Here are the Week 8 underdogs (and our updated standings)

We're one third of the way through the 21-week season of our charity pro football underdog game. The Big Daddies never rest, and so it's time to take a gander at the upcoming weekend's slate of games. Here they are, with the underdogs in caps:

9.5  NEW ENGLAND at Miami

8.5  ARIZONA vs. Baltimore

8.5  CHICAGO at Los Angeles Chargers

8.5  TAMPA BAY at Buffalo (Thursday, 5:15 p.m. PDT)

8  LAS VEGAS at Detroit (Monday, pick still due Sunday, 10:00 a.m. PDT)

7.5  DENVER vs. Kansas City

6.5  LOS ANGELES RAMS at Dallas

6.5  WASHINGTON vs. Philadelphia

5.5  CINCINNATI at San Francisco

3  CAROLINA vs. Houston

3  CLEVELAND at Seattle

2.5  NEW YORK GIANTS vs. New York Jets

2.5  PITTSBURGH vs. Jacksonville

2.5  TENNESSEE vs. Atlanta

1.5  GREEN BAY vs. Minnesota

1.5  NEW ORLEANS at Indianapolis

Players, by now surely you know what to do, and when. Good luck selecting a pooch to take home with you. Send your pick to dogpdx23@gmail.com.

Meanwhile, yesterday's night 'dog, a 7-point biggie, came through for three of our players, which shook up our standings a fair amount (except at the tippy top). Here are the standings, then, at the very end of Week 7 ("Pvs. rank" is at the end of Week 6):

Pvs. rank	Latest rank	Player	Point total
1	1	Gordon	29
3	2	Linda	20.5
2	3	Mojo	18
13	4	Oredogger	14.5
11	5	Air	14
16	5	Beaver Believer	14
16	5	Stephen F.	14
3	8	Annie B.	13.5
5	9	King of Kings	13
19	10	Natterjack Toad	12.5
6	10	Shoeshine Boy	12.5
10	12	Bad Picker	9.5
7	12	PDXileinOmaha	9.5
8	14	PdxTrojan	9
9	15	Evil O	8
11	16	Kosar19	7
13	17	andypdx	6
13	17	Meow	6
16	19	Beakie	5.5
19	20	J-Dawg	4
21	21	Dangeruss	3.5
21	21	Man Without a Plan	3.5
21	21	SteveO	3.5
24	24	Howler	2.5
25	25	JC	0
25	25	The Mortician	0
25	25	VegasBaby5	0

We'll see what the new week brings.