Welcome to Week 9 of the NFL Season!
The favorite is marked with the spread in parenthesis next to the team name. For example, Patriots (-6.5). The best bet is the team that I feel is most likely to win and cover the spread this week. The spreads are from the ESPN Pigskin Pick’em Challenge and may be slightly different than the spread available when you are reading this.
Without further adieu, here are my picks:
Week 9 BYE WEEKS: Rams, Bengals, Eagles, Browns
Best Bet: Texans (-6.5) – LOSS
Week 9 Recap: 7-7-0, 0-1 Best Bet, 2-0 Survivor pool
Thursday Night Football:
- Packers (-2.5) at 49ers
- The pick: Packers (-2.5) – WIN. Do the 49ers even have any offensive starters coming to the game? Starting QB, starting TE, Top 3 WRs, Top 3 RBs, Starting LT, all out. Even with no healthy RBs, Aaron Rodgers should be able to win this one.
Sunday Early Games:
- Broncos at Falcons (-3.5)
- The pick: Broncos (+3.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Broncos (+3.5) – LOSS
- Seahawks (-2.5) at Bills
- The pick: Bills (+2.5) – WIN
- The pick: Bills (+2.5) – WIN
- Bears at Titans (-5.5)
- The pick: Titans (-5.5) – WIN
- The pick: Titans (-5.5) – WIN
- Lions at Vikings (-3.5)
- The pick: Vikings (-3.5) – WIN
- The pick: Vikings (-3.5) – WIN
- Ravens (-2.5) at Colts
- The pick: Colts (+2.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Colts (+2.5) – LOSS
- Panthers at Chiefs (-10.5)
- The pick: Chiefs (-10.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Chiefs (-10.5) – LOSS
- Giants at Football Team (-3.5)
- The pick: Giants (+3.5) – WIN
- The pick: Giants (+3.5) – WIN
- Texans (-6.5) at Jaguars
- The pick: Texans (-6.5) – BEST BET – LOSS
- The pick: Texans (-6.5) – BEST BET – LOSS
Sunday Late Games:
- Raiders at Chargers (-1.5)
- The pick: Chargers (-1.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Chargers (-1.5) – LOSS
- Steelers (-10.5) at Cowboys
- The pick: Cowboys (+10.5) – WIN
- The pick: Cowboys (+10.5) – WIN
- Dolphins at Cards (-4.5)
- The pick: Cards (-4.5) – LOSS
- The pick: Cards (-4.5) – LOSS
Sunday Night Football:
- Saints at Bucs (-4.5)
- The pick: Saints (+4.5) – WIN
- The pick: Saints (+4.5) – WIN
Monday Night Football:
- Patriots (-7.5) at Jets
- The pick: Patriots (-7.5) – LOSS
Previous Week’s Record: 6-8-0
Regular Season Record: 62-57-0 (52.10%)
Postseason Record: N/A
Best Bet Record: 5-3
Click here for my Historical Pick Records
King of the Hill aka Lock of the Week aka Survivor Pool Picks:
In this section, I will post my pick for a survivor pool. Once a team is used, I can’t use them again for the rest of the season. The team selected only has to win the game, not cover the spread. Pick One and Pick Two are independent of each other. If I use a team with Picks One, I can use them later with Pick Two.
| Week | Pick One | Pick Two |
| Week 1 | Colts – loss | Bills – win |
| Week 2 | Cards – win | Steelers – win |
| Week 3 | Browns – win | Colts – win |
| Week 4 | Packers – win | Rams – win |
| Week 5 | Steelers – win | Ravens – win |
| Week 6 | Patriots – loss | Dolphins – win |
| Week 7 | Chargers – win | Saints – win |
| Week 8 | Bucs – win | Chiefs – win |
| Week 9 | Titans – win | Texans – win |
| Week 10 | ||
| Week 11 | ||
| Week 12 | ||
| Week 13 | ||
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| Week 15 | ||
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| Week 17 | ||
| Total | 7-2 | 9-0 |
