NFL Week 9 Opening Lines, Odds & Best Bets: Chargers to remain hopeless and winless vs Texans
Week 9 of the 2026 NFL season is on the immediate horizon, and it should be a fun one. It kicks off with Thursday Night Football between the Jaguars and Ravens, while the other primetime matchups are Buccaneers vs Bears and Bills vs Vikings.
Make sure you check out our NFL predictions as we add our picks on the side and total for every game throughout the week – and throughout the entire season. Also don't miss the NFL best bets page for our top picks. For now, let's break down the NFL Week 9 opening lines and give our best early bet to make.
NFL Week 9 opening lines and odds
Odds available at DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing
- Jacksonville Jaguars -8.5 (-105) vs Baltimore Ravens +8.5 (-115) - Thursday Night Football
- Cincinnati Bengals -3 (-115) vs Atlanta Falcons +3 (-105) - Madrid
- Dallas Cowboys -5.5 (-110) vs Indianapolis Colts +5.5 (-110)
- New York Jets +10 (-112) vs Kansas City Chiefs -10 (-108)
- Detroit Lions -7 (-110) vs Miami Dolphins +7 (-110)
- Cleveland Browns +2.5 (-102) vs New Orleans Saints -2.5 (-118)
- New York Giants -3 (-108) vs Philadelphia Eagles +3 (-112)
- Los Angeles Rams -5.5 (-110) vs Washington Commanders +5.5 (-110)
- Denver Broncos -3 (-105) vs Carolina Panthers +3 (-115)
- Houston Texans -5.5 (-105) vs Los Angeles Chargers +5.5 (-115)
- Green Bay Packers +3 (-118) vs New England Patriots -3 (-102)
- Las Vegas Raiders +9.5 (-110) vs San Francisco 49ers -9.5 (-110)
- Arizona Cardinals +11.5 (-110) vs Seattle Seahawks -11.5 (-110)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers +5.5 (-108) vs Chicago Bears -5.5 (-112) - Sunday Night Football
- Buffalo Bills -2.5 (-118) vs Minnesota Vikings +2.5 (-102) - Monday Night Football
Best bet for NFL Week 9: Houston Texans -5.5 over Los Angeles Chargers (-112)
The Chargers are pretty much an automatic fade these days. They are 0-7 – the last winless team in the NFL – and generally not even competitive. Head coach Jim Harbaugh’s squad has gotten blown out by double-digits four times and has not lost by fewer than six points all year long. There were high hopes for this offense when the season began with OC Mike McDaniel and QB Justin Herbert. Instead, the Bolts are dead last in the NFL in scoring (14.1 ppg) and #28 in yards.
Now they have to go up against a Texans defense that was incredible in 2025 and certainly still has the personnel to return to that level even though the unit has struggled this season. The good news is that the Texans are in a fantastic spot this week. They are coming off a bye, and they have been playing decent football of late after starting the year 0-5. Head coach DeMeco Ryans’ team has won two of its last three games – including over Jacksonville – with only an overtime loss to the 4-2-1 Giants during this stretch. Even on the road (it’s not like L.A. has any kind of home-field advantage), Houston should be able to beat the worst team in the league by at least a touchown.
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