Mad Bets: NFL Week 9 Best Bets
Minty Bets, Jared Quay & Matt Gothard give their best bets for Week 9 of the NFL season.
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MINTY BETS: It is week 9 of the NFL, and we're here to give you guys our best bets for Sunday. Let's start with Jared. What's your bet?
JARED QUAY: I'm betting on a team that everybody hates putting money on because they will blow it for you. I'm betting the Atlanta Falcons minus 4 to beat the Broncos. Falcons are coming off a strong victory. They had extra time to prepare for this game, and they're at home.
Denver played a great game coming back against the Chargers last week, but Denver has the most home field advantage, especially without fans because of altitude. They won't have that luxury here. I think Matt Ryan with extra time is going to be able to beat that Denver secondary. And meanwhile, I think Drew Lock really has the tools as some of these other quarterbacks have at just picking apart the Falcons defense. So I take the Atlanta Falcons to win by more than four.
MINTY BETS: Ooh, OK. I don't hate it. Matt, what's your pick?
MATT GOTHARD: I'm looking at a team last week that didn't look so good going up against a team that looked pretty good. I like the Ravens minus 2 and 1/2 against the Colts. The Colts look solid against the Lions. The Ravens had one of their worst games of the season.
But when you look at the stats and kind of break this down, the Ravens defense ranks fourth on third down defense. While the Colts are 22nd on third down offense. Usually, that's a good sign for the defense there. I like the Ravens to bounce back in a big way against the Colts.
MINTY BETS: Love it, and I love that--
JARED QUAY: I love Gothard's pick. I love Gothard's big more. Pick Gothard's pick, people.
MINTY BETS: Yeah, we're all on the Ravens now. I actually really like the Cardinals minus 4 over the Miami Dolphins. Look, the Cardinals are 5 and 2 straight up and against the spread, and they're facing a Dolphins team who has a rookie quarterback in Tua Tagovailoa under center. And I just don't think that he'll perform well this time around.
The Cardinals are a very improved team. And the reason why the Dolphins won last week against the Rams was solely because of their defense. I mean, Tua only recorded 93 passing yards. So give me the Cardinals minus 4 at home.
MATT GOTHARD: I'm glad you pointed that out because Tua really didn't do anything last week. It was all mainly the Rams imploding. So I think there is a lot of value on the Cardinals.
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