{"id":256813,"date":"2025-11-02T14:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/256813\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:03:10","slug":"nfl-week-9-picks-bets-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/256813\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 9 picks, bets, odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tNew York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change.<\/p>\n<p>Slowly but surely the Indianapolis Colts are converting doubters into believers. <\/p>\n<p>Count the betting market as part of that group.<\/p>\n<p>Indy is now tied with the Buffalo Bills, a perennial power, in the futures market.<\/p>\n<p>They each have +800 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting\/best-nfl-betting-sites\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Bowl<\/a> odds, which is the fourth-lowest odds.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a far cry from entering the season with a win total of 7.5 and just the third favorite in the AFC South.<\/p>\n<p>At a league-best 7-1, Indy is a 3.5-point road favorite against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday with a total of 51.5 points.<\/p>\n<p>Running back Jonathan Taylor is a major reason for Indy\u2019s success, leading the league with 850 yards and 12 touchdowns on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37550639\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MT1USATODAY27426525-1798086674-3.jpg\" alt=\"Two Indianapolis Colts football players in uniform, one wearing jersey number 60, the other wearing 28, stand on the field.\" class=\"wp-image-37550639\"  \/>Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor (28) celebrates with Indianapolis Colts center Tanor Bortolini (60) after scoring a touchdown during the third quarter against the Tennessee Titans at Lucas Oil Stadium. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>Quarterback Daniel Jones has been a huge surprise, playing mostly effective and mistake-free football.<\/p>\n<p>The Colts lead the NFL in scoring and offensive efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Steelers defense ranks in the bottom 10 in efficiency. <\/p>\n<p>Betting on the NFL? <\/p>\n<p>The offense ranks 10th, so it should be able to score plenty but the defense will prove to be a liability against Indy\u2019s explosive attack.<\/p>\n<p>I have a 74-59-2 ATS record in this Post sports section and my next play is Indy\u2019s team total Over 26.5 points (-110, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/article\/fanduel-sign-up-offer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Why Trust New York Post Betting<\/p>\n<p>Doug Kezirian is a New York Post contributor who has over two decades of experience in the betting space, including spending 11 years at ESPN as a host, columnist and betting analyst. He\u2019s also the rare personality who has documented success \u2013 14th place in 2023 Circa Million and Las Vegas SuperContest ($37K), two top-10 finishes in 2022 William Hill College Football Challenge ($58K) and also grabbed headlines with a $297K win on the 2021 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Post may be compensated and\/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[6359,49,48,1732,514,25999,949,82,6452,29055],"class_list":["post-256813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-betting","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-betting","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-sports","tag-sports-betting","tag-sports-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256813","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=256813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}