The marquee matchup in NFL Week 9 comes on Sunday afternoon in western New York when the Buffalo Bills (5-2) host the Kansas City Chiefs (5-3). With both teams off to uneven starts this season, this game, which many assumed to be a preview of the AFC Championship, stands as a litmus test for the Bills. Are they the Super Bowl contenders everyone saw them as heading into 2025, or are they the pretenders that lost two in a row recently?

One question Buffalo seemingly won’t need to answer is how to stop Chiefs running back Isaiah Pacheco, who, according to recent reports from NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero, is considered week-to-week after spraining his MCL late in Kansas City’s Week 8 win over the Washington Commanders. This allows the Bills defense to shift its focus to stopping Karee

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