NFL Confidence Pool Picks Week 9: Expert Ranked Predictions with no Point Spread

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We always advise to avoid picking too many upsets for NFL Confidence Pools. These pools are designed to pay off for conservative picks. You get more points the higher-rated the pick is, so you don’t want to be wrong on an upset ranked as your top pick when the rest of the pool went chalk. If you are down a lot of points late in the year, then by all means go upset crazy and hope for the best. But don’t go wild like this unless you have to.

Each week of the pro football season Kyle McCarthy and I will provide our predictions for NFL Confidence Pools exclusively at SurvivorPoolPicks.com. We rank the predictions in order from the strongest to the weakest each week. Check back next week for NFL Week 10 Confidence Pool picks.

NFL Confidence Pool picks Week 9 from Expert Pro Football Handicappers

 Jeremy Martin

1. Kansas City over Jacksonville
   2. Dallas over Cleveland
   3. Green Bay over Indianapolis
   4. Minnesota over Detroit
   5. Seattle over Buffalo
   6. Carolina over Los Angeles
   7. San Diego over Tennessee
   8. Atlanta over Tampa Bay
   9. Philadelphia over New York Giants
   10. New York Jets over Miami
   11. Pittsburgh over Baltimore
   12. Denver over Oakland
   13. New Orleans over San Francisco

Analysis: If I still had the Chiefs available in my Survivor Pool for Week 9 then I would take them without a thought. They are the biggest favorite on the board this week and for good reason. They are on a roll right now and the Jags look like a team that has given up on their coach. I do think Cleveland is going to win at least one game this season, but I don’t think it will come this week. I have mostly chalk (favorite) picks at the top of my list this week but I get more upset-minded later down the list. None of my upsets this week would be earth-rattling and I played things pretty conservatively this week.

Kyle McCarthy

1. Dallas over Cleveland
   2. Atlanta over Tampa Bay
   3. Green Bay over Indianapolis
   4. Carolina over Los Angeles
   5. Seattle over Buffalo
   6. New Orleans over San Francisco
   7. San Diego over Tennessee
   8. Kansas City over Jacksonville
   9. Philadelphia over New York Giants
   10. Miami over New York Jets
   11. Baltimore over Pittsburgh
   12. Denver over Oakland
   13. Minnesota over Detroit

Analysis: The Dallas Cowboys are proving they are one of the best teams in the NFL with a dominant running game a bend-but-don’t-break defense. The running game is shortening the game for the Cowboys and limiting opposing team possessions. The Browns are getting healthier but need a lot to go right to stay in games. The Vikings have dropped all the way to the bottom of the confidence poll this week. Not sure what has happened to Vikings, who started the season on fire but now have an anemic offense and a defense that is playing a lot of minutes due to all the three-and-outs.