07-08 Week 9 NFL Picks

posted on 11/01/07 at 12:16:08 am by Joel Ross

After this week, we'll finally get a feeling for just how good New England is. Yes, they're good, but their opponent's record is a combined 24-34. Not exactly stellar. Their biggest win has come against Dallas, the cream of the crop in the NFC, but this year, there seems to be a big difference between the NFC and AFC - the AFC is far superior. The (pretty much) unanimous picks for the top two teams in the league are New England and Indianapolis, with whoever that third team is being a distant third - either Dallas or Green Bay, depending on who you're talking to. And remember, New England dropped Dallas by 21 points in week 6. If they can put those kinds of numbers up against Indy, then they deserve to be where they are. My guess is that Indy will be ready, and we should have a great game on Sunday.

  • Washington vs. New York Jets (-4) (35.5 O/U)
  • Carolina vs. Tennessee (-4) (35.5 O/U)
  • Jacksonville vs. New Orleans (-3) (40 O/U)
  • Arizona vs. Tampa Bay (-3.5) (37.5 O/U)
  • Denver vs. Detroit (-2.5) (46 O/U)
  • San Diego (-7.5) vs. Minnesota (41 O/U)
  • San Francisco vs. Atlanta (-3) (37 O/U)
  • Cincinnati (-1.5) vs. Buffalo (43 O/U)
  • Green Bay vs. Kansas City (-2) (37 O/U)
  • Seattle vs. Cleveland (-1.5) (46.5 O/U)
  • Houston vs. Oakland (-3) (41.5 O/U)
  • New England (-5) vs. Indianapolis (56.5 O/U)
  • Dallas (-3) vs. Philadelphia (46.5 O/U)
  • Baltimore* vs. Pittsburgh (-9) (36 O/U)

For my "Lock Solid" picks this week, I'm going with Tennessee (-210), San Diego (-335), Cincinnati (-120) and Pittsburgh (-430).

Check back next week for my results.

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