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Houston -2½ over Denver

 

1:00 PM ET. Denver’s defense has been the story all year — top-five in points allowed, tight coverage, and outstanding gap discipline. That identity, however, hinges heavily on Surtain’s ability to erase half the field. Without him, the Broncos lose the freedom to roll coverage and disguise looks. Opposing QBs suddenly have both sides of the field to work with, and that’s not something this unit has faced all season.

 

Enter C.J. Stroud, who just shredded the 49ers’ defense for 318 yards on 77% completions without his top two wideouts. Stroud looked composed, confident, and back in rhythm. If Nico Collins and Christian Kirk are even close to healthy, Houston’s offense instantly upgrades. The matchup becomes even more favorable with Denver missing its All-Pro corner and possibly key depth pieces in the secondary.

 

Defensively, Houston remains a nightmare to play against. They lead the league in fewest points and yards per drive allowed, and they force offenses to play mistake-free football for four quarters — something Denver hasn’t proven capable of doing consistently. The Texans’ front, led by Will Anderson and Danielle Hunter, should collapse the pocket on Russell Wilson and take away Denver’s comfort zone in the short passing game.

 

This is where context matters. The market is still giving Denver credit for their win streak and labeling this as a toss-up. It’s not. Without Surtain, the Broncos’ defensive structure is compromised. On the other side, Houston’s balance, coaching, and defensive speed create the perfect setup to capitalize.

 

Houston is familiar with these small-margin games, and they’ve covered four of their last five at home in this exact price range. They’re the better team on both lines of scrimmage and should control tempo from start to finish.

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Tennessee +9½ over L.A. Chargers

1:00 PM ET. The Chargers are laying close to double digits on the road. Let that sink in. A team that failed to cover in both of its previous trips east, that’s been one of the league’s most inconsistent outfits for years, is suddenly being priced like a juggernaut. We couldn’t write a better “sell high” spot if we tried.

 

Yes, the Chargers are coming off extra rest and a 37-10 destruction of Minnesota, which is exactly why this number is inflated. They’ve become a public darling under Jim Harbaugh — physical, buttoned-up, efficient — but perception has swung way too far. For a team that has looked pedestrian outside of Los Angeles, asking them to spot this kind of lumber on the road is pure market arrogance.

 

Now look at Tennessee. On paper, they’re a mess — 1-7, injuries everywhere, and in “sell mode” after moving Roger McCreary. It’s ugly. However, ugly doesn’t mean hopeless. The Titans are now catching an enormous number at home against a west coast team traveling east for an early kickoff. For as bad as the Titans have looked, the Chargers aren’t built to blow anyone out. Their offensive line leaks under pressure, and they’ve allowed the eighth-most sacks in football. Tennessee’s front still brings heat, and even if Jeffery Simmons sits again, there’s enough grit in that group to make Justin Herbert uncomfortable.

 

Cam Ward has started to show small signs of progress. He’s beginning to stretch the field instead of settling for checkdowns, averaging nearly two yards more per attempt in recent games. That’s not nothing. The Titans’ offense is still conservative, but with some vertical pressure, they can at least stay within the number.

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Pinnacle    +135     BET365  +135    Sportsinteraction  +135   888port  +135

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Washington +135 over Seattle

 

8:15 PM ET. Seattle looks like the easy pick on paper, riding a 5-1 straight-up and against-the-spread stretch and coming off a bye week. Yet the numbers and circumstances scream caution. Washington has covered the last four meetings against the Seahawks, and five of the last six contests between these NFC West rivals have stayed under the total.

 

Rest and travel tilt this one sharply toward Washington. The Seahawks are flying across the country off a full week of downtime, while the Commanders are coming off a Monday night road game. Momentum, fatigue, and travel logistics all come into play, and history shows these elements often matter more than the records.

 

Quarterback Jayden Daniels is questionable, returning from a hamstring issue. His status will obviously affect the offense, but small-sample performance without him still tells a story: 260 total yards and 14 first downs against Kansas City, with backup Marcus Mariota limited and turning the ball over twice. The Seahawks’ stout defense will pressure Washington, but the point here is Washington staying competitive.

Seattle’s previous home win against Washington in November 2023 was a tight 29-26 result, and Washington stayed within the number as a six-point road dog. That trend continues to hold value, and with the travel factor and Daniels’ uncertain status, the spread of three points feels tilt-friendly for the Commanders.

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Pinnacle    +110     BET365  +110    Sportsinteraction  +110   888port  +110

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Buffalo +110 over Kansas City

 

4:25 PM ET. This will be Buffalo’s first home game in nearly a month, and Orchard Park remains one of the most hostile environments in the league. Since the start of last season, the over is 10-3-2 in Bills home games, largely because that offense tends to open up at home and the defense feeds off the energy. That matters here — especially against a Chiefs team that’s been grinding through a brutal stretch of scheduling. Kansas City is playing its ninth straight week without a bye and comes in on a short week after Monday night.

 

Buffalo, meanwhile, is rested and coming off a confidence-building win where they dominated Carolina on both sides of the ball. James Cook exploded for 216 yards and two scores while the Bills’ defense limited the Panthers to just 4.1 yards per play. That’s the kind of performance that re-establishes rhythm and belief — both of which had been fading earlier in the season.

 

There’s no question Kansas City is the better roster top-to-bottom. They’ve gone 5-1 straight-up and against the spread since starting 0-2, and they still have the best QB on the planet. Yet football betting isn’t about picking the better team — it’s about picking the better situation.

 

The Chiefs are traveling on short rest, at the tail end of a long, uninterrupted run of games, into one of the league’s loudest venues against a team that’s been waiting three weeks to play in front of its fans again. That’s a massive energy gap. There’s a difference between backing a team and backing a situation. This situation favors Buffalo in every way that matters.

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Pinnacle    +125     BET365  +125    Sportsinteraction  +125   888port  +125

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 Las Vegas +125 over Jacksonville

 

4:05 PM ET. The market is asking you to lay points with a Jacksonville team that hasn’t won a football game in a month, coming off a bye, on the road, and facing a desperate opponent. We’ll pass on that and take the home dog.

 

The Jags opened the year looking sharp under Liam Coen, but that was before the film caught up. They’ve now dropped back-to-back games by a combined 36 points, their turnover luck has completely vanished, and Trevor Lawrence is under constant siege behind an offensive line that’s fallen apart since Week 5. The bye week was supposed to fix that, but you don’t repair protection issues and timing breakdowns with a couple extra practices.

 

Now they’re being asked to go west, into the noise and chaos of Allegiant, and spot a number to a Raiders squad that’s been kicked around publicly for two weeks. Perfect setup.

 

The Raiders’ 31-0 embarrassment to Kansas City before their bye was their rock bottom, and if Pete Carroll knows anything, it’s how to circle the wagons after humiliation. He’s had two weeks to retool an offense that was missing nearly every playmaker worth a damn. Geno Smith was throwing to spare parts before the break. Now, he gets Brock Bowers back, Michael Mayer healthy, Jakobi Meyers ready, and a familiar face in Tyler Lockett. That’s a completely different supporting cast than the one that got shut out.

 

We also like the emotional angle here. The Raiders are playing their first game since the passing of Carol Davis, the heart of the franchise. That may not matter to analytics guys, but it matters to locker rooms. The place will have juice.

 

Jacksonville, meanwhile, has been a miserable bet as road chalk. They’ve lost three straight outright in that role and now find themselves favored again in a spot that screams trap. Their defense has forced zero turnovers in the last two games after thriving early, and their offensive identity has completely evaporated — no run game, shaky blocking, and no rhythm.

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Pinnacle    +125     BET365  +125    Sportsinteraction  +125   888port  +125

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New York Giants +125 over San Francisco

 

MetLife Stadium – East Rutherford, NJ

 

1:00 PM ET. The market is hanging a suspicious number here. The 49ers have won-and-covered the last two meetings, including a 30-12 win in 2023, and yet they’re spotting less than a field goal to a Giants team that’s 2-6. That doesn’t add up. San Francisco still carries the “brand name” tax, but the injuries, inconsistency, and declining metrics under the hood make them a fade right now.

 

Last week in Houston, the Niners had the ball for just 5:29 in the first half and ran 17 total plays over their first five possessions. That’s not bad luck — that’s a team struggling to sustain drives. Their running game, once a strength, is averaging a league-worst 3.4 yards per carry. Now they go on the road again with uncertainty at quarterback, and the market continues to treat them as if the 2022 version still exists. It doesn’t.

 

The Giants are what they are — flawed, young, and inconsistent. Yet they’ve quietly covered four of their last six as a home dog, and the line here screams value. They’ve played loose, confident football at MetLife, with rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart going 2-0 at home since taking over. The loss of rookie RB Cam Skattebo stings, but it may actually open things up offensively. Tyrone Tracy Jr. is a capable replacement, and with Skattebo out, the Giants will likely lean heavier on Dart and a passing attack that’s looked better each week.

 

Defensively, New York is a work in progress, but San Francisco’s once-fearsome unit is breaking down. The Niners couldn’t get a single sack on a Texans offense missing its top two receivers, and still gave up over 300 passing yards. Now they’re down multiple linemen again, with a laundry list of DNPs this week — yet the market shrugs and prices them like it’s business as usual. It isn’t.

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Pinnacle    +155     BET365  +155    Sportsinteraction  +155   888port  +155

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 Pittsburgh +155 over Indianapolis

 

1:00 PM ET. What exactly is this number telling us? The Colts have been crushing teams for a month, sit at 7-1, and are being talked about as the next big thing. Yet the market is only asking them to spot three points against a .500 Pittsburgh team that just coughed up back-to-back losses. That doesn’t line up. When a line doesn’t make sense, it’s because the market is begging you to take the bait. Indianapolis is that bait.

 

Let’s strip away the shine. The Colts have been on cruise control against one of the softest schedules in football. Their last five opponents? The Raiders, Cardinals, Titans (twice), and Dolphins. That’s not a gauntlet — that’s preseason competition. Their only test outside of a dome came back in Week 2, and it didn’t go well. Meanwhile, they’re still priced like a top-five team despite that schedule inflation.

 

Jonathan Taylor’s video-game numbers have masked the real issue: the Colts haven’t had to play from behind or deal with crowd noise in weeks. Pittsburgh will change that. Mike Tomlin’s crew is always most dangerous when everyone’s counting them out. The Steelers are 10-5 ATS as a home dog or small favorite over the past three years, and they’ve made a habit of dragging better teams into the mud and forcing them to earn every inch.

 

Yes, the Steelers blew a two-score lead against Green Bay last week, but they moved the ball and got production from an offense that had been dormant. Aaron Rodgers hasn’t played his best football yet, but he doesn’t have to be elite for Pittsburgh to grind out a home win. The defense — even missing a few pieces — still features T.J. Watt and Cam Heyward, two guys who can flip a drive, a quarter, or a game with one play.

 

Indianapolis has been the bully beating up on the weak kids. Now they walk into a fistfight on grass, outdoors, in Pittsburgh, against a team desperate to right the ship and backed by one of the sharpest coaches in the league. The number says it all — this isn’t a gift, it’s a trap.

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Pinnacle    +130     BET365  +130    Sportsinteraction  +130  888port  +130

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Cincinnati +130 over Chicago

Paycor Stadium – Cincinnati, OH

 

1:00 PM ET. The Bears haven’t been favored on the road since Thanksgiving of 2021, and yet here we are — Chicago laying points away from home against a Bengals team that, for all its warts, has been one of the league’s better bets in its own building. That’s your first red flag.

 

Chicago has won three straight in this head-to-head, but those games have zero relevance now. The last time these two met, Andy Dalton and Joe Burrow were the quarterbacks. The markets are treating the Bears like a proven commodity when the truth is they’re a beat-up, mistake-prone group coming off a 30-16 loss in Baltimore where they were flagged 11 times and lost the turnover battle. Chicago leads the NFL in takeaways, yet that stat screams regression. When those turnovers dry up, so do their wins — and we’re seeing that play out.

 

Cincinnati, on the other hand, is coming off one of the uglier collapses of the season or maybe the decade — blowing double-digit fourth-quarter leads to the Jets at home. The reaction is predictable: the market bails, the price inflates, and everyone writes them off. That’s precisely when we get interested. The Bengals had that game wrapped up twice before everything unraveled, and now the perception is that they’re a lost cause. They’re not. They’re just underachieving.

 

Joe Flacco’s status looms large, but even if it’s Jake Browning, this line is still rich. The Bears aren’t built to win comfortably on the road. They rely on forcing turnovers, short fields, and keeping games in the mud. That’s not the type of profile that covers spreads, especially as a visitor.

 

Cincinnati’s defense isn’t healthy, but it doesn’t have to be against a Bears offense missing nearly every skill player of note. Chicago’s injury list reads like a bad joke — their entire receiving corps is limping, their starting running back sat out practice, and their D-line is missing multiple starters. This isn’t a team you lay road chalk with.

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NFL Week: 9

What you see below is our early leans. Many of the selections below will stay the same and some will be moved into official plays with wagers on Sunday. However, there is also the possibility that we see, read or get a sense that something is not right with one of our selections and change our pick. There are several different criteria we use to grade a game and make it an official play and a lot of things can happen or change between Friday and Sunday. We’ll have all write-ups (except Monday Night Football) posted on Friday but our actual wagers won’t be posted until Sunday morning between 10 AM and 12:00 PM EST

Sunday, November 2

NFL Week 9

 

Atlanta +5½ over New England

Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, MA

1:00 PM ET. There isn’t a logical reason for this line to be so inflated other than perception. The Patriots have won five straight, they’re sitting at 6-2, and the Drake Maye hype train is now barreling downhill without brakes. New England is playing solid football, sure, but oddsmakers have gone too far in making them a near-touchdown favorite against a team that still has weapons, pride, and a sense of urgency.

 

The Falcons were embarrassed in back-to-back weeks by San Francisco and Miami — two of the worst defenses in football right now — and that kind of public humiliation tends to drive market overreaction. You’ll hear all week about Atlanta’s 10 points per game over the last two outings, or how their running game vanished into thin air. All true, but none of it justifies this number. Those results are already baked into the line, and then some.

 

Atlanta’s effort level has been the issue, not talent. Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier were both stuffed by Miami’s front, but that came in a game where the Falcons were out of rhythm from the first snap. The injuries certainly haven’t helped either. Michael Penix Jr. was out last week with a bone bruise, Drake London was sidelined with a hip issue, and the offensive line was missing key pieces. Those absences have painted an exaggerated picture of how bad this team really is. Both Penix and London are trending up and are expected to play here, which makes this version of Atlanta significantly more dangerous than the one we saw against Miami.

 

If you strip away the narratives and just look at the number, the value is crystal clear. We’re getting more than a field goal with a team coming off two ugly losses that the market has completely written off. Atlanta doesn’t need to win to cash; they just need to show up. Given the current state of their season — desperate, wounded, and humiliated — this is the spot where effort and regression collide. Recommendation: Atlanta +5½

 

Carolina +13½ over Green Bay

 

1:00 PM ET. The Packers have won three straight, they’re healthy, they’re at home, and the market is pricing them like they’re a juggernaut. They’re not. This is still one of the slowest-paced, most conservative offenses in football being asked to spot nearly two touchdowns. That’s rich.

 

Carolina’s stock couldn’t be lower after getting buried by Buffalo last week. That 40–9 scoreline looks ugly, but it’s also misleading. The Panthers were missing half their offensive line, their starting quarterback, and a handful of defensive starters. It was a game that snowballed early and got away late. Now they walk into Lambeau as a forgotten, overmatched underdog — the exact profile that breeds value.

 

The public sees Bryce Young’s name on the injury report and sprints to the window to lay the wood with Green Bay. The market moves accordingly. Yet even with all their supposed dominance, the Packers have failed to cover the number in this range before — just ask anyone who backed them as double-digit chalk against Cincinnati earlier this year. They play slow, they rely on defense, and they leave the backdoor wide open for any team that can string together a couple of drives in garbage time.

 

The Panthers are a mess on paper, no question. Their offensive line is a triage unit and their defense is patchwork. However, they’re still fighting under Dave Canales, and when Young plays, they show flashes of competence. Carolina’s ground game, which ranks top five in the league, can shorten this one and chew clock. The Packers’ pass rush is elite, but that’s mitigated when you can stay on schedule and run the football. If the Panthers avoid early turnovers, they can hang around long enough to cover this monster number. Recommendation: Carolina +13½ 

 

Minnesota +9½ over Detroit

 

1:00 PM ET. We’re not buying what the market is selling here. Detroit has covered nine straight against Minnesota, they’re fresh off a bye, and they’ve been steamrolling opponents at home. So why is this number “only” 9½? Because it’s inflated — plain and simple.

 

Detroit has been a model of consistency under Dan Campbell, but this team’s offensive efficiency has cooled. The Lions have been living off turnover luck and red-zone conversions that simply don’t hold forever. Their defense still brings pressure, but they’ve been giving up explosive plays through the air, and they’ve shown cracks against teams that can stretch them vertically. Minnesota can do exactly that.

 

The narrative is all Detroit — their dominance in the division, Aidan Hutchinson’s new mega deal, and Goff’s precision throwing. Meanwhile, the Vikings are quietly getting healthier. J.J. McCarthy is back under center and has had extended rest to settle in, while Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison are still elite separators who can exploit man coverage. If McCarthy protects the football, Minnesota has enough weapons to keep this one competitive.

 

The Lions are also one of the slowest-paced, most methodical teams in the NFL. They love to grind out drives and lean on their front seven. That’s great for winning games, not so great for covering double-digit spreads. Detroit can win comfortably and still leave the backdoor wide open.

 

Minnesota’s last five games have gone over the total — that’s not an accident. The Vikings can score in spurts, and McCarthy gives them a spark that the market hasn’t priced in yet. This is an inflated line based on reputation, not reality.

 

We’ll take the inflated points with a divisional rival that’s rested, motivated, and better equipped than the market is giving them credit for. Recommendation: Minnesota +9½

   

New Orleans +14 over L.A. Rams

 

4:05 PM ET. There’s a fine line between dominance and market inflation, and the Rams are standing right on it. L.A. has become a darling for bettors and models alike, shutting down Baltimore and Jacksonville on consecutive trips before taking a week off. Now they return home to face a Saints team that nobody wants any part of — which is precisely why we do.

 

New Orleans is 1-7 and sitting at the bottom of everyone’s power ratings, and yet, despite all the stink, they’re being offered a full two touchdowns against a team that has been playing over its head for a month. That’s a bridge too far.

 

The Rams’ defensive numbers are elite — second in EPA per play allowed, fifth in passing success rate — but much of that comes from a favorable turnover split and an unsustainable red-zone stop rate. They’ve been brilliant situationally, but that doesn’t always travel week-to-week, especially when you’re asked to cover a massive number after a bye. Football doesn’t work that cleanly.

 

The Saints can’t move the ball, that’s no secret. They haven’t scored more than 20 points in five of their last six and needed a defensive touchdown to get there in the one game they did. However, their defense remains quietly top-10 against the run and physical enough to muddy up tempo-based teams like L.A. This isn’t a finesse dome defense. They’ll line up, hit, and drag the Rams into the mud if possible.

 

If this turns into a slow-paced, possession-heavy grind — which the Saints are going to force — then +14 suddenly looks massive. You don’t need them to win, you just need them to hang around, and ugly teams like this tend to do exactly that when everyone else has written them off.

 

There’s also noise out of L.A. that Kellen Moore may be considering a change from Spencer Rattler to rookie Tyler Shough. That’s not exactly stability, and if Moore decides mid-game that he’s seen enough, this big number could evaporate in a hurry. Recommendation: New Orleans +14

  

 

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