The NFL Week 9 schedule has 15 games left, opening Thursday at 8:15 p.m. ET with the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Baltimore Ravens, and Sunday's slate starts at 9:30 a.m. ET in Madrid. The game to watch is Monday night: the Buffalo Bills at the Minnesota Vikings, two 6-1 teams, on ESPN and ABC.
Games to Watch
Buffalo Bills (6-1) at Minnesota Vikings (6-1): This is the best matchup of the week on paper, two teams with identical records in a standalone window. Even with Minnesota at home, the line makes Buffalo a 3.5-point favorite.
That number is the story. Road favorites in a game between equal records are a statement about how the market rates the visitors, and Monday night is where that view gets tested.
Green Bay Packers (5-3) at New England Patriots (5-3): Another pairing of matching records, this one in the 4:25 p.m. ET window on Fox. New England is favored by 3 at home.
A line that size reads like the market sees little between these teams beyond the venue. If you are picking one late-afternoon game to follow, this is the closest thing to a coin flip on the board with real records behind it.
Denver Broncos (6-2) at Carolina Panthers (3-4): Denver owns the better record by a clear margin, yet the line is only Denver by 3. That is a modest number for a road team this far ahead in the standings.
The short spread suggests the market expects Carolina to make this competitive at home. It kicks off at 1:00 p.m. ET on CBS.
Full Week 9 Schedule
Thursday, November 5
8:15 p.m. ET – Jacksonville Jaguars (5-2) at Baltimore Ravens (4-4) – Prime Video
Sunday, November 8
9:30 a.m. ET – Cincinnati Bengals (5-2) vs. Atlanta Falcons (3-5) (neutral site, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid) – NFL Net
1:00 p.m. ET – Dallas Cowboys (3-5) at Indianapolis Colts (2-6) – Fox
1:00 p.m. ET – New York Jets (2-6) at Kansas City Chiefs (5-2) – CBS
1:00 p.m. ET – Detroit Lions (5-2) at Miami Dolphins (1-6) – Fox
1:00 p.m. ET – Cleveland Browns (5-3) at New Orleans Saints (2-5) – CBS
1:00 p.m. ET – New York Giants (4-2-1) at Philadelphia Eagles (2-6) – Fox
1:00 p.m. ET – Los Angeles Rams (4-4) at Washington Commanders (2-4-1) – Fox
1:00 p.m. ET – Denver Broncos (6-2) at Carolina Panthers (3-4) – CBS
4:05 p.m. ET – Houston Texans (2-5) at Los Angeles Chargers (0-7) – CBS
4:25 p.m. ET – Green Bay Packers (5-3) at New England Patriots (5-3) – Fox
4:25 p.m. ET – Las Vegas Raiders (4-4) at San Francisco 49ers (6-1) – Fox
4:25 p.m. ET – Arizona Cardinals (3-5) at Seattle Seahawks (4-4) – Fox
8:20 p.m. ET – Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-5) at Chicago Bears (6-2) – NBC
Monday, November 9
8:15 p.m. ET – Buffalo Bills (6-1) at Minnesota Vikings (6-1) – ESPN, ABC
Teams on Bye
The Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers are off in Week 9.
How to Watch
Thursday night's Jaguars-Ravens game streams on Prime Video. Sunday opens with Bengals-Falcons from Madrid on NFL Net at 9:30 a.m. ET.
The 1:00 p.m. ET window is split between Fox and CBS. Fox has Cowboys-Colts, Lions-Dolphins, Giants-Eagles and Rams-Commanders, while CBS carries Jets-Chiefs, Browns-Saints and Broncos-Panthers.
CBS also has the lone 4:05 p.m. ET game, Texans-Chargers. Fox takes all three 4:25 p.m. ET games: Packers-Patriots, Raiders-49ers and Cardinals-Seahawks.
Three games kick off at 7 p.m. ET or later. Buccaneers-Bears is the Sunday night game on NBC, and Bills-Vikings closes the week on ESPN and ABC.
On the betting board, the closest line of the week is Saints -1.5 against the Browns, which makes New Orleans the favorite despite Cleveland holding the better record. The widest is Seahawks -12.5 against the Cardinals.
Two other double-digit lines are worth knowing: Jaguars -10 at Baltimore and 49ers -10 against the Raiders. The highest totals on the board are 52.5, for Bengals-Falcons and Raiders-49ers, while Giants-Eagles sits lowest at 39.5.