Full list of Week 9 straight-up picks with confidence levels

The NFL is back for Week 9, and it’s set to open on Thursday Night Football with the 49ers hosting the Packers in a rivalry matchup that lacks some of the pizzazz previously expected due to Covid-19. The week wraps on Monday Night Football with the Jets hosting the Patriots..

It’s time once again to start picking winners. Each Thursday, I put together a list of straight up picks for the weekly schedule. I’ll have picks against the spread over the weekend, but this is a chance to just pick winners and losers. This year though, I’ve changed up the approach. Instead of simply picking winners and losers, I’m also grouping the picks by confidence — high confidence, medium confidence, low confidence, no confidence.

I had a meh performance last week, going 6-8. Below I’ve posted all my picks, with my record in that confidence level in parenthesis. A game with three asterisks (***) after it indicate a game where I’m picking the betting underdog to get the win.

High confidence (28-8)

Chiefs over Panthers
Steelers over Cowboys
Patriots over Jets

Medium confidence (24-12)

Packers over 49ers
Texans over Jaguars
Ravens over Colts
Titans over Bears
Cardinals over Dolphins
Buccaneers over Saints

Low confidence (11-15)

Lions over Vikings
Seahawks over Bills
Falcons over Broncos
Raiders over Chargers

No confidence (7-8)

Washington over Giants

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