Week 9 picks
The Bills fought gamely for three quarters against the Patriots, but they’ll have a tough time moving the ball against the Bears. The Bears are creative enough offensively to put this out of reach pretty early.
The Panthers might not be great, but they’re too good at home for the Buccaneers, who are going back to Ryan Fitzpatrick. Cam Newton will spread the ball around, and he has enough weapons.
The shakeup with the Browns might inspire them a bit, but they’re limited on offense and the Chiefs are rolling. The Browns defense can be pretty good at times, so this might not be so ugly.
Brock Osweiler is playing well for the Dolphins but doesn’t have a lot of healthy receivers. Tough to play in Miami, but the Jets get it done this week on the strength of their intermittently respectable defense.
These teams always seem to split, and this is a bit of a revenge game for the Steelers after they were embarrassed by the Ravens at home in Week 4. The Ravens have come back to earth as an average team.
The Lions are nothing special, losing at home to the Seahawks last week. The Vikings are legitimately good, and they just ran into the Saints’ buzz saw. The Vikings need this one bad.
The Falcons aren’t the same team on the road, and the Redskins are doing a great job of stopping the run. The Redskins have won three in a row, and the Falcons are desperate. Go with the team that needs it more.
Losing Will Fuller hurts the Texans, and they’re still not hitting on all cylinders despite having won five in a row. The Broncos are respectable at times, but they’re just not very good right now.
When it Joey Bosa going to come back? Not yet, it seems. The Chargers still have enough in the tank to win here, even though the arrow is pointing up for the Seahawks. Philip Rivers has too many ways to win.
The Rams are undefeated, and they’re getting Cooper Kupp back. On the flip side, they’re facing Drew Brees after Aaron Rodgers picked apart their corners. A big key will be stopping the Saints ground game.
The Patriots are banged up and coming off a short week, but they’re in Foxborough and coming off a sharp defensive performance. Aaron Rodgers will make it interesting, but go with the home team.
We’ll get a first look at Amari Cooper in a Cowboys uniform, so maybe they will throw it more. Marcus Mariota can move around enough to take the bite out of the Dallas pass rush, and the Titans can stop the run well enough.
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