2011-11-4: 2011 NFL Season Week 9

Week 9 is the last of the bye weeks for this year. Two games that have a higher level of chatter this week and should be good games to watch are the New England vs Giants game and the Pittsburgh vs Baltimore game.

The Patriots with Brady and the Giants with Manning, both have potent veteran quarterbacks and these game will probably play on the passing efficiency of both teams. The offensive passing efficiency of both teams is comparable at about 7.8 yards, however the Giants pass defense is better with only 5.9 yards given up compared to 7.5 for New England.

The rhetoric for the Baltimore vs Pittsburgh game has been rather lively. The Baltimore defense is possibly one of the best this year with a pass defense of only 4.8 yards given up although the offense is has not been stellar with a pass efficiency of 5.8 yards. Pittsburgh's pass offense is better, rated at 7.02 yards while their pass defense, while still decent, is not as good as Baltimore's with a rating of 5.1 yards.

Favorite Spread Underdog Discrete Pagerank
ATL 0.5 At IND ATL ATL
At NO 12 TB NO NO
At HOU 9 CLE HOU HOU
At BUF 4 NYJ BUF BUF
At KC 3 MIA KC KC
SF 4.5 At WAS SF SF
At DAL 6 SEA DAL DAL
At OAK 5 DEN OAK OAK
At TEN 3 CIN TEN TEN
At ARI 7 STL ARI STL
At NE 6 NYG NE NYG
At SD 2 GB GB GB
At PIT 3 BAL PIT BAL
At PHI 8 CHI PHI PHI

-- Greg Szalkowski

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