Overview
- Buffalo beat Kansas City 28-21, leaving the Chiefs 5-4 entering their bye and currently outside the AFC playoff picture, with Patrick Mahomes pressured on 52.6% of dropbacks and held below 50% completions for the first time in his career.
- Josh Allen delivered an ultra-efficient day for the Bills, going 23-of-26 for 273 yards with one passing touchdown and two rushing scores as Buffalo controlled the line of scrimmage.
- Week 9 swung on late heroics, including Chicago’s Colston Loveland scoring a 58-yard go-ahead touchdown with 17 seconds left in Cincinnati and Jacksonville’s Cam Little drilling an NFL-record 68-yard field goal.
- Key injuries cloud outlooks, with Texans quarterback C. J. Stroud in concussion protocol and Chargers left tackle Joe Alt carted off with an ankle injury to the same ankle that sidelined him earlier this season.
- In college football, Miami fell 26-20 in overtime at SMU to drop to 6-2 and damage CFP and ACC title hopes, while Clemson’s 46-45 home loss to Duke featured Dabo Swinney’s sideline outburst and intensified scrutiny of the Tigers.