The San Francisco 49ers are 6-1 and looking to bounce back from their loss to the Atlanta Falcons before their Week 8 bye. They'll return to Levi's Stadium in Week 9 to host the Las Vegas Raiders, who enter the matchup at 4-4.
NFL experts are expecting the 49ers to get back on track, even without a few of their offensive stars. San Francisco received 45 of 52 picks across seven major outlets, with the Raiders getting the other seven. Bleacher Report was the only outlet to lean toward Las Vegas, with four of its seven analysts picking the Raiders. Sports Illustrated had one analyst pick the Raiders, while CBS Sports had two.
Here is how the experts see Sunday's game:
USA Today
- Jarrett Bell: 49ers
- Nick Brinkerhoff: 49ers
- Chris Bumbaca: 49ers
- Nate Davis: 49ers
- Adam Kaufman: 49ers
- Mike Middlehurst-Schwartz: 49ers
Bleacher Report
- Gary Davenport: Raiders
- Brad Gagnon: 49ers
- Ian Hanford: Raiders
- Kris Knox: 49ers
- Moe Moton: Raiders
- Wes O’Donnell: Raiders
- Brent Sobleski: 49ers
Sports Illustrated
- Albert Breer: 49ers
- Eva Geitheim: 49ers
- Mitch Goldich: 49ers
- Mike Kadlick: 49ers
- Gilberto Manzano: 49ers
- Conor Orr: Raiders
- John Pluym: 49ers
- Matt Verderame: 49ers
ESPN
- Matt Bowen: 49ers
- Mike Clay: 49ers
- Jeremy Fowler: 49ers
- Dan Graziano: 49ers
- Kalyn Kahler: 49ers
- Pamela Maldonado: 49ers
- Eric Moody: 49ers
- Jason Reid: 49ers
- Ben Solak: 49ers
- Lindsey Thiry: 49ers
- Seth Wickersham: 49ers
CBS Sports
- Pete Prisco: 49ers
- Jared Dubin: 49ers
- Ryan Wilson: 49ers
- John Breech: Raiders
- Tyler Sullivan: Raiders
- Dave Richard: 49ers
- Jamey Eisenberg: 49ers
The Athletic
- Zach Berman: 49ers
- Jon Greenberg: 49ers
- Chad Graff: 49ers
- Larry Holder: 49ers
- Josh Kendall: 49ers
- Steven Louis Goldstein: 49ers
- Austin Mock: 49ers
- Nick Kosmider: 49ers
NFL.com
- Jeremy Bergman: 49ers
- Brooke Cersosimo: 49ers
- Gennaro Filice: 49ers
- Bobby Kownack: 49ers
- Dan Parr: 49ers
This article originally appeared on Niners Wire: NFL Week 9 expert picks: NFL 49ers
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