If you like your football with a side of prime time, Week 9 saves the best for last. Two 6-1 teams meet Monday night when the Buffalo Bills visit the Minnesota Vikings, and Sunday night brings the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-5) to Soldier Field to face a Chicago Bears team fresh off a 34-17 win in Seattle. There’s also an early alarm on Sunday: the Bengals and Falcons kick off from Madrid at 9:30 a.m.
Here’s every game this week, per the NFL’s official Week 9 schedule. All times are Eastern.
Thursday, Nov. 5
- Jacksonville Jaguars at Baltimore Ravens, 8:15 p.m. – Prime Video (“Thursday Night Football”), per the NFL’s TNF schedule
Sunday, Nov. 8
- Cincinnati Bengals vs. Atlanta Falcons (Madrid, Spain), 9:30 a.m. – NFL Network. The game is at Bernabéu Stadium, per the Bengals.
- Dallas Cowboys at Indianapolis Colts, 1 p.m. – FOX
- New York Jets at Kansas City Chiefs, 1 p.m. – CBS
- Detroit Lions at Miami Dolphins, 1 p.m. – TV: TBA
- Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m. – CBS
- New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles, 1 p.m. – FOX
- Los Angeles Rams at Washington Commanders, 1 p.m. – FOX
- Denver Broncos at Carolina Panthers, 1 p.m. – CBS
- Houston Texans at Los Angeles Chargers, 4:05 p.m. – CBS
- Green Bay Packers at New England Patriots, 4:25 p.m. – FOX
- Las Vegas Raiders at San Francisco 49ers, 4:25 p.m. – FOX
- Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks, 4:25 p.m. – FOX
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Chicago Bears, 8:20 p.m. – NBC and Peacock (“Sunday Night Football”), per NBC Sports, which lists the game as subject to flex scheduling
Mind you, the Sunday afternoon CBS and FOX games are regional, so which ones land on your TV depends on your market.
Monday, Nov. 9
- Buffalo Bills at Minnesota Vikings, 8:15 p.m. – ESPN and ABC (“Monday Night Football”)
Who’s on bye
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans are off this week.
Game of the week: Bills at Vikings
This is the one I’d circle. Both teams are 6-1, but they got there differently last weekend: Buffalo handled Baltimore 36-10 at home, while Minnesota took its first loss of the season, 19-15 at Detroit, per the NFL’s Week 8 results. A Monday night win at U.S. Bank Stadium gets the Vikings right back on track; a Bills win turns a one-week blip into a two-game skid. Either way, one of the league’s best records takes a hit.
For Eagles fans in South Jersey and Philly, the Birds are home at 1 p.m. Sunday against the Giants on FOX. At 2-6, there’s no sense in worrying sick about January. Just find the remote.
This story was drafted with AI assistance and fact-checked by McGraw Media.


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