# NFL Week 9 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 5, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707 "2015-11-05T14:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/1 "2015-11-05T14:16:31Z")
Thursday, November 5th 8:25 PM EST : Cleveland ( 10.5 ) at Cincinnati ( -10.5 ) O/U: 46 Sunday, November 8th 1:00 PM EST : Washington ( 14 ) at New England ( -14 ) O/U: 52.5 1:00 PM EST : Miami ( 3 ) at Buffalo ( -3 ) O/U: 44 1:00 PM EST : St Louis ( 2.5 ) at Minnesota ( -2.5 ) O/U: 40 1:00 PM EST : Jacksonville ( – ) at NY Jets ( – ) O/U: — 1:00 PM EST : Oakland ( 4.5 ) at Pittsburgh ( -4.5 ) O/U: 48 1:00 PM EST : Green Bay ( -2 ) at Carolina ( 2 ) O/U: — 1:00 PM EST : Tennessee ( 8 ) at New Orleans ( -8 ) O/U: — 4:05 PM EST : NY Giants ( -2.5 ) at Tampa Bay ( 2.5 ) O/U: 47 4:05 PM EST : Atlanta ( -5 ) at San Francisco ( 5 ) O/U: 45 4:25 PM EST : Denver ( -3 ) at Indianapolis ( 3 ) O/U: — 8:30 PM EST : Philadelphia ( -3 ) at Dallas ( 3 ) O/U: 44.5 Monday, November 9th 8:30 PM EST : Chicago ( 3.5 ) at San Diego ( -3.5 ) O/U: 49 Ten and a half points to the Browns! Not touching that game tonight, though. If Johnny plays like he did in his start against the Bengals last year and Dalton plays like he did on Thursday night against the Browns last year, this game will end in a 0-0 tie. Unless there are some circumstances I’m not aware of, NY Jets look like easy money in a pick 'em against JAX. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/2 "2015-11-05T14:58:35Z")
The Jets/Jax line is because both the Jets QBs got hurt last week, although it sounds like Fitz is going to be ok to play. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/3 "2015-11-05T16:07:40Z")
Buffalo, Green Bay, NY Giants and Philadelphia are all tough calls for me, although right now I’m toeing the line. Denver gives 3 to Indy… sheesh, that looks like a typo. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/4 "2015-11-05T17:52:09Z")
Yeah, the Broncos defense does not provide a good opportunity for Andrew Luck to start his turnaround. The problem there is you can’t be sure what you’ll get from Manning, either. It took a typical Browns self destruction for him to get the win in Cleveland a few weeks ago. But then he puts up encouraging numbers against Green Bay. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/5 "2015-11-05T18:44:39Z")
I see that my Redskins are trying to manage expectations, with Kirk Cousins calling Tom Brady “the greatest of all time.” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/6 "2015-11-05T19:00:13Z")
Colts have generally had success against Peyton’s Broncos, I think, so… all right. I root for the Broncos whenever they’re not playing my Colts. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/7 "2015-11-05T21:50:45Z")
The Lions cleaned house in the executive suite today, which means next year’s second round pick has a chance at actually making the roster! ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/8 "2015-11-05T22:45:09Z")
I think the Browns stand a pretty good chance of beating Cincy tonight. Just a gut feeling. Cleveland/Cinci games are typically weird and go in an unexpected way. Dalton freaks out under the lights. Cleveland is due for one of their WTF unexpected wins. [Johnny.](http://gfycat.com/PleasedCraftyDiamondbackrattlesnake) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/9 "2015-11-06T02:35:11Z")
Dalton was freaky with that 2nd TD pass to Eifert, I’ll give him that. Look at Andy venturing out of familiar Mayberry. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/10 "2015-11-06T05:00:57Z")
looks like the Panthers undefeated stretch is over ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/11 "2015-11-06T16:00:10Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > looks like the Panthers undefeated stretch is over Other than general gloom-n-doom, do you have a reason to say this? Green Bay looked mortal last Sunday. I would be inclined to think the matchups favor Carolina, a little bit. Certainly, the Packers have shown that a stout defense can take them out of their plan. I’d say it’s really too close to call, and depends on whether the Good Packers or the Suck Packers show up. Also, whether the Good Panthers or the Suck Panthers. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/12 "2015-11-06T19:10:56Z")
Percy Harvin may go on IR, he may not retire but I think his NFL career is done. Way too much a migraine of a player for his current skill level ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/13 "2015-11-08T19:23:45Z")
The Panthers are dominating the Packers in the first half. What happened to the Packers that were 6-0? ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/14 "2015-11-08T20:19:06Z")
They ran into two of the top 5 defenses in the NFL in back to back weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/15 "2015-11-08T20:31:12Z")
Oops, just looked at the stats, and the Panthers are only a top 10 defense. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/16 "2015-11-08T20:44:43Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > The Panthers are dominating the Packers in the first half. What happened to the Packers that were 6-0? They played relatively bad teams the first 6 games. I had some hope after the touchdown at the start of the 2nd half, but the Packers are probably going to end up where they were the past few years (probable NFC North champs, but will not advance far) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/17 "2015-11-08T21:18:57Z")
Pack down by 1 TD and 2 point conversion, exciting ending :D. Hope the Panthers can make it through! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/18 "2015-11-08T21:32:11Z")
The Pack is at least making it interesting… Brian ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/19 "2015-11-08T21:34:01Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I see that my Redskins are trying to manage expectations, with Kirk Cousins calling Tom Brady “the greatest of all time.” Blechh. I went to the game, and while they were probably never going to beat the Pats, the Skins could have played much better. How many balls did they drop!? The defense really played well during parts of it, but you can’t leave them on the field all day. Blechh. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707/20 "2015-11-09T00:25:43Z")
Talib, that may have been the scummiest thing I’ve ever seen a player do on the field. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-9/736707.md?page=2)