Seven things Solak thinks entering NFL Week 8 - ESPN

Are you excited for NFL Week 8? This is our first loaded slate of the season. Ravens at Bills. Vikings at Lions. Browns at Steelers. Chiefs at Broncos. Bears at Seahawks. Even the not-so-great games (Falcons at Buccaneers and Colts at Jaguars) mean a lot for divisional standings.

Every Tuesday of the NFL season, I'll turn the page from the previous week to the upcoming one with seven things I think. These aren't full-scale predictions. They aren't concrete takeaways from the past week of NFL action, either; those are fired off Sunday or Monday. Instead, these are the uncertain topics. They are things that might be true, but it'll probably take the next few games to find out. And at the bottom, you'll find a few extra half-thoughts… just those little inklings I'm unable to shake.

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This week, I'll start with a prediction/plea for the Chiefs to make a trade for a receiver. Then I'll put all my hope and joy on the back of a fourth-round rookie. And finally, I'll admit I can't do my job.

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Chiefs will make a WR trade
Stefanski will be Coach of the Year
Goff is a sleeper MVP candidate
Coleman could save Broncos' offense
Ravens' D disqualifies them from contention
QB3 Leonard starts for Colts by Week 10
Young is a complicated study
Some extra inklings

Have you ever gotten embarrassed on national television? Me neither.

The 2026 Chiefs sure have. Kansas City scored three points against the Seahawks on Sunday night, marking only the second time in Patrick Mahomes' career that his team has been held to three or fewer points. The 11 first downs the Chiefs accumulated were their fewest in 153 Mahomes starts, and this was only his fourth start without a single explosive pass. The offense