Week 9 of the 2025 NFL season is highlighted by a marquee matchup between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Buffalo Payments at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. at 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS. The three-time reigning AFC champion, Kansas Metropolis (5-3) is coming off its third consecutive victory and fifth in six video games, a 28-7 conquer the Washington Commanders.
Buffalo (5-2) returned from its bye to rout the Carolina Panthers 40-9 final week and keep away from a 3rd straight loss. The Payments have misplaced 4 consecutive postseason conferences with the Chiefs however have received the final 4 common season conferences between the AFC powers, together with a 30-21 victory final 12 months.
Eight video games are on the NBA schedule, together with a showdown between the Philadelphia 76ers (4-1) and Brooklyn Nets (0-5) at 6 p.m. ET at Barclays Middle. Philadelphia is trying to bounce again from its first lack of the season, a 109-108 setback in opposition to the Boston Celtics on Friday, whereas Brooklyn is looking for its first win of 2025-26.
In the meantime, the NHL has 5 contests on its slate, one among which has the Calgary Flames (2-9-2) concluding its four-game highway journey with a matchup at 7 p.m. ET in opposition to the Philadelphia Flyers (6-4-1) at Xfinity Cellular Enviornment. Calgary fell to 0-2-1 on its trek with Saturday’s 4-2 loss to the Nashville Predators, whereas Philadelphia misplaced 5-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs to drop to 3-1-0 on its five-game homestand.
The Chiefs are 2.5-point favorites in opposition to the Payments within the newest consensus NFL odds. The 76ers are 5.5-point favorites in opposition to the Nets, whereas the Flyers are -136 favorites on the cash line in opposition to the Flames.
Beneath is a snapshot of what to look at and guess for Sunday, Nov. 2. All instances Japanese
NFL finest bets, the place to look at
Chiefs at Payments
Time: 4:25 p.m. | Location: Orchard Park, N.Y. | TV: CBS | Stream: Fubo (Strive without cost)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Payments +2 (-108) | Knowledgeable: Payments +115
The most recent installment of this rivalry options two of the highest offenses within the NFL. Buffalo ranks third with a mean of 382.9 yards, whereas Kansas Metropolis is fifth at 378.3 per recreation. The Payments lead the league in dashing (164.4 yards) and are fourth in scoring (29.6 factors), whereas the Chiefs rank fifth in passing (251.8). Buffalo’s James Prepare dinner is the NFL’s second-leading rusher with 753 yards following his 216-yard efficiency in opposition to Carolina final week, and Kansas Metropolis’s Patrick Mahomes shares the league lead with 17 landing passes whereas rating second with 2,099 passing yards. The SportsLine Projection Mannequin sees the Payments conserving this battle shut as they cowl the unfold in 58% of its simulations. SportsLine professional Will Brinson, who’s 23-12 on his final 35 NFL picks, likes Buffalo to increase its regular-season profitable streak in opposition to the Chiefs to 5 video games as he expects a superhuman effort from reigning league MVP Josh Allen.
Seahawks at Commanders
Time: 8:20 p.m. | Location: Landover, Md. | TV: NBC | Stream: Fubo (Strive without cost)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Below 48.5 (-114) | Knowledgeable: Jacory Croskey-Merritt Below 44.5 dashing yards (-114)
These groups are trending in reverse instructions, as Seattle has received 5 of its final six video games whereas Washington has misplaced three straight. The Commanders are twenty sixth within the NFL in opposition to the cross, permitting 244 yards by means of the air per recreation, and now face the unenviable job of defending Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who leads the league with 819 receiving yards. The 23-year-old wideout, who’s 312 yards away from eclipsing the profession excessive he set final season, has posted three straight 100-yard performances and hauled in a landing cross in every of these contests. The SportsLine Projection Mannequin would not anticipate a high-scoring affair, as its simulations have the Below hitting 53% of the time. SportsLine professional Larry Hartstein (+1205 on his final 40 NFL participant prop picks) feels Washington operating again Jacory Croskey-Merritt’s latest struggles gaining yards on the bottom will proceed.
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76ers at Nets
Time: 6 p.m. | Location: Brooklyn, N.Y. | TV: NBA League Go | Stream: Fubo (Strive without cost)
SportsLine picks — Mannequin: Below 232.5 (-106) | Knowledgeable: Adem Bona Over 14.5 factors + rebounds (-120)
After posting a one-point victory at Boston of their season opener, the 76ers had been on the incorrect aspect of a one-point resolution in opposition to the Celtics at house on Friday, struggling their first lack of the marketing campaign as Joel Embiid missed a 3-pointer on the buzzer. The Nets have been idle since Wednesday, once they outscored the Atlanta Hawks within the fourth quarter however missed their closing 5 photographs and dropped a 117-112 resolution to stay winless. Philadelphia and Brooklyn cut up their 4 conferences final season, with every workforce profitable as soon as at house and as soon as on the highway. The 76ers are third within the NBA in scoring with a mean of 125 factors, however these groups failed to mix for greater than 217 factors in any of their matchups in 2024-25, and the SportsLine Projection Mannequin would not assume they’re going to achieve this on this contest because the Below hits in 54% of its simulations. SportsLine professional Mike Barner (13-9 on his final 22 NBA participant prop picks) feels Philadelphia’s Adem Bona will probably be productive rather than Embiid, who will probably be rested for this recreation.
NHL finest bets, the place to look at
Flames at Flyers
Time: 7 p.m. | Location: Philadelphia | TV: NHL Community | Stream: Fubo (Strive without cost)
SportsLine choose — Mannequin: Flames +1.5 ( -216)
The Flames are final within the NHL with six factors and have misplaced 11 of 12 since edging the Edmonton Oilers in a shootout of their season opener. However 4 of their final six setbacks have been by only one objective, with one coming in additional time and one other in a shootout. The Flyers are a powerful 6-2-0 at house so far this marketing campaign, however three of the victories got here after regulation (two in shootout, one in OT). Calgary swept the season sequence in 2024-25 with a pair of 6-3 wins, and the SportsLine Projection Mannequin believes the Flames will a minimum of hold it shut on Sunday as they cowl the puck line in 67% of its simulations.
