{"id":246738,"date":"2025-10-29T00:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/246738\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:26:10","slug":"nfl-week-9-survivor-pool-guide-picks-analysis-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/246738\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 9 survivor pool guide: Picks, analysis, strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There may not be a more soul-crushing way to lose a survivor pool than a winless team scoring 23 points in the fourth quarter to prevail by one point.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That team being the Jets, who left many in anguish in bars across the nation on Sunday, made it all the more cruel last week.<\/p>\n

Kirk Cousins face-planted in his redemption shot against the Dolphins as a seven-point favorite.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Every other favorite won \u2014\u00a0and covered \u2014\u00a0in a slate that had eight games with a spread of six points or more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We turn the page to 14 games in Week 9 with the Jets, Browns, Eagles and Buccaneers on byes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lamar Jackson is now confirmed to make his official return from a hamstring injury on \u201cThursday Night Football\u201d after the Ravens deemed it safer within a short week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are three games with double-digit point spreads, leading with the Rams laying 14 points on the Saints.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ConfidenceGame\/Team1Rams (-14) vs. Saints2Chargers (-10.5) @ Titans3Packers (-12.5) vs. Panthers4Ravens (-7.5) @ Dolphins5Patriots (-5.5) vs. Falcons6Colts (-3) @ Steelers7Lions (-8.5) vs. Vikings8Jaguars (-3) @ Raiders9Cowboys (-2.5) vs. Cardinals10Bears (-2.5) @ Bengals1149ers (-2.5) @ Giants12Seahawks (-3) @ Commanders13Texans (-1.5) vs. Broncos14Chiefs (-1.5) @ BillsOdds provided by FanDuel<\/a><\/p>\n

Chargers (-10.5) @ Titans<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to start seriously considering Justin Herbert as an MVP candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Only the second year into Jim Harbaugh\u2019s Chargers tenure and what was initially considered a run-heavy attack has been transformed into aerial dominance. <\/p>\n

Herbert leads the NFL in passing yards and has steered the offense to top-10 production in three straight weeks \u2014\u00a0a span in which he\u2019s averaged over 303 yards and posted eight total touchdowns.<\/p>\n

He just picked apart Minnesota\u2019s secondary to power Los Angeles to 37 points and it\u2019s hard to imagine the Titans posing any tougher of a challenge.<\/p>\n

Betting on the NFL? <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a defense that is among the worst in nearly every category. Opposing quarterbacks have a 122.8 passer rating, which is the No. 2 highest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cam Ward has yet to record a game with more touchdowns than turnovers.<\/p>\n

The canning of Brian Callahan hasn\u2019t elicited any positive effect; the Titans have lost by 18 and 24 straight points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Patriots (-5.5) vs. Falcons<\/p>\n

Drake Maye appears to have arrived.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In his last three games, Maye has averaged 301 total yards. He\u2019s completed 75.2 percent of his passes and owns the No. 4 overall QBR (76.3).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"NewDrake Maye\u2019s emergence lends trust against an erratic Falcons team in Week 9. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Maye\u2019s explosive play ability has benefited no one more than Kayshon Boutte, who is breaking out as a legitimate receiving threat with 18.7 yards per catch.<\/p>\n

New England has won five straight \u2014\u00a0all of which it has covered (four were as a favorite).\u00a0<\/p>\n

It feels like ancient history since the Falcons upset the Bills only two weeks ago. They have scored 10 points in the two games since.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The passing game has gone to shambles as both Michael Penix Jr. and Drake London were absent due to injury last week.<\/p>\n

Maye isn\u2019t as effective against zone coverage, but Atlanta\u2019s key injuries and a New England run defense that\u2019s allowed the third-fewest yards to neutralize the Falcons\u2019 biggest strength is a bigger impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a week of big favorites, this is an independent choice to find an edge in your pool.<\/p>\n

Why Trust New York Post Betting<\/p>\n

Sean Treppedi handicaps the NFL, NHL, MLB and college football for the New York Post. He primarily focuses on picks that reflect market value while tracking trends to mitigate risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[1766,6359,49,48,2210,1718,514,25999,82,6452,1741],"class_list":["post-246738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-betting","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-betting","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting","tag-tennessee-titans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}