Pick season is in full swing. NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk published its Week 9 slate coming off a 13-1 week, while CBS Sports ran expert face-offs on Jaguars-Ravens and Bengals-Falcons and Yahoo Sports laid out against-the-spread calls for every game — including a Sunday night matchup where the Buccaneers, winners of two straight capped by a shutout of Atlanta, host a Bears team riding momentum of its own.

Thursday's opener is the oddity of the week: with Lamar Jackson sidelined, Baltimore turns to third-string quarterback Joe Fagnano, making Jacksonville a rare double-digit road favorite, per CBS Sports.

The trade deadline looms over all of it. Yahoo Sports argues the Patriots need one more receiving option to match their AFC ambitions, while the Seahawks — fresh off landing eight-time Pro Bowl guard Quenton Nelson — are urged to keep dealing. Meanwhile, Michael Irvin weighed in on the league's best team debate, with the 49ers, Vikings, and Chiefs in the conversation.

In college football, SportsLine's model released its Week 10 picks, and Miami took a hit: freshman standout Malachi Toney is out with a high ankle sprain. Fantasy managers, survivor players, and bettors all have their homework.