The Bengals hit rock bottom in Week 8 in a 39-38 home loss to the New York Jets where the visitors piled up 502 yards of offense, which is more than they had totaled in their past two games COMBINED (302). The performance was so bad that the Cincinnati defense called a players only meeting one day later .

NFL games in October aren’t usually described as must-win games, but Ravens coach John Harbaugh says that’s what his team’s last two games were. And they won them both. After beating the Dolphins on Thursday night, which followed a win over the Bears on Sunday, the Ravens are now 3-5 after a 1-5 start. Harbaugh was proud of his team afterward.

The race is on for the NFC North Division title, and the Detroit Lions look to keep pace with a Week 9 matchup looming Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. The game is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET with tickets still available to watch live.

After two bad weeks, it's back to the winning ways for me with my NFL picks. I went 9-4 against the spread last week and 10-3 straight up. That's my kind of week. It ups my season records to 64-57 ATS and 86-34-1 straight up.