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NFL Week 9 sportsbook report, sharp action: Oddsmaker confident in Bears, needing Steelers vs. Colts

NFL Week 9 sportsbook report, sharp action: Oddsmaker confident in Bears, needing Steelers vs. Colts

The public ticket count is high on the Eagles for Sunday's Week 9 tilt against the Bears, but two oddsmakers based in Las Vegas can see Chicago pulling an upset. That and more from this weekend's sportsbook report including who the sharps are betting.

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The public ticket count is high on the Eagles for Sunday's Week 9 tilt [against the Bears](https://www.betchicago.com/bears-odds-eagles-betting-line-week-9), but two oddsmakers based in Las Vegas can see Chicago eliciting revenge from last season's wild-card loss. At the Westgate SuperBook, vice president of risk management Ed Salmons told BetChicago the ticket count is nearly 2.5:1 in favor of the Eagles, who are currently a 4.5-point home favorite. At William Hill, the Eagles are getting 71% of tickets and 80% of the total money bet on the spread. “I think it’s going to be a close game," said Salmons, a self-proclaimed Eagles fan. "It’s basically just square money on the Eagles. I would take the Bears. They just need to even out their play-calling." __MORE:__ [NFL Week 9 teaser candidates](https://www.betchicago.com/nfl-week-9-teaser-picks-betting) | [Mid-season NFL win total snapshot](https://www.betchicago.com/bears-betting-nfl-2019-season-win-total) After sitting as 3-point dogs on last week’s look-ahead line at the SuperBook, Chicago (3-4 straight up, 2-5 against the spread) was driven up to +5 in early trading following a disappointing 17-16 loss to the Chargers as 3.5-point closing favorites. Philadelphia (4-4 SU, 3-5 ATS) is coming off an impressive 18-point win over the Bills on Sunday. "The public’s going to come in and start teasing the heck out of Philadelphia,” BetIndiana oddsmaker Robert Walker said on [The Bet Pro Football Podcast](https://www.betchicago.com/bet-pro-football-podcast-betindiana-week-9-bears-eagles). "People do not love Chicago right now until they show something...but you can see the Bears winning this game." Salmons says he is comfortable with needing the Bears and also hopes to need the Steelers for Sunday's game against the Colts as a current 1-point favorite. The spread moved off pick 'em on Friday after it was announced Colts WR T.Y. Hilton is out 3-4 weeks with a calf injury. Indy is 0-5 SU without Hilton in the lineup. "The move was a little bit based on injury and we also have a respected player on the Steelers, so I expect Pittsburgh to close higher, like –2," Salmons said. "We kind of got out in front of it, I’m not sure what the public is going to do in this game as we get closer to kickoff. Sometimes games like this they won’t bet it. We are balanced now, I hope to need the Steelers." The SuperBook is also seeing sharp action this week on the Buccaneers at +6 and +5 for Sunday's late game in Seattle and on the Browns at –3 (–120) and -4 in wake of the news Broncos QB Joe Flacco would miss Week 9's game. At Walker's sportsbooks in New Mexico, sharp bettors are on the Jaguars as the de-facto [London home team](https://www.betchicago.com/jaguars-texans-betting-preview-odds-london) against [a banged-up](https://twitter.com/AaronWilson_NFL/status/1190357844719230977) Texans squad. __MORE:__ [Colts-Steelers betting primer](https://www.betchicago.com/colts-steelers-betting-week-9) | [NFL Week 9 late games](http://betindiananews.com/nfl-week-9-trends-chargers-ats-win-packers/) The biggest game of Week 9 is also shaping up to be a high-volume Pros vs. Joes battle, with sharps backing the [home underdog Ravens](https://www.betchicago.com/ravens-patriots-betting-snf-odds) and the public riding New England on Sunday night as a 3-point favorite. The spread opened 4.5 at the SuperBook, but was quickly bet down. "It’s like every group that we respect is on the Ravens +3.5, even +3.5 -120," Salmons said. "We’ll need the Ravens, it’s just a question of how much we are willing to stomach before we go –3 (–120) or 3.5 (EVEN). Just want to position ourselves in the right spot with it being on Sunday night, we know what we are going to need (with the influence of public money on New England)." At FanDuel and Walker's books in New Mexico, the sportsbooks are going to need the Chargers in a big way as a home underdog against the Packers. As of Friday's writing, 94% of spread tickets and 87% of dollars wagered is on the Packers -3.5, while Walker is higher, hoping to attract as much Chargers money as he can. "We’ve been moving the number between 3.5 (-120) and 4," Walker said. "I’d like to be really heavy on the Chargers going into Sunday because it’s going to be nothing but Packers parlays and teasers." __MORE:__ [Our complete NFL Week 9 betting coverage](http://betindiananews.com/tag/nfl-week-9-betting/)
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