Predicting the Week 9 NFL Headlines

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Sheil is joined by JP Acosta from CBS Sports to take a hard look at the weekend slate and try to determine what story lines will be dominating NFL media circles after the final whistle has been blown in Week 9. (00:00) Predicting the Week 9 headlines(1:59) The Buffalo Bills become the thing they sought to destroy against the Chiefs(9:41) The Vikings hit a crossroads after a blowout loss in Detroit(15:38) The Colts prove that the Steelers' arms are too short to box with the class of the AFC(21:41) The Commanders keep their season alive with an upset over the Seahawks(26:05) The Hurry Up: The Ringer 107 This episode is sponsored by State Farm®️. Don’t settle for just any insurance when there’s State Farm. https://www.statefarm.com/lp/trainer The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit ⁠www.rg-help.com⁠ to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil KapadiaGuest: JP AcostaProducer: Chris SuttonSocial: Kiera Givens and Brian WatersProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer NFL show. I'm Shil Kapadia. Today we're looking at the week nine slate.
0:06.9	It is the usual Friday exercise. What headlines are we going to be seeing next week after these games are played?
0:14.7	Our guest today is J.P. Acosta from CBS Sports. You can listen to him on the Pushing the Pile podcast. And I'm just telling you right now.
0:23.5	I mean, this man can write some headlines. So we talked Bill's Chiefs, marquee matchup of the weekend.
0:30.8	Colt Steelers, a fun one as well, Lions, Vikings, and Seahawks commanders. J.P.
0:37.4	knows ball. I mean, I learned something from him.
0:40.0	Every time he's on, love podcasting with him, he made some very interesting points specifically
0:44.8	with that Bill's Chiefs game. So very fun conversation with JP. Let's take a break. We come
0:51.0	right back and talk headlines.
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