If you didn’t play any underdogs, chances are you didn’t win with your NFL office pool picks last week, when eight favorites lost outright. Entering Week 9, anyone playing NFL pick’em could be nervous about selecting too many favorites with their NFL confidence pool picks. There are currently three double-digit favorites according to the Week 9 NFL odds from Caesars Sportsbook.
Chiefs vs. Packers went from being a pick’em to having Kansas City favored by seven with news breaking that Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers won’t play after testing positive for COVID-19. The Chiefs have struggled all season, but can you confidently count on them this week in your NFL pool picks with Rodgers out? Before you make your NFL predictions, you need to see the Week 9 NFL football pool picks from SportsLine’s proven model.
The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up almost $7,800 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception six years ago. It went a sizzling 24-14 on top-rated NFL picks last season, returning more than $800. The model also enters Week 9 of the 2021 season on an incredible 128-86 run on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season.
More importantly for NFL confidence pool players, the model also ranked in the top 10 on NFLPickWatch four of the past five years on straight-up NFL picks and beat more than 94 percent of CBS Sports office pool players four times during that span. Anyone who has followed it is way up.
Now, the model has simulated the entire Week 9 NFL schedule 10,000 times and generated its optimal NFL pick’em plays. Go to SportsLine to see them.
Top Week 9 NFL office pool predictions
One of the top Week 9 NFL pick’em predictions from the model: The Ravens cruise past the Vikings for a comfortable six-point win. The Ravens have had an extra week to reflect on a tough 41-17 loss to the Bengals that temporarily put them out of first place in the AFC North, but they went back into first during their bye week with the Bengals losing to the Jets.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has been more aggressive pushing the ball downfield this year and is averaging a career-high 8.6 yards per pass attempt. Meanwhile, the Vikings’ defense is coming off a disappointing performance in which it allowed Cowboys backup quarterback Cooper Rush to throw for 325 passing yards and two touchdowns.
With receiver Rashod Bateman now having an extra week to acclimate in the Ravens’ offense, Sammy Watkins in a position to return and Marquise Brown and Mark Andrews playing some of the best football of their careers, the model likes Jackson to throw for two scores and pile up over 300 yards of total offense. That’s a big reason why the Ravens win in well over 60 percent of simulations with a projected final score of 29-22.
How to make Week 9 NFL office pool picks
The model also made the call on every other Week 9 game and has strong picks for potentially close matchups like Bengals vs. Browns and Cardinals vs. 49ers. It’s also calling for one underdog to win outright. You can only see all of the model’s NFL pool picks here.
So who should you pick in every Week 9 NFL game? And which underdog wins outright? Visit SportsLine now to get optimal NFL office pool picks, all from the advanced computer model that has ranked in the Top 10 on straight-up picks four of the last five years and went an outstanding 128-86 on top-ranked picks since 2017.
