NFL Week 9 picks: Upset and score predictions, matchup breakdowns for every game - NFL.com
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NFL.com editors Jeremy Bergman, Brooke Cersosimo, Gennaro Filice, Bobby Kownack and Dan Parr will predict the winner of every game in the 2026 NFL season, using the unbeatable combo of football analysis and excessive punctuation. Check out their Week 9 NFL picks below. NOTES The lines provided by FanDuel are locked as of 2 p.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 5. Stream live local and prime-time games on mobile with NFL+. THURSDAY, NOV. 5 Why Bobby picked the Jaguars: Jacksonville enters Thursday night with the No. 5 scoring offense and No. 2 defense in points allowed, while Baltimore is limping into the prime-time contest without star quarterback Lamar Jackson (thumb) for the long term. Not only that, but backup Tyler Huntley is out for the season due to a turf toe injury. There is a trade for Jacoby Brissett in the works, but for at least one game the baton passes to undrafted rookie QB Joe Fagnano, who went 10 of 21 for 91 yards and an interception after being thrust into the Ravens’ Week 8 loss to the Bills as their emergency option. Will he improve enough to make a difference with an abbreviated week to prepare for his first-ever NFL start? It’s hard to imagine, especially facing a defense boasting the seventh-highest pressure rate (39.6%) in the league. Derrick Henry has struggled during Baltimore’s three-game losing streak -- he hasn’t topped 58 yards rushing in any of those contests -- and Zay Flowers just put up a goose egg (zero catches on five targets) versus Buffalo. Things are at risk of falling apart, and the Ravens don’t exactly have one of their classic shutdown defenses of yesteryear to come to the rescue. SUNDAY, NOV. 8 Why Gennaro picked the Bengals: Joe Burrow and Michael Penix Jr. are both coming off career days: Burrow notched a career-best six total…
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