8 Amazing Stats from NFL Sunday: Week 9

Highlighting the most important, intriguing and bizarre stats of the weekend.

NFL football is the greatest reality TV program of all time. The Giants and Colts made sure of that back in 1958. Each NFL fall weekend is a completely new and original experience for every player, fan and coach alike. New stories, new personalities, new winners and new losers. And new statistics.

Here are the most important, most intriguing and most bizarre statistics from Week 9 of NFL play:

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Injury Updates Week 9: Ryan Tannehill, Ben Tate, Jordy Nelson

Who's healthy enough to start for your fantasy football team

The fantasy season is nearing its postseason. The weeks are winding down; the injuries are piling up. You need to stay ahead of everything in order to make that playoff push. Here’s some information on those that are on the Week 9 injury report or those stepping in for the injured.

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NFL Picks Against the Spread: Week 9

A betting preview of every game (against the spread) on Sunday and Monday in Week 9.

A betting preview of every game (against the spread) on Sunday and Monday in Week 9.

Lock of the Week
It’s put up or shut up time for Detroit. Last year will officially be a fluke if Motor City can’t run over J-Ville.

Lions (-4) at Jaguars

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NFL Power Rankings Going Into Week 9

Eli Manning and the Giants maintain their high ranking after a wild win over the Cowboys.

Athlon Sports' weekly rankings of NFL teams from the best, the lone remaining undefeated Atlanta Falcons, to the worst, the banged-up one-win Jacksonville Jaguars.

Here are our NFL Power Rankings following Week 8 of the season:

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J.J. Watt Is The NFL's Best Defensive Player

In only his second season, the Texans defensive end has become a nearly unstoppable force.

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NFL Power Rankings Going Into Week 8

Tom Brady and the Patriots won ugly in overtime against the Jets, but they still won.

Athlon Sports weekly rankings of the best and worst teams in the NFL starts at the top with the long remaining undefeated team, the Atlanta Falcons, and goes all the way to the bottom with the wounded Jacksonville Jaguars.

Here are our NFL Power Rankings following Week 7 of the season:

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5 Most Badass Defensive Players Now that Ray Lewis is Gone

Who's going to fill his very angry shoes?

When the news hit that Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was lost for the rest of the season with a torn triceps muscle, it hit hard – as hard as any hit Lewis has delivered during his remarkable 17-year NFL career. It wasn’t just potentially catastrophic news for the Ravens. It felt more like the end of an era.

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2012 NFL Picks, Every Game: Week 7

The Redskins and RG3, or "Bob" as Osi Umenyiora calls him, will take on the Giants in Week 7.

NFL Week 7 previews and predictions for every game on the schedule:

Seahawks (4-2) at 49ers (4-2)

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2012 NFL Power Rankings Going Into Week 7

Eli Manning and the Giants made a jump in the power rankings after stomping the 49ers in Week 6.

Athlon Sports weekly rankings of the best and worst teams in the NFL starts at the top with the lone remaining undefeated team, the Atlanta Falcons, and goes all the way to the bottom with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Here are our NFL Power Rankings following Week 6 of the season:

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Green Bay Packers vs. Houston Texans Preview and Prediction

Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay look to get back to .500 in Houston.

Two preseason favorites with drastically different 2012 results will meet on Sunday Night Football when the Houston Texans host the Green Bay Packers at 8:20 pm EST on NBC. The Texans are off to a perfect 5-0 start, besting their opponents by a combined 76 points on the season. Meanwhile, the Packers have languished through two excruciating losses in the last three weeks.