NFL Week 9: Burrow Wins in Madrid, Saints Beat Browns in Overtime and Cowboys Edge Colts
Burrow threw three touchdowns at the Bernabeu, New Orleans won on a failed two-point try in overtime, Dallas scored late in Indianapolis and the Giants beat a 2-7 Eagles side.
Sunday, November 8, 2026/2 min read
Joe Burrow took the Bengals to Madrid and left with a 34-17 win over Atlanta, and the 1 p.m. window that followed delivered an overtime finish in New Orleans, a late Dallas touchdown in Indianapolis and another loss for the sinking Eagles. These are the early results of NFL Week 9 as they stood on Sunday evening, with the late-afternoon games still being played.
Burrow was 24 of 29 for 271 yards and three touchdown passes, and he ran in a fourth, in front of 78,660 fans at the Santiago Bernabeu, ESPN reported. Ja'Marr Chase caught 10 passes for 155 yards and a touchdown. Cincinnati is 6-2 after its fourth straight win and tied with Pittsburgh at the top of the AFC North. The stadium lights went out during the Bengals' final two minutes and a down was replayed.
How did the Saints beat the Browns in overtime?
New Orleans won its first home game of the season, 23-22, when Shedeur Sanders' two-point pass fell incomplete after a 39-yard overtime touchdown to Harold Fannin Jr., ESPN said. Tyler Shough had opened the extra period with a 15-yard touchdown to Juwan Johnson. Cleveland had forced overtime when KC Concepcion Jr. caught a 64-yard touchdown and Andre Szmyt kicked a 51-yard field goal after Audric Estime's late Saints score. Sanders threw for 297 yards and two touchdowns for the Browns, now 5-4.
What happened to the Cowboys, Eagles and other 1 p.m. favourites?
Dallas beat Indianapolis 27-23. Dak Prescott threw for 335 yards, CeeDee Lamb had 10 catches for 195, and Javonte Williams scored from a yard out with 1:08 left. Indianapolis had led 23-20 on field goals of 59 and 50 yards by Spencer Shrader before Daniel Jones was intercepted by Caleb Downs with 35 seconds to go, ESPN's recap said. The Cowboys were flagged 14 times for 153 yards and are 4-5.
At Lincoln Financial Field the Giants won 19-11 to go 5-2-1 and lead the NFC East. Dominic Zvada kicked four field goals, Saquon Barkley scored from three yards, and Jameis Winston came on to throw a 5-yard touchdown to Isaiah Likely after J.J. McCarthy hurt his hip, per ESPN. Philadelphia is 2-7 with seven straight defeats, and quarterback Joe Milton was sacked seven times. Braden Mann's 86-yard punt was the longest in the NFL since 2001.
Elsewhere, Denver held off Carolina 26-21, with Nik Bonitto's strip-sack with 1:24 left sealing a win that puts the Broncos 7-2 and alone atop the AFC West before their bye. Detroit beat Miami 19-9 behind four Jake Bates field goals and a Jahmyr Gibbs fourth-down touchdown, improving to 6-2 against a 1-7 Dolphins side. The Rams beat Washington 20-13, with Puka Nacua catching 14 passes for 150 yards and Myles Garrett recording three sacks in his first game back from a knee injury, to reach 5-4.
What is next for the NFL this week?
The Bengals host the Steelers on Sunday Night Football next week, the Lions meet the Patriots in Munich, and the Giants host the Commanders on Thursday night. The late-afternoon games and Sunday night's meeting of the Buccaneers and Bears were still to be played when this was written, so those results are not in this round-up.
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