NFL Week 9 Officiating Angles: Finding Edges in Bills-Bengals, Buccaneers-Texans and Seahawks-Ravens

This first-year column went 3-0 last week, making us 17-7 (+9.3 units) on the season. We cashed Vikings-Packers Under 42, Chiefs-Broncos Under 47.5 and Broncos +7.5.  Let's stay dialed in and continue to find profitable officiating angles.

This season, Joe Gibbs (not the Hall of Fame coach, the NFL referee expert who tweets @NFLrefstats1) is collaborating with SportsLine to provide weekly, referee-based betting angles. He analyzes the NFL ref assignments from the moment they are released each Tuesday.

Before you make any Week 9 NFL picks or NFL parlays, you need to see what Gibbs and SportsLine senior analyst Larry Hartstein have to say about the officiating crews' tendencies.

We can tell you Hartstein and Gibbs are going Over 49.5 in Bills-Bengals, a rematch of last season's AFC Divisional Playoff won by Cincinnati, 27-10. Referee Alex Kemp drew the assignment, and he's 48-39-1 (56%) to the Over in his career. In two of the past four seasons, Kemp led the NFL in illegal contact flags.

"The Bills lead the NFL in illegal contact infractions this year," Gibbs noted. "Kemp also ranks in the top third for defensive holding and defensive pass intereference penalties per game."

Hartstein also is sharing key officiating angles in Buccaneers-Texans and Seahawks-Ravens. You need to see this critical referee data before locking in your picks!

So which side of Bills-Bengals has the edge? And what other officiating edges can be found on the Week 9 slate? ... Join SportsLine right now to see Larry Hartstein's Week 8 NFL officiating trends, all from the expert who went 53-34-3 in the SuperContest last year!