Week 9 doesn’t have one marquee matchup, unless you count the last two Super Bowl champs battling to see who will move closer to missing the playoffs. Six teams are on the bye, including the Giants, and there are only two games in the 4 p.m. window (the aforementioned L.A. Rams-Tampa Bay contest and Seattle-Arizona).
Underdogs went 7-8 against the spread (ATS) last week and are 65-57-1 for the season. Including Thursday night’s game, there are a whopping eight teams favored on the road this week. Road favorites are 23-24-1 ATS this season but were 4-2 last week.
My most confident picks ATS this week are all underdogs: Seattle, Tennessee, Chicago and Carolina. Stay away from Las Vegas-Jacksonville, not that you needed me to tell you that.
