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With Week 9 upon us, that means we are now officially halfway through the 2022 NFL season, which makes right now the perfect time to hand out some midseason awards. Actually, I'm only handing out one award and it's going to me: It's the award for best picker from Week 8.I didn't just beat everyone at CBS Sports with my 13-2 record, I also almost topped every other media member in the country. According to , I finished tied for third out of about 250 other pickers. Since this will likely never happen again, I had to make sure to properly document it.Unfortunately, I feel like I won't be topping that number this week, but let's get to the Week 9 picks to find out if I can.Actually, before we do that, here's your weekly reminder that you can check outPedro Martinez Jersey the NFL picks from everyone here . If you need proof that I went 13-2, you're . Also, for the rest of the season, I'll be podcasting three days per week -- Monday, Tuesday and Friday -- with Will Brinson and Ryan Wilson. My own family can't even handle hanging out with me three days per week, so I'm not quite sure how Brinson and Wilson do it.Brinson and I actually got together for a podcast earlier this week where we went through all our favorite picks from Week 9 and you can listen to that below.Alright, let's get to the picks because the sooner we do that, the sooner I can give myself another award next week.1 p.m. ET (CBS) Latest Odds: Las Vegas Raiders -2.5 It's probably for the best that CBS is only airing this game in roughly two percent of the country because I'm not sure who wants to watch these two teams play right now. At this point in the season, I don't think fans even want to watch the Jaguars play and I'm 90% sure that fans don't really want to watch their team play, either.As bad as these two teams have been though, their games have actually been exciting, and no, CBS isn't paying me to say that just because this game is on CBS. Heading into Week 9, these two teams have played in a total of TEN one-score games this year. On the Jaguars' end, all SIX of their lo ses have come by just one score. As for the Raiders, four of their five lo ses have come by one score.The thing that worries me about the Raiders is that they looked like they were playing football for the first time in Week 8 during their 24-0 lo s to the . That being said, the Jags didn't look much better last week. , who I'm starting to think has been scarred for life after spending one year with Urban Meyer, threw two ugly interceptions in a lo s to the . I have no idea who to pick in this game, so I'm just going to look at it like this: I don't trust either team's offense, I don't trust either team's defense, and the more I think about it, the only player I trust on the field in this game is Raiders kicker , who is one of just two kickers in the NFL this year to make 100% of his field goals while attempting 10 or more kicks.Since Carlson is the only player I trust, I gue s that means I'm going to pick the Raiders by a field goal.The pick: Raiders 23-20 over Jaguars1 p.m. ET (Fox) Latest Odds: Los Angeles Chargers -2.5 If you would have told me before the season that one of these two teams would be in Kevin Plawecki Jerseyfirst place heading into this game, I would have put all my money on the Chargers, so it's a good thing you didn't tell me, because then I would be broke and homele s Luis Tiant Jersey .This game could get wild and that's because both of these offenses do something well that the other team's defense is not good at stopping. On the ' end, they'll be going into this game with the NFL's fifth-best rushing offense and they'll get to face a Chargers defense that can't stop the run (L.A. is surrendering 137.6 yards per game, which is the sixth-most in the NFL). Not to be outdone, the Chargers will be going into this game with the NFL's fourth-best pa sing offense and they'll be facing a Falcons defense that has been the worst in the NFL at stopping the pa s this year. The Falcons are surrendering 306.9 yards per game through the air, which is an astronomical number when you consider that no other team is even giving up 280 yards per game.The other problem for the Falcons is that they just played the and if I've learned one thing over the past eight weeks, it's that no one ever wins after playing Carolina. Somehow, the Panthers have turned into the equivalent of a 24-hour bender in Cancun. After playing them, you basically look drunk in your next game and you lose. In what might be the most unbelievable stat of the year, NFL teams are 0-7 this season in their first game after facing the Panthers. I repeat, no team has won a game the following week after facing Carolina. It doesn't matter if you win or lose against the Panthers, you just won't be able to win your next game after facing them.The couldn't do it: They faced the Panthers in Week 1 and then blew a 13-point lead in the final 90 seconds to lose to the in Week 2.The 6-2 couldn't do it: They faced the Panthers in Week 2 and then lost to the in Week 3 in a game where they were favored to win.The Saints played the Panthers in Week 3, then lost in Week 4. The played the Panthers in Week 4 and then lost in Week 5. The played the Panthers in Week 5 and then lost as a 4.5-point favorite to the Falcons in Week 6.You probably get the point by now, but I'm so close to running through the entire schedule that I might as well finish. The Panthers hangover even lasts through a bye week. The played the Panthers in Week 6, had a bye, and then lost to the 49ers in Week 8. has even been run over by the Panthers train: His played the Panthers in Week 7 and then lost to the in Week 8.I think what I'm trying to say here is that even if I wanted to pick the Falcons, I couldn Babe Ruth Jersey 't. There's no way I can pick against this streak. The Falcons played the Panthers in Week 8, which means they're destined to lose this week.The pick: Chargers 27-23 over Falcons4:25 p.m. ET (CBS) Latest Odds: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -3 The last time we saw these two teams on the same field together came last January when the Rams beat the Buccaneers 30-27 in the divisional round of the playoffs. If this is your first season watching football, you might be wondering how these two teams made the playoffs last year considering how bad they've looked so far in 2022.Surprisingly, these two teams are mostly struggling for the same reason: They have no offensive line.On the Rams' end, their starting left tackle retired ( ) and one of their starting guards ( ) left in free agency. As if that wasn't bad enough, they've been hit by roughly 700 injuries on the offensive line over the past eight weeks, which has left them here:Rams offensive line right now:LT2 - LG2 - C3 - RG5 - RT1 TurfShowTimes (@TurfShowTimes)That RG5 means their FIFTH-STRING right guard was starting for them two weeks ago. Based on what I know about string theory, when you're down to your fifth-string anything, you're out of strings.And no things have not gotten better since the above tweet was sent out on Oct. 16. Here's how they were looking in Week 8 against the 49ers:7th different starting offensive line combination of the season for the (in 7 games):LT AlaricJackie Bradley Jr Jersey Jackson (1st NFL start at LT)LG Bobby EvansC Brian Allen (1st appearance since Week 1)RG Oday Aboushi (1st start for LA)RT Rob Havenstein J.B. Long (@JB_Long)Due to the struggles of the offensive line, has now been sacked 24 times this year, which is tied for the third-most in the NFL. The Rams are nearly unbeatable when they protect Stafford -- they're 12-1 when he takes one sack or le s in a game -- but the offense is horrible when he's facing a lot of pre sure (They're 0-4 this year when he takes multiple sacks in a game and 3-8 dating back to last season).If Stafford is getting sacked, the Rams are likely going to lose and Stafford has been getting sacked a lot this year.As for the Buccaneers, let's see how things are going with Brady and his offensive line.Tom Brady with some words to his offensive line.FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX)Like the Rams, the Buccaneers are also dealing with their own offensive line i sues, but the difference is that Tom Brady refuses to take sacks because he's 45 years old and doesn't want his body to break. Brady has only been sacked 13 times this year, which is the second-lowClick here Click here Click here
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