

What to know: The Titans’ defense continued to generate turnovers, leading to 14 points in their upset win over the Rams.

Plus, they each look at the bigger picture with their current team confidence rating - a 0-10 grade of how they feel about each team’s outlook coming out of the week. Our NFL Nation reporters react with the takeaways and lingering questions from this week’s action. The Titans closed out the evening with a convincing win over the Rams. In the afternoon games, the Chiefs held off the Aaron Rodgers-less Packers, the Cardinals won without quarterback Kyler Murray and receiver DeAndre Hopkins and the Chargers hung on vs. Baltimore took Minnesota to overtime after a back-and-forth game, and the Ravens moved to 6-2 after a Justin Tucker game winner. Cleveland scored 41 points without Odell Beckham Jr., whom it plans to put on waivers Monday. Meanwhile, the Browns made a statement in the AFC North with a convincing win over the Bengals. The Patriots had a big defensive day against the Panthers, and the Dolphins finally got their second win by defeating the Texans. The Falcons and Giants also surprised, pulling off victories against the Saints and Raiders, respectively. The Cowboys’ offense couldn’t find any traction in a huge loss to the Broncos, and the Bills couldn’t score a single touchdown in a wild loss to the Jaguars. Week 9 of the 2021 NFL season brought us some shocking upsets.
