It’s the midway point of the NFL season which gives us plenty of data points to accurately project sack and tackle numbers for defensive players.

It’s been obvious for years that Rashawn Slater and Lane Johnson are two of the toughest offensive linemen in the game to beat, which is why I’m fading their opponents on the sack props market. 

I’m also digging into the NFL odds for tackles and backing a pair of linebackers who’ve been filling up the stat sheet for their respective teams. Here are my favorite sack and tackle NFL picks for Week 9 odds.

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The NFL Divisional Round odds are all set with kick-offs just hours away. 

Odds see the 49ers and Ravens tabbed as more than a touchdown favorite over the Packers and Texans, respectively. Meanwhile, the Chiefs travel to Buffalo as +2.5 road pups, and the Bucs roll into Detroit as 6.5-point underdogs.

Be sure to check out the NFL odds for this weekend’s games and follow along as we see who will stay alive in the quest for a Super Bowl title.

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Fresh off a win in Las Vegas, the Carolina Panthers are set to play host to the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 4 action.

Longtime Cincy pivot Andy Dalton is now the QB1 for Carolina, and my Bengals vs. Panthers predictions will lean heavily on his tight end Tommy Tremble, who’s set to step up for a depleted receiving corps.

Read more in my NFL picks for Sunday, September 29.

Bengals vs Panthers prediction

My best betTommy Tremble Over 19.5 receiving yards (-110 at BetMGM)

My analysis

Tommy Tremble didn’t waste any time getting on Andy Dalton’s good side. He was targeted three times and caught all three balls for 23 yards in the Carolina Panthers’ upset win over the Raiders last weekend.

It was the tigh…

Alvaro Morata and Noah Okafor scored in the dying stages for Milan as they salvaged a 2-2 draw in their Serie A opener against Torino on Saturday.

The visitors were moments away from a memorable victory at San Siro thanks to a Malick Thiaw own goal and a header from Duvan Zapata, only for Milan to fight back with goals in the 89th and 95th minutes.

The visitors took the lead on the half-hour mark when Raoul Bellanova s header hit the post and Thiaw’s attempted clearance ended in an own goal.

Torino then doubled their advantage in the 68th minute with Zapata heading in Valentino Lazaro s cross from close range.

With the clock about to tick into stoppage time, Morata gave Paulo Fonseca s side hope by deflecting Tijjani Reijnders long-range shot into the …

After two engrossing games on Friday, we have our first Euro 2020 semi-finalists.

Spain ended a nine-year wait for a place in the final four of a major tournament, but they had to do it the hard way once again, with penalties needed to defeat Switzerland after a draw in Saint Petersburg.

Then came arguably the finest match of the tournament to date, Italy prevailing against Belgium to set a new record for consecutive wins in this competition and continue their remarkable form under Roberto Mancini.

Here are some of the key data takeaways from day one of the quarter-finals

Switzerland 1-1 Spain (aet, 1-3 pens): Luis Enrique s men are the Euros shoot-out kings

Switzerland s previous three European Championship knockout games had gone to penalties …

Former Everton striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni is on the verge of sealing a £5m-a-year move to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou R F, .

Slowly but surely, the Chinese Super League is becoming a lucrative alternative for the aging footballer.

Nicolas Anelka, 33, made the move to Shanghai Shenhua in January 2012, while Didier Drogba, 34, agreed to join his former Chelsea mate at Shanghai Shenhua just yesterday.

Anelka, Drogba and now Yakubu have Samuel Eto o, who became the highest paid footballer in the world following his move to Russian Premier League side Anzhi Makhachkala in August 2011, to thank for their bumper deals.

Chelsea keen on Victor Moses

European champions Chelsea had a miniscule bid of £3.5million rejected by Wigan…

It is only matchweek four in the Women s Super League but the big games are coming thick and fast.

And Saturday s meeting between Arsenal and reigning champions Chelsea is big, with a capital B .

Arsenal welcome Chelsea to Emirates Stadium for a match that will give fans an early indication of whether the Gunners are really title contenders this season.

It has been an indifferent start to the campaign for Arsenal, who faced last year s runners-up Manchester City on the opening day. That ended in a 2-2 draw, in which Vivianne Miedema netted a first-half equaliser, the first blow inflicted against her former club after a transfer Jonas Eidevall may live to regret.

Arsenal then won a tight game away to Leicester City 1-0 but were held to a draw by struggling…

Market: Over 1.5 goals

Odds: 4/11 @

Looking to extend their stay in the top-four this weekend, West Ham will make the trip to Molineux when they face off against Wolves on Saturday afternoon.

Starting with the hosts, while Wolves might have found themselves enjoying a stunning five-week purple patch earlier in the month, they did come crashing back down to earth when heading into the international break. Eventually suffering a 2-0 loss away at Crystal Palace, the Oranges will be seeking a boost on Saturday afternoon. Watching their five-match Premier League unbeaten run come to an abrupt end at Selhurst Park last time out, new boss Bruno Lage will be excited by his side s recent success on home soil. Including a deserved victory against Everton when opening Nove…

League One Bradford claimed another Premier League scalp to book their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 39 years on this day in 2015.

Billy Clarke’s deflected third-minute effort – which went down as a John O’Shea own goal – and a cool 61st-minute finish from Jon Stead saw the Bantams build on their stunning fourth-round win over Chelsea by dispatching Gus Poyet’s Sunderland 2-0 with embarrassing ease.

From Clarke’s effort on, the underdogs seized control of the game in front of a sell-out Valley Parade crowd of over 24,000 and heaped more woe on a Black Cats side struggling in the top flight.

At times it seemed like throwback football – a frenetic pace, a muddy pitch cutting up more by the minute, a pair of players swathed i…

Both the Falcons and Dolphins come into this after playing games in London, something you don’t see all that regularly. Miami might have forsaken their post-London bye week but they’ll be eager to get back to winning ways after losing to the Jaguars.

Meanwhile, the Falcons sit bottom of the NFC South with a 2-3 record but did show some promise during their trip to London with Kyle Pitts having his breakout game.

It’s going to be a tough game between two teams with losing records, so make sure you’re on the right end of the result by reading our NFL picks and predictions for the Atlanta Falcons vs. Miami Dolphins.

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