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It's going to be another weird week in the , as we will have to either bet on or against quarterbacks that we've never seen play before. As we saw last week, hurt us with a historic performance against the No. 3 defense in the . Any given Sunday, right? of the and of the are expected to start this week. If they do, they would be the 8th and 9th different rookie starting quarterbacks this season, which would tie an NFL record. By the way, it's just Week 9!Here's a look at what I'm thinking this week. As always, credit to the CBS Sports research team for making me sound smart.Top five picks ATS record: 16-22-2Overall ATS record: 51-67-4Straight up record: 70-52  Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (Fox, )The Vikings downgraded at quarterback while the Falcons upgraded. of course tore his Achilles last week, which  Gemel Smith Jersey pushes the rookie Jaren Hall into the lineup for now, while Falcons head coach Arthur Smith  for . Ridder leads the NFL in giveaways with 12, and last week showed why Heinicke should be an upgrade. Ridder completed 8 of 12 pa ses for 71 yards in the first half vs. the , and lost one fumble. Heinicke came in to start the second half, and completed 12 of 21 pa ses for 175 yards and one touchdown.Atlanta's defense looked good this year up until Will Levis surprisingly shredded them. I'm not expecting Hall to throw four touchdowns against the Falcons like the kid from Kentucky did last week.  The pick:Falcons -5Projected score:Falcons 24-13Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (Fox,)Rams quarterback has been Anton Khudobin Women Jersey  diagnosed with a UCL sprain in his right thumb, and Sean McVay says he's day-to-day. I'm going to take this line right now and predict he does not play. Even if Stafford does suit up, he can't be 100% throwing the football.The Packers have not been good, I'm very aware. and Co. are looking to avoid the third five-game losing streak for the Packers since 1992, and something has to give. Matt LaFleur has to get this offense going, and this is a good opportunity to get back into the win column in front of their home fans against who I think will be .The pick:Packers -3Projected score:Packers 16-10Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (CBS,)NFL Media reporters are talking like Clayton Tune will be starting on Sunday despite the fact that has been a full participant in practice. For the Browns, is back at practice as a limited participant, which is good news. But I'm more focused on the Cardinals' QB situation, because I would hate to make my NFL debut against this Cleveland defense.  The Browns rank first in the NFL in opponent third down percentage (28.3%) and total defense (260.0 yards per game). We haven't seen Tune yet, but you have to imagine he's Gemel Smith Women Jersey  a downgrade from , who is now a Viking. If you were curious, the Over/Under for Cardinals points scored is 14.5 at BetMGM with the Under juiced.The pick:Browns -8Projected score: Browns 21-10Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (CBS,)I gue s the Saints are back on the right track. I actually made fading New Orleans a best bet last week, and it blew up in my face. I didn't expect to drop 38 points on the , and it's clear that and have developed into legitimate weapons in this offense. I picked the to cover 8.5 points against the Bears last week, but should have made it a best bet. L.A. coasted to a 17-point victory, and didn't have to do anything special on offense. on the other hand struggled against a Chargers defense that isn't considered to be one of the best in the league. Now, he faces his stiffest test against a top five defense on the road.  The Bears are 0-7  Antoine Roussel Women Jersey ATS in their last seven Sunday road games, and have lost 11 straight Sunday road games.The pick:Saints -8.5Projected sco
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