The Rams and Chargers are among the clear D/ST starts, but the Lions and Packers headline the streamers to watch. Here’s how to set your fantasy defense in Week 9.

We turn the page to 14 games in Week 9 with the Jets, Browns, Eagles and Buccaneers on byes. Lamar Jackson is now confirmed to make his official return from a hamstring injury on “Thursday Night Football” after the Ravens deemed it safer within a short week.

Watch the top defensive plays from Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season. Watch the highlights of the top plays from Week 7 of the 2025 NFL season. Watch the top catches from Week 7 during the 2025 NFL season. Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III dashes through the defense for a 16-yard run.

The Colts could be in line to add a piece or two as they try to maintain the NFL's best record: Colts trade possibilities at the NFL trade deadline.

Here are the best and worst Pro Football Focus grades for the Patriots' offense on Sunday: S Jaylinn Hawkins - 92.1 DT Cory Durden - 89.9 EDGE Anfernee Jennings - 89.1 LB Jahlani Tavai - 87.0 LB Robert Spillane - 84.5 LB Marte Mapu - 42.7

Here's how the top trade candidates -- including Trey Hendrickson, Chris Olave and even Mark Andrews -- stack up. Who is the top target to land before Nov. 4?

Several outlets still view the Lions as one of the NFL’s two best teams. In contrast, two outlets have them outside the top five, with one suggesting the Lions may lose defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard this offseason to a head-coaching opening.

He is more smooth than truly sudden off the edge as a pass-rusher, but he does time the snap well and possesses the hand strength and coordination to consistently threaten quarterbacks. I see shades of longtime Cowboys and current Seahawks star DeMarcus Lawrence in Bain.

These trades would never happen, but if they did, it would reshape the NFL in a chaotic way for the second half of the season.

The Cincinnati Bengals, who upset the Pittsburgh Steelers with a prime-time shootout back in Week 7, found themselves on the wrong end of a similarly high-scoring affair. The Drake Maye-led New England Patriots stayed hot to win their sixth game in eight weeks.