NFL Week 9 Picks: Game Props, Over-Under Lines and Odds Predictions

Another weekend of NFL action is on tap, leaving bettors with a plethora of enticing options for winnings as Week 9 of the 2015 season prepares to get underway.

Are you a fan of the supremely lopsided spreads? It's a good week for you, as the Cincinnati Bengals and New England Patriots are both favored by at least 12 points over their opposition. Do the tighter lines tickle your fancy? There are plenty of those as well, with five matchups currently featuring a spread of three points or lower.

Let's go ahead and jump into a new week of NFL lines below.

NFL Week 9 Odds and Predictions

Game	Line	Over-Under	Selection
Cleveland at Cincinnati	Cincinnati -12	45.5	Cleveland; Over
Miami at Buffalo	Buffalo -3	44	Buffalo; Over
Green Bay at Carolina	Green Bay -2.5	46.5	Carolina; Over
St. Louis at Minnesota	Minnesota -2.5	39.5	Minnesota; Over
Washington at New England	New England -14.5	52	Washington; Under
Tennessee at New Orleans	New Orleans -8.5	--	New Orleans
Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets	No line	--	N.Y. Jets
Oakland at Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh -4.5	48	Oakland; Over
Atlanta at San Francisco	Atlanta -7.5	45	Atlanta; Over
N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay	N.Y. Giants -1	47.5	N.Y. Giants; Over
Denver at Indianapolis	Denver -4.5	45	Denver; Over
Philadelphia at Dallas	Philadelphia -2.5	44.5	Philadelphia; Under
Chicago at San Diego	San Diego -4	49	San Diego; Under

Odds courtesy of Odds Shark.

Top Matchup

Green Bay Packers at Carolina Panthers

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One week removed from a humbling defeat to an unbeaten team that ended their own undefeated aspirations, the Green Bay Packers travel to a hostile environment for a similarly daunting matchup.

Last weekend's Sunday Night Football showdown was a midseason measuring stick as to the Super Bowl contention of both the Denver Broncos and the Packers, and it ended with Green Bay licking its wounds after a 19-point defeat. They face another stiff defense this weekend.

The Carolina Panthers may have needed overtime to get past Indianapolis on Monday, but their defense dominated Andrew Luck for the vast majority of that game. Aaron Rodgers is facing similar struggles, seeing his banged-up receiving corps unable to get open against top cover corners.

After failing to surpass 80 passing yards against the likes of Aqib Talib and Chris Harris Jr., Rodgers goes up against perhaps the best cover corner of this season in Josh Norman. Andrew Siciliano of NFL Network noted Norman's affinity for making big plays on a weekly basis:

It's not just Norman who is making life difficult for opposing passing attacks in the Carolina defense. He's getting stellar play from those behind him as well.

Both of the Panthers' top safeties had massive games Monday night against the Colts, as Pro Football Focus shared:

It hasn't always been pretty this season, but the Panthers are still undefeated. They have risen up against some of the league's toughest teams, proving to be the class of the NFC and showing that no other team is relatively close.

That includes Green Bay, of course. With no running game to speak of and defenses honing in on Rodgers to keep him in the pocket and stay glued to his weapons, the Packers are bound to continue crashing back down to Earth.

Meanwhile, Cam Newton and Ted Ginn Jr. will continue to gash a Packers defense that is proving incapable of stopping big plays through the air.

Prediction: Panthers 27, Packers 20