NFL Week 9 has arrived and we asked USA TODAY Sports' staff for their best NFL bets today for the entire slate. Here are their picks and predictions.

Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud is being evaluated for a concussion and is questionable to return against Denver.

NFL RedZone — an around-the-horn live highlight show demonstrating all the action on NFL Sunday — is back for Week 9 of the 2025 season.

Welcome back to Scoop City! James Palmer and The Athletic ’s senior NFL insider Dianna Russini are breaking down the midseason stretch of the NFL heading into Week 9 — including which teams are surging, who’s slipping, and what’s still to come at the trade deadline.

The trolls were out once again in Week 9 of the NFL season, which brought stunning victories. One of those surprising wins was the Carolina Panthers' 16-13 road victory over the Green Bay Packers. Carolina entered the game as 13.

The Bengals offense pulled off a miracle comeback in the final two minutes against the Bears, only to be let down by a historically bad defense that gave up a 58-yard game-winning TD pass with just 17 seconds left to play. Bo Nix led another wild fourth-quarter comeback for the Denver Broncos in an 18-15 win over the Houston Texans.

CBS is making the Bills vs. Chiefs game in Week 9 a national broadcast. Here's a look at the games Fox and CBS are broadcasting regionally on Sunday.