Thursday night's action gave fans back-to-back weeks of primetime blowouts as the Baltimore Ravens defeated the Miami Dolphins 28-6.
Lamar Jackson threw four touchdowns on 18-of-24 passing with 218 total yards in his return from injury. After starting the season 1-5, the Ravens are now favourites to win the AFC North despite sitting at 3-5 and third in the division.
After Jackson's return, the Ravens spiked to the eighth-placed favourites (+1800) to win the Super Bowl. They are the only team in the top-15 Super Bowl favourites to have a losing record.
After Thursday, the Dolphins parted ways with general manager Chris Grier - the longest tenured GM in NFL history to not win a playoff game - and announced that head coach Mike McDaniel will remain in his position for the rest of the season. Miami has fallen to 2-7 on the year.
There are no international games this week. The next one will be in Germany on November 9th! Click here for the full NFL international schedule.
The rest of Week 9 will host only one divisional matchup between the Minnesota Vikings (3-4) and Detroit Lions (5-2), and just two inter-conference matchups in the Chicago Bears (4-3) vs. Cincinnati Bengals (3-5) and Atlanta Falcons (3-4) vs. New England Patriots (6-2).
On Sunday night, the Seattle Seahawks (5-2) head to Landover, Maryland, to take on the Washington Commanders (3-5).
On Monday night, the Dallas Cowboys (3-4-1) will look to keep their home record intact as they'll be hosting the Arizona Cardinals (2-5).
Teams on a bye week include: Cleveland Browns, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Experts picks
Eric and Paul shared the Week 8 crown after both correctly guessed 10 of the 12 games. They are tied in our seasonal standings for the second straight week. Who will come out on top after Week 9?
Miguel slips to third place by just a couple of games, while Henri begins to close the gap on the rest of the group after both finished 8-4 in Week 8.
Here are the current standings (excluding Thursday night's Ravens-Dolphins matchup):
Eric: 77-42-1
Paul: 77-42-1
Miguel: 75-44-1
Henri: 67-52-1
