NFL picks Week 9

By Rick Morris

In addition to posting my weekly picks, I will post those from The FDH New York Bureau and FDH Lounge Dignitary Sean Trench for The FDH Lounge Dignitaries' Football Challenge Contest. Each week, we will single out our three strongest plays:

ME (1-2 last week, 11-11-2 overall)

Green Bay over Dallas

New York Jets -5 over Detroit

New England -4 over Cleveland -- my 1,000-Star Gold-Plated Lock of the Millennium for this week (Lock was 1-0 last week, 4-2-2 overall)

BUREAU (2-1 last week, 11-13 overall)

New England -4 over Cleveland

New Orleans -7 over Carolina

New York Giants -7 over Seattle

SEAN (0-3 last week, 6-18 overall)

Minnesota -7 ½ over Arizona

Oakland -1 over Kansas City

Green Bay -7 over Dallas

MY OTHER PICKS (6-7 last week, including my Big Three, 50-62-7 overall)

Buffalo +3 over Chicago

Houston +3 over San Diego

New Orleans -7 over Carolina

Minnesota -7 ½ over Arizona

Atlanta -8 ½ over Tampa Bay

Baltimore -5 over Miami

New York Giants -7 over Seattle

Kansas City +1 over Oakland

Philadelphia -3 over Indianapolis

Cincinnati +5 over Pittsburgh