NFL Week 9 Odds (ATS, ML, O/U)

by KD Drummond on Nov 5, 2011 11:00 AM CDT in Trolling the Universe

Dez Bryant figures that if the line can't give Romo the time to throw to him, he might as well throw it to himself.

Week Nine is upon us, and we get one extra game on the schedule as there are only four teams on a bye this week. Outside of the requisite intrigue over the Cowboys matchup, the NFC highlight of the early games would be Tampa Bay visiting New Orleans. The NFC South rivals faced off just three weeks ago in Tampa, a 26-20 Buccaneer victory placed squarely at the feet of Saints QB Drew Brees. Brees passed for almost 400 yards, but three interceptions including one in the end zone on fourth down while trying to win the game.The oddsmakers like the Saints at home though, as all three of their losses have occurred on the road (@Green Bay, @Tampa and last week @St. Louis). Tampa is getting LeGarrette Blount back, so it will be interesting to see if they can wrestle first place in the division away while on the road. Tampa has won 3 of the last four matchups between the teams.

The AFC early game to watch is the Jets at the Bills. New York has won five of the last six meetings, but they have yet to secure a victory on the road in 2011. Meanwhile, the surprising Bills sit at 5-2 and atop the AFC East and are a pretty 4-0 at home if you include last weeks drubbing of the Redskins in Toronto.

The last half of the weekend schedule is chock-full of interesting matchups. Giants-Patriots and Packers-Chargers should have people wearing out the last channel button on their remote controls. In the Sunday night matchup, the Steelers try to exact revenge for the week one beating they took at the hands of the Ravens. Monday night sees Chicago invade Philadelphia.

Week Eight was another week of par for my picks, here's a look at the results.

	S/U	ATS	O/U
Week 8	9-4	6-7	6-7
Season Total	64-41	54-53-5	45-58-1

Follow the jump for the Week 9 prognostication grid.

All odds are courtesy of the Las Vegas Hiton, via VegasInsider.com

MATCHUP	Kickoff	Underdog	Line	Favorite	O/U	S/U	ATS	O/U
Atlanta @ Indianapolis	1p	COLTS	7	Falcons	44	Falcons	Falcons	Under
Tampa Bay @ New Orleans	1p	Bucs	8	SAINTS	50	Saints	Bucs	Over
Cleveland @ Houston	1p	Browns	10.5	TEXANS	41	Texans	Texans	Under
NY Jets @ Buffalo	1p	Jets	2	BILLS	44	Jets	Jets	Over
Miami @ Kansas City	1p	Dolphins	4	CHIEFS	40.5	Dolphins	Dolphins	Under
San Francisco @ Washington	1p	REDSKINS	3.5	49ers	37.5	49ers	49ers	Over
Seattle @ Dallas	1p	Seahawks	11.5	COWBOYS	44.5	Cowbos	Cowboys	Under
Cincinnati @ Tennessee	405p	Bengals	3	TITANS	41.5	Bengals	Bengals	Over
Denver @ Oakland	405p	Broncos	7	RAIDERS	42	Raiders	Raiders	Under
NY Giants @ New England	415p	Giants	9	PATRIOTS	51	Patriots	Giants	Under
Green Bay @ San Diego	415p	CHARGERS	5.5	Packers	51	Chargers	Chargers	Over
St. Louis @ Arizona	415p	Rams	3	CARDINALS	41	Cardinals	Cardinals	Over
Baltimore @ Pittsburgh	820p	Ravens	3.5	STEELERS	42	Steelers	Steelers	Over
Chicago @ Philadelphia	m830p	Bears	7.5	EAGLES	47	Eagles	Bears	Under

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Hit the quarterback Early and make that Pectoral muscle hurt so we see Charlie W.

And please don’t do that Rush up field where you push yourself way past the pocket cause T. Jackson has legs and might take off just to get the defense thinking (which slows them down). Middle line stunts and twists!

Then Re-establish Our Offense. Start the game with a good drive. Move the ball.

by LiveNDieBlue on Nov 5, 2011 11:27 AM CDT reply actions

Notice a couple of discrepancies between your S/U and your 10-for-10 entry

In your 10-for-10, you picked KC over Miami and Titans over Bengals. But, here, you are encouraging bettors to go with Miami and Cincinnati straight-up.

I don’t know how you keep it straight, KD. Most weeks, your Front-Page writers’ picks (O.C.C.’s contest), 10-for-10 picks, and S/U picks here are pretty consistent.

This is probably not the first time you have had a discrepancy; it’s just the first time I’ve noticed.

Cowboys and Longhorns - getting up off the turf to win another day.
Spurs? It's football season!

by hookerhome on Nov 5, 2011 4:51 PM CDT reply actions

Speaking of 10-for-10

If you haven’t gotten your picks in yet this week in KD’s 10-for-10 contest, get them in here before it’s too late.

The Cowboys have an early kickoff this week, so don’t be late. Reminder to international players, the U.S. ends Daylight Saving Time tonight and reverts to standard time. So, all games will begin one hour later than they did last week.

The countdown timer on the Front Page is calibrated correctly for the time change. It has the correct number of hours remaining until Cowboys and Seahawks kick off.

Cowboys and Longhorns - getting up off the turf to win another day.
Spurs? It's football season!

by hookerhome on Nov 5, 2011 5:01 PM CDT reply actions