The NFL has more parity than just about any league in sports, which means you’ll have to go against the grain by backing underdogs with your NFL office pool picks. In Week 8, there were eight underdogs that won outright, so which underdogs on the Week 9 NFL schedule are most likely to come away with the victory for your NFL confidence pool picks?
The 49ers didn’t punt in a win over the Bears last week, while the Cardinals are coming off a home loss to the Packers. Now, the 49ers are 2.5-point underdogs to their divisional rivals in the latest NFL odds from Caesars Sportsbook. That could make them a popular upset option for players making their Week 9 NFL picks. 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. Minnesota’s offense is No. 7 in the NFL in total yards but ranks just 18th in scoring offense. Early-down inefficiency is a big part of the issue.
The Vikings are converting just 35.7 percent of their third-down attempts (24th in the NFL). Now, they’ll take on a Ravens defense that has limited its opponents to just a 32.5 percent conversion rate on third down (fourth in the NFL) and boasts the second-stingiest defense in the league inside the red zone (45.0 percent touchdown rate).
The model is projecting that Minnesota approaches 400 yards of total offense on Sunday, but only manages to create 22 points due in large part to the bend-but-don’t-break nature of Baltimore’s defense. Meanwhile, Lamar Jackson piles up over 300 yards of total offense to help 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.
