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