NFL Picks Week 5: Experts Pick Against Seattle Seahawks


NFL picks for Week 5 have most CBS experts picking against the Seattle Seahawks. The Week 5 NFL picks begin with the Thursday, October 8 game, with the Houston Texans hosting the Indianapolis Colts. The analysts at CBS Sports have not picked a winner in this game, which has become a regular occurrence for contests on other networks. Coming into the contest, the Colts have a 2-2 record and are in first place in the AFC South, while the Texans are 1-3 and in last place.

As for the Seattle Seahawks vs. Cincinnati Bengals game on Sunday, October 11, the experts at CBS Sports are siding with the Bengals. The Bengals have a 4-0 record thus far, putting the team in a tie with the Denver Broncos for the best record in the AFC. The Bengals have scored 121 points and given up only 77 on the season. The Seahawks are 2-2, scoring 87 points and giving up 71 in the first four games. The Bengals will host the game at 1 p.m. ET.

There are a number of unanimous selections in the Week 5 NFL picks, with those four games taking place on Sunday. CBS Sports has the Arizona Cardinals beating the Detroit Lions, the New England Patriots beating the Dallas Cowboys, the Denver Broncos beating the Oakland Raiders, and the New York Giants beating the San Francisco 49ers. The only team predicted to win at home from those four is New York, with the other three favored to win on the road.

New York Giants v Buffalo Bills

A number of games also have just one expert from CBS favoring the underdog to win the contest. Those games have an overall prediction of the Kansas City Chiefs beating the Chicago Bears, the Atlanta Falcons beating the Washington Redskins, the Jacksonville Jaguars beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Baltimore Ravens beating the Cleveland Browns, the Philadelphia Eagles beating the New Orleans Saints, and the Green Bay Packers beating the St. Louis Rams. In each game it is just analyst Jason La Confora siding with the underdog teams.

Leading into the Week 5 NFL picks from these experts, Jason La Confora actually has the second-best prediction rate (40-23) for CBS Sports. He is just behind the 40-21 mark that Dave Richard has through the first four weeks. It seems that La Confora feels that this is going to be the week of the upsets though, picking the Redskins to beat the Falcons and the Rams to beat the Packers. The Packers and Falcons are each 4-0 this season and attempting to move to 5-0 with another win.

Baltimore Ravens v Pittsburgh Steelers

The last of the Sunday game predictions have the Tennessee Titans beating the Buffalo Bills. Then on Monday, October 12, the San Diego Chargers are favored to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers will again have Michael Vick as the starting quarterback as Ben Roethlisberger tries to heal up. La Confora has selected the Steelers to win the game, taking yet another risk in his upcoming predictions. He still has time to change those picks before the Thursday night game, so these predictions could also simply be to bring attention to himself.

The Carolina Panthers, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, and New York Jets are the teams that have a bye this week. It guarantees that the Panthers will head into Week 6 still undefeated (4-0). Within the CBS Sports predictions the overall picks state that the Denver Broncos, Cincinnati Bengals, Green Bay Packers, and Atlanta Falcons will all improve to 5-0 on the season. Only one team has no wins still, and these experts have the Detroit Lions falling to 0-5. The most intriguing of the Week 5 NFL picks will be the Seattle Seahawks vs. Cincinnati Bengals game prediction, with the line currently even for the match-up.

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