Midway through the 2025 NFL season, the Denver Broncos are sitting in first place in the AFC West with a 7-2 record. The Los Angeles Chargers (6-3) defeated the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, but they're still a game behind Denver. The Kansas City Chiefs (5-4) lost to the Buffalo Bills and the Las Vegas Raiders (2-6) lost to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Week 9 of the NFL schedule will give the shrinking number of remaining survivor pool players some solid options. Unless the Cincinnati Bengals were your pick, there wasn't a whole lot of carnage in Week 8 as most favorites pulled through.

The Denver Broncos bucked off the Dallas Cowboys 44-24 in their most convincing win of 2025. The Broncos' offense looked unstoppable, and their defense bullied Dak Prescott to the tune of two sacks and two interceptions despite missing Patrick Surtain II for half the game.

It was yet another fourth-quarter comeback for the Denver Broncos as they extended their record to 7-2 with an 18-15 escape win over the Houston Texans. And this win might not have been possible if it weren’t for the Texans’ quarterback,

The Broncos broke a record that had been held by the 1981 Atlanta Falcons, who got shut out for three quarters by the Green Bay Packers before scoring 31 in the final quarter. The Broncos and Falcons are the only two teams in NFL history to score at least 30 points after scoring zero in the first three quarters.

The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs were involved in another nail-biter as a fewl upsets and a record-breaker occurred over the course of Week 9.