NFL Week 8 action report: Bettors still believe in struggling Eagles

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The NFL season enters Week 8 with some big matchups on the slate. Where is the sharp money going? Which lines are moving the most? Here, we'll track the games drawing the most interest from bettors.

We talked to Jay Rood, Bet.Works' chief risk officer and theScore Bet's head trader, to see how sharps and public bettors are playing the Week 8 schedule.

All lines courtesy of theScore Bet.

Philadelphia Eagles at Buffalo Bills (-1, 43)

The Eagles entered the year as Super Bowl contenders, but a 3-4 record straight-up and 2-5 against the spread has them in danger of missing the playoffs altogether. Still, bettors are gobbling up Philly as a road underdog at Buffalo, pushing the line to +1 as of Saturday.

"This is the biggest lopsided game for us right now," Rood said. "We have a tremendous amount of money on Philadelphia."

The money is five-to-one in favor of the Eagles but the ticket count is three-to-one on the Bills. Rood says it isn't wiseguys who are betting big but rather a couple of individuals with "pretty good-sized bets" on the visitors. Still, he expects the public to come in heavy on Buffalo before kickoff.

"It could easily go back to +1.5 or even +2.5 depending on how much public Bills money comes through," Rood said. "We're sort of the lone wolf on the low side here."

Carolina Panthers at San Francisco 49ers (-6, 41.5)

The 49ers are one of two undefeated teams remaining through eight weeks, and bettors are buying it. San Francisco is 4-2 ATS this year behind a dominant defense, which will face the red-hot Kyle Allen and the visiting Panthers, who haven't lost ATS since Sept. 12 and had the bye week to prepare.

However, that extra time off isn't swaying the public, who are betting the 49ers at a three-to-one clip in parlay activity and two-to-one in straight bets - pushing the line from -5.5 to -6 as of Saturday.

"It looks like this game is gonna be heavy toward the Niners with the early indicator from the parlays coming in," Rood said.

Green Bay Packers (-4, 48) at Kansas City Chiefs

This line has bounced all over with speculation that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes may suit up a week after dislocating his kneecap. With Mahomes ruled out Sunday, the line has settled at Packers -4, meaning Andy Reid will be a home underdog for the first time in almost five years.

Even without Mahomes, sharps played the Chiefs at +4.5 and +4 to drive the line down to +3.5 before it moved back up to +4.

"Pretty good two-way (action) on this game even with Mahomes out," Rood said. "If it had been announced that Mahomes was playing, we would have moved the game down to at least a pick, for sure, and more public money would have come in on KC."

The Packers are 5-2 ATS this year and will face backup quarterback Matt Moore, who's 0-5-1 ATS in his last six games with at least 20 passing attempts.

C Jackson Cowart is a betting writer for theScore. He's an award-winning journalist with stops at The Charlotte Observer, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Times Herald-Record, and BetChicago. He's also a proud graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, and his love of sweet tea is rivaled only by that of a juicy prop bet. Find him on Twitter @CJacksonCowart.

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