2024 NFL Week 9 betting: Buccaneers-Chiefs odds, picks, lines - ESPN

The final game of Week 9 pits Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs in Kansas City, Missouri, on «Monday Night Football» (8:15 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN). The Chiefs (7-0) sit atop the AFC standings and are the favorite to win the Super Bowl at ESPN BET (+400). Despite Mahomes' shaky play this season, the Chiefs offense has remained a strong suit, leaning on a Kareem Hunt-led rushing attack and a physical defense.

Meanwhile, the Buccaneers (4-4) look to bounce back after losing back-to-back games in Weeks 7 and 8 to the Baltimore Ravens and Atlanta Falcons respectively. Tampa Bay enters the matchup with some key players out with injury including Mayfield's top two receivers, Chris Godwin and Mike Evans. As such, the Chiefs opened as 8.5-point favorites early last week as the line has since moved up a half a point to Chiefs -9. The total for the matchup has remained the same at 45.5 points.

Here is everything you need to know to bet on Buccaneers-Chiefs and Seth Walder's favorite bets for the game.

Odds current as of publish time, courtesy of ESPN BET

Spread: Chiefs -9
Money line: Chiefs (-450), Buccaneers (+340)
Over/Under: 45.5

First-half spread: Chiefs -5.5 (-110), Buccaneers +5.5 (-110)
First-half moneyline: Chiefs (-320), Buccaneers (+240)
Buccaneers total points: 26.5 (Over -105/Under -125)
Chiefs total points: 20.5 (Over -110/Under -120)

Nick Bolton under 8.5 tackles + assists (-118)

Bolton has a 14% tackle rate — meaning he records a combined tackle on 14% of his defensive plays — which is almost exactly average for an off-ball linebacker. Also like most linebackers, Bolton has a much higher tackle rate on opponent designed runs (20%) than opponent dropbacks (11%). And in this