The AFC has been the NFL’s dominant conference for years. More recently it’s been Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen. Through the first seven weeks of the season, NFC teams were 25-13 vs. AFC teams.

Do any NFL experts think the Panthers will pull off a major upset against the Packers? Here are their picks for Week 9 . . .

The 2025 NFL season continues Sunday with 11 games, but only 10 will be included on the main slate for many DFS sites. The Week 9 NFL schedule

That's an average of just over five such games each week — this week there are nine: Ravens -7.5 at Dolphins Broncos -1.5 at Texans Chargers -10.5 at Titans Bears -2.5 at Bengals Colts -3 at Steelers 49ers -2.

My Week 7 picks went 20-10 overall and included correct upset picks of the Colts over the Chargers and the Cowboys over the Commanders. Here are my Week 8 picks.

The first-place Patriots might be Atlanta's toughest test yet. Drake Maye and Stefon Diggs have the team sitting pretty at 6-2. The Falcons are in danger of losing a third game in a row, and they have a matchup against the 7-1 Indianapolis Colts coming up in Germany next Sunday.