Prisco's Week 8 NFL picks: Packers over Panthers, Lions hand Vikings their first loss

Pete Prisco reveals all of his Week 8 picks, including the Bills to top the Ravens in a high-scoring game Going to the dogs last week turned out to be dog doodoo. I picked every dog against the spread last week and it looked good early, but then it collapsed late with five straight losses, including both prime-time games Sunday and Monday night. I was 8-6 straight up last week and 6-7-1 against the spread. Hey, the spread record was an improvement, which tells you how bad I've been this season. My ATS record this year is 43-61-3, which is a long way from .500. My straight-up record is 62-44-1.

So this week, it's back to just picking the games. Forget all dogs. Trying to get to .500 makes me borrow a coaching cliché they all use. One game at a time. One week at a time. These two are both coming off losses. The Carolina loss featured the Bucs running over them for 258 rushing yards. It's been a problem all year. But the Packers don't run it very well, so something has to give. Carolina gave Jordan Love fits last year, but that will change here. Carolina gives up 27.7 points per game. Love lights them up and Josh Jacobs gets the run game going. Lamar Jackson could