Week 8 2026 NFL Blueprint – Bets, Props & Pick Em

Welcome to the Spike Week NFL Betting Blueprint! This is a weekly article I started last season to document our betting process here. Obviously, we are primarily focused on Best Ball drafts, but I also want to continue to expand our content offerings around sports betting, pick em, DFS, survivor and more to embrace all the aspects of this community that I am actively tackling and participating in.

I am not a professional bettor or handicapper, but I have been able to grind out profits, especially in player prop bets (& ladders!), over the years, and I wanted to challenge myself by bringing it here to the Spike Week gang starting in 2025, where we have a very active and sharp group of folks in our discord crushing betting across all the major sports.

Before we dive into Week 8, there’s a quick recap of the first six weeks of the season (below). In Week Six, we got ourselves back into the green with a small profit. You can see the Week Seven Blueprint here. (If you’d like to see a recap of our 2025 season, plus the Week One Blueprint, you can find that here.)

*Last Updated: Friday October 30th, 5:55 PM ET*

Week One Recap:

• Sides & Totals
  • 3-2 (+0.93 units)
• Props
  • 16-7 (+6.8075 units)
• Total
  • 19-9 (+7.7375 units)

Week Two Recap:

• Sides & Totals
  • 1-2 (-1.2 units)
• Props
  • 5-12 (-5.68 units)
• Total
  • 6-14 (-6.88 units)

Week Three Recap:

• Sides & Totals
  • 3-1 (+1.85 units)
• Props
  • 7-10 (-4.665 units)
• Total
  • 10-11 (-2.815 units)

Week Four Recap:

• Sides & Totals
  • 2-5 (-3.79 units)
• Props
  • 14-16 (+4.2875 units)
• Total
  • 16-21 (+0.4975 units)

Week Five Recap:

• Sides & Totals
  • 1-1 (+ 0.0 units)
• Props
  • 7-8 (+0.175 units)
• Total
  • 8-9 (+0.175 units)

Week Six Recap:

• Sides & Totals
  • 1-1 (-0.08 units)
• Props
  • 9-12 (+1.73 units)
• Total
  • 10-13 (+1.65 units)

Week Seven Recap:

• Sides & Totals
  • 1-2 (-1.24 units)
• Props
  • 10-4 (+5.8425 units)
• Total
  • 11-6 (+4.6025 units)

YTD Stats:

• Sides & Totals
  • 12-14 (-3.53 units)
• Props
  • 68-69 (+8.4975 units)
• Total
  • 80-83 (+ 4.9675 units)

Quick Housekeeping

Always make sure to check back before the games each weekend, especially in the prop section, as we will occasionally get some late additions due to injury news, new props, etc. Every time we make an update, we will send out a notification in discord. There are also other incredibly sharp bettors in there posting their favorite plays every week! If you have a premium subscription, but you aren’t currently in the discord, just go to your account page here on the site and click “connect to discord”.

Week 8 Props & Pick Em

Week 8 Bets (Sides, Totals, Game Props)