Top five NFL headlines from Week 9 of 2025 NFL season

4 months ago - Sportingbase

The ninth week of the 2025 National Football League regular season is now finished. Here are the top five headlines.

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5) Steelers defense improved.

For decades, the Pittsburgh Steelers were known for their defense. However, they have struggled over the last couple of weeks when not having the football. On Sunday, they forced Indianapolis to six turnovers and Colts star running back Jonathan Taylor to only 45 yards rushing in a 27-20 Pittsburgh win.

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4) Davante Adams finding the end zone.

At 32 years of age, Davante Adams is continuing to be an elite wide receiver. He now has five touchdowns in the last two games after finding the end zone twice on Sunday in a 34-10 Los Angeles Rams win over the New Orleans Saints. Adams now leads the NFL with eight touchdown catches. [optin-monster-inline slug=”iclnfpp3qui6sxzedcg8″]

3) Bills beat Chiefs in unique win.

For the first time ever, Josh Allen was up against Patrick Mahomes in a game where neither the Buffalo Bills or Kansas City Chiefs were in first place in their division. The Bills came through with a 28-21 win. Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid had 101 yards receiving and Bills running back James Cook had 125 total yards.

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2) Disarray in Cincinnati.

Zach Taylor is on the hot seat as the Bengals head coach. That is because there is tension within the Bengals organization. The bottom line is the offense is great, the defense is terrible, and everyone knows it. On Sunday, the Bengals lost 47-42 to the Bears in a high scoring contest.

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1) Cameron Little sets NFL record for the longest field goal.

History was made on the final play of the first half between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. That is when Jaguars kicker Cameron Little of Moore, Oklahoma made NFL history for the longest field goal ever of 68 yards in a 30-29 Jaguars overtime win. Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker had the previous longest kick in NFL history of 66 yards in a 19-17 Baltimore win over Detroit on September 26, 2021. 

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