The Chiefs and Bills are surging ahead of their Week 9 showdown. But can either of them catch the Colts and Patriots to take the No. 1 seed?

They now have more wins than they had in the last two seasons and have not posted a record like this since 2018. The Patriots are right where they need to be right now. They have a home matchup this week against the Atlanta Falcons,

The New England Patriots reportedly are moving on from one of their pass rushers ahead of the NFL trade deadline.

Plus, who are this season’s NFL pretenders, and why aren’t we talking about JJ McCarthy’s upcoming third NFL start?

Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Jason Fitz and Claudia Bellofatto are joined by Yahoo Sports senior NFL writer Frank Schwab to discuss his latest NFL power rankings entering week 9 and explain why he still ranks the Buffalo Bills higher than the New England Patriots Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV.

While the Patriots' starting running back, Rhamondre Stevenson, deals with a toe injury, another veteran running back is being brought in.

The next-best second-year quarterback, Nix, ranks 17th with a 58.7 QBR. Williams is 18th, Daniels 20th, Rattler 21st and Penix 22nd. McCarthy only started two games before suffering a high ankle sprain. His 21.5 QBR would rank last among starting quarterbacks.

The New England Patriots announced they have signed running back D’Ernest Johnson to the practice squad on Wednesday. Johnson, who was released from the Arizona Cardinals ' practice squad on Tuesday, was spotted wearing a No. 34 jersey at practice.