinals, Eagles, Rams, Lions, Vikings, Chiefs
T-3 Marc (75-48)- Jets, Saints, Commanders. Bills, Browns, Titans, Cowboys, Bengals, Ravens, Bears, Eagles, Rams, Lions, Vikings, Chiefs
T-3 Jeff (75-48)- Texans, Panthers, Commanders, Bills, Browns, Patriots, Falcons, Bengals, Ravens, Bears, Eagles, Rams, Lions, Colts, Buccaneers
T-3 Fred (75-48)- Texans, Saints, Commanders, Bills, Browns, Patriots, Falcons, Bengals, Ravens, Cardinals, Eagles, Seahawks, Lions, Vikings, Chiefs
4. Chris (74-49)- Jets, Saints, Commanders, Bills, Chargers, Patriots, Falcons, Bengals, Ravens, Cardinals, Eagles, Rams, Lions, Vikings, Chiefs
5. Anthony (71-52)- Texans, Saints, Commanders, Dolphins, Chargers, Patriots, Falcons, Raiders, Broncos, Bears, Eagles, Seahawks, Lions, Vikings, Chiefs
