Jordan Love will make his first NFL start when the Green Bay Packers visit the two-time defending AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. The No. 26 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, Love replaces future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers, who tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the game. The 23-year-old Love has played in just two games, throwing seven total passes. Kansas City is a seven-point favorite in the latest NFL odds at Caesars Sportsbook, but which team should you back with your NFL bets and NFL parlays?
Other key NFL matchups include the 7-1 Rams hosting the 6-2 Titans on Sunday Night Football and the Browns and Bengals meeting in a battle for Ohio. Before making any Week 9 NFL picks or predictions, you need to check out the NFL best bets from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up almost $7,800 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception six-plus years ago. It went a sizzling 24-14 on top-rated NFL picks last season, returning more than $800. The model also enters Week 9 of the 2021 season on an incredible 128-86 run on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season.
The model also ranked in the top 10 on NFLPickWatch four of the past five years on straight-up NFL picks and beat more than 94 percent of CBS Sports Football Pick'em players four times during that span. Anyone who has followed it is way up.
Now, the model has locked in five confident NFL best bets for Week 9. If you successfully parlay its picks, you'd be looking at a massive payout of 25-1. You can only see the model's Week 9 NFL picks at SportsLine.
Top Week 9 NFL picksAfter simulating every game 10,000 times, the model is high on the Saints to cover as 5.5-point favorites at home against the Falcons. New Orleans (5-2) is in a dogfight with Tampa Bay (6-2) for the lead in the NFC South after the Saints upset the Buccaneers last week. Atlanta (3-4) occupies the cellar in the division, two games behind New Orleans.
Since the start of the 2019 season, the Saints have dominated their NFC South opponents. Over that time, they are 12-2 against division-rivals during the regular season. New Orleans's average margin of victory in the 12 wins is 14.3. In addition, the Saints have won six of the past seven meetings against the Falcons.
How to make Week 9 NFL parlaysThe model also jumped on four other matchups where it says the line is way off, including a divisional battle and a game between two teams fighting for their playoff lives. You can only see the model's NFL Week 9 best bets and parlay at SportsLine.
What are the model's top Week 9 NFL picks? And which other matchups should you target for an epic 25-1
