The problem with representing a whiff is that it's totally transparent once you actually do put money in the pot. Exactly what range of hands are you check-calling or check-raising on this kind of flop after you raised pre-flop and got this many callers?

I want to stack somebody with this hand. If I give the guy with 65 a reason to be scared that's a much bigger mistake than if I bet the flop and scare away some loser with 88 who probably won't put much money into the pot anyway unless the turn is another 8.

I'd check this flop heads-up against an aggro-donk sometimes, otherwise I'm betting for sure.