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Week 9 recap

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Week 9 is in the books. The Packers remain the house standard. The Vikings remain available as a warning label. Whats Hunt Mahomie? posted the high score at 144.9. Closest matchup: Bud Light Berto vs 1990s Buffalo Bills (5.6 pts).

Winners

1990s Buffalo Bills, Team fantasm, SKOL and Bones, Whats Hunt Mahomie?, Willy and the Big Johnson, and Team Even the Losers

Losers

Bud Light Berto, The Cook Burned The Season, Team Larson, Bye Week, Team Randy, and Team Stodolka

Biggest win

Whats Hunt Mahomie? 144.9 - 91.1 Bye Week

53.8 point margin

Closest matchup

Bud Light Berto 87.7 - 93.3 1990s Buffalo Bills

5.6 point margin

Top scorers

  • Kareem Hunt · RB · Whats Hunt Mahomie?32.1
  • Drew Brees · QB · Team Larson31.4
  • Alvin Kamara · RB · SKOL and Bones29.6
  • Jared Goff · QB · Team Randy29.3
  • Matt Ryan · QB · Team fantasm28

How the matchups went

Bud Light Berto 87.7-93.3 1990s Buffalo Bills

0-1 / 1-0

1990s Buffalo Bills beat Bud Light Berto 93.3-87.7. The Packers would already have a script. The Vikings would already have an excuse.

Team fantasm 91.2-79.7 The Cook Burned The Season

1-0 / 0-1

Team fantasm beat The Cook Burned The Season 91.2-79.7. Green Bay would call this Wednesday. Minnesota would call it destiny.

Team Larson 58.6-107.4 SKOL and Bones

0-1 / 1-0

SKOL and Bones handled Team Larson 107.4-58.6. That is Packers football: take the lead, keep the lead, go home.

Whats Hunt Mahomie? 144.9-91.1 Bye Week

1-0 / 0-1

Whats Hunt Mahomie? handled Bye Week 144.9-91.1. Lambeau-coded. No drama. Just a win that looked like it had a plan.

Willy and the Big Johnson 115.7-104.2 Team Randy

1-0 / 0-1

Willy and the Big Johnson beat Team Randy 115.7-104.2. Lambeau energy: make a plan and keep it. Purple energy: hope and a horn.

Team Even the Losers 110.3-80.7 Team Stodolka

1-0 / 0-1

Team Even the Losers handled Team Stodolka 110.3-80.7. This is how you close. Minnesota is taking notes and then losing them.

NFL highlights

Regular Season · Week 9

Scores, recaps, and touchdowns from the same NFL week.

OAK @ SF · Recap

Mullens has sterling debut in 49ers 34-3 win over Raiders

Nick Mullens threw for 262 yards and three touchdowns for the most productive NFL debut since the merger, leading the San Francisco 49ers to a 34-3 victory over the Oakland Raiders in a lopsided Battle of the Bay on Thursday night.

CHI @ BUF · Recap

Chicago Bears rout turnover-prone Buffalo Bills 41-9

Jordan Howard scored two touchdowns and the Chicago Bears' defense had two others in a 41-9 win over the Bills in what proved to be another comedy of errors for Buffalo and its anemic offense Sunday.

KC @ CLE · Recap

Mahomes passes for 375 yards as Chiefs down Browns 37-21

�� Patrick Mahomes passed for 375 yards, threw three touchdown passes -- two to Travis Kelce -- and continued the best start by an NFL quarterback in 68 years as Kansas City's impossible-to-handle offense kept rolling with a 37-21 win on Sunday over...

NYJ @ MIA · Recap

4 interceptions help Dolphins beat Darnold and Jets, 13-6

Rookie linebacker Jerome Baker intercepted Sam Darnold and scored the only touchdown on a 25-yard return with 11 minutes left, and a resilient defense helped the Miami Dolphins beat the New York Jets 13-6 on Sunday.

DET @ MIN · Recap

Vikings hang 10 sacks on Stafford in 24-9 win vs. Lions

Danielle Hunter had 3 1/2 of Minnesota's franchise-record 10 sacks and a fourth-quarter fumble return for a touchdown, making for a miserable afternoon for Matthew Stafford and the Detroit Lions in a 24-9 victory by the Vikings on Sunday.

ATL @ WSH · Recap

Falcons flex offensive muscles, blow out Redskins 38-14

Julio Jones ended his 12-game touchdown drought, Matt Ryan threw for 350 yards and four scores and the Atlanta Falcons flexed their offensive muscles with a 38-14 blowout of the Washington Redskins on Sunday that extended their winning streak to three...