Bruce Arthur’s Week 9 picks

N.Y. Jets (+3) at Miami A 49ers cheerleader kneeled on Thursday night, and it was a reminder: it’s almost vanished from the landscape. Kenny Stills of the Dolphins still kneels, and Eric Reid in Carolina is still speaking out, and a handful of others. But that’s it. The NFL accidentally won. Pick: Jets L.A. Rams (-1.5) at New Orleans This is the game of the week, no disrespect to Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. At this point, if anyone but the Rams and the Chiefs meet in the Super Bowl in a riot of jet sweeps and big throws and offensive whizzmatazz, it’ll be a disappointment, right?

Pick: Rams Green Bay (+5.5) at New England To put Gronk’s cratering in perspective: Before this year he had 88 receiving touchdowns in 122 career games, regular- and post-season. In their first eight seasons, only Jerry Rice and Randy Moss did better per game. This year? One TD in seven games.

Pick: New England THE REST Selections in bold Detroit (+5) at Minnesota Chicago (+10) at Buffalo Tampa Bay (+6.5) at Carolina Kansas City (-8) at Cleveland Pittsburgh (+3) at Baltimore Atlanta (+1.5) at Washington Houston (+1) at Denver L.A. Chargers (+1) at Seattle Tennessee (+5) at Dallas Byes: Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Arizona, Philadelphia and N.Y. Giants Last week: 6-8 Season: 61-54-6