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Super Bowl picks lose in Week 9: Chiefs, Colts, Packers, Lions – ESPNSkip to main contentSkip to navigation<>Four Super Bowl favorites fall in Week 9: What went wrong for the Chiefs, Colts, Packers and Lions?Buffalo Bills1hBill BarnwellWeek 9 winners and losers: Bowers and McCaffrey shine, Taylor and Gibbs fizzle14hMatt Bowen and Tristan H. CockcroftFantasy Football Buzz: Dowdle takes control of Panthers backfield, Loveland saves BearsJacksonville Jaguars16hESPN FantasyAs Cowboys fight for playoffs, Micah Parsons trade looms largeDallas Cowboys4hTodd ArcherWhy Marvin Harrison Jr.’s HOF dad struggles watching him play for the CardinalsArizona Cardinals4hJosh Weinfuss’Hide your quarterback’: Panthers target Jordan Love, Packers with petty postWashington Commanders10hAnthony GharibCardi B in Foxborough: Robert Kraft’s suite, Stefon Diggs’ TD and postgame recapNew England Patriots14hMike ReissNFL draft risers, questions and notes: Sizing up LaNorris Sellers’ great traits vs. lack of productionSouth Carolina Gamecocks22hMel Kiper Jr., +2 MoreHow Daniel Jones and the Colts were brought back to Earth by the SteelersIndianapolis Colts4hStephen HolderAre the Packers doomed on offense after Tucker Kraft’s injury?1hRob DemovskyAfter close call, Patriots can improve on turnovers, red zone defense1hMike ReissExamining Schottenheimer’s role in Eberflus’ defense1hTodd ArcherWhy Nick Mangold belongs in the Hall of Fame conversationNew York Jets1dRich CiminiplayBills swat away Mahomes’ Hail Mary attempt to seal win (0:37)Patrick Mahomes airs out a Hail Mary to try to tie the game, only for the Bills’ defense to swat it away for the win. (0:37)Bill BarnwellNov 3, 2025, 08:40 AM ETCloseBill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes footballon and off the fieldlike no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X’s and O’s, offseason transactions and so much more.He is the host of theBill Barnwell Show podcast, with episodes released weekly. Barnwell joined ESPN in 2011 as a staff writer at Grantland.Follow on XEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsJust when we were beginning to confidently pick the realSuper Bowlcontenders,Week 9shuffled the top of the NFL’s deck.Four of the five favorites to win this season’s title by ESPN’sFootball Power Index(FPI) lost on Sunday. The only team in the top five to make it through the weekend unscathed was the Eagles — who were on bye. And after Sunday’s series of upsets, each team has at least two losses on its record by Week 9. That has happened only one other time in the past 35 years, a 2010 season where the eventual Super Bowl champion Packers finished the regular season as the sixth seed in the NFC.Subscribe:’The Bill Barnwell Show’I’m going to break down those four Super Bowl contenders — the Chiefs, Colts, Packers and Lions — who lost in Week 9, including what happened and whether it’s something to be concerned about moving forward. Were these momentary missteps? Or is the race to the Lombardi Trophy as wi…
Published: 2025-11-03T14:42:20
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