The 2021 NFL Trade Deadline expires at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday and we’ve already seen big-name defenders moved, as Von Miller is joining the Rams while Melvin Ingram joins the Chiefs. Neither player is quite as dominant as they once were, but you may need to take their trades into account when entering your NFL office pool picks. Meanwhile, the Titans received devastating news earlier this week with Derrick Henry suffering a foot injury that is expected to keep him out six to 10 weeks.
Can the 6-2 Titans still compete with the 7-1 Rams on Sunday Night Football or should you back the Rams heavily in your NFL confidence pool picks? No matter what format you’re playing, a reliable computer model can help you identify potential NFL underdogs to back and favorites you can have the utmost confidence in. So 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. After beating the Chiefs, Colts and Chargers on the way to a 5-1 start, the Ravens were humbled by a 41-17 loss to the Bengals in Week 7 and now they’ve had a bye to reevaluate.
Meanwhile, the Vikings are coming off a disappointing 20-13 loss at home to the Cowboys despite the fact that Dallas was missing star quarterback Dak Prescott.
The Vikings had put up 571 yards of total offense in an overtime win over the Panthers in Week 6, but returned from the bye to put up just 278 yards of total offense against a Cowboys defense that ranked in the bottom half of the league. The Ravens are fourth in the NFL in run defense, so look for them to stack the box to take away Dalvin Cook and force Kirk Cousins to beat them through the air.
The model is predicting that Lamar Jackson piles up over 300 yards of total offense and that the Baltimore defense limits the Vikings to 22 points on average. This helps 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.
