NFL, Monday Night: Kansas City relentless. Crisis New Orleans changing coach

San Francisco finds the injured McCaffrey again to straighten out the season. The trading market closes at 10pm Italian time

November 5th – 4.41pm – MILAN

Kansas City continues to win, remains undefeated. Dallas and Miami, on the other hand, already see a season that began with great ambitions compromised and which now risks becoming an ordeal, New Orleans is fed up: after seven defeats in a row, the coach changes. The trade market officially closes at 10pm Italian time, there is still time for some last-ditch deals for the “racing” teams. For San Francisco the reinforcement is at home: Christian McCaffrey seems close to returning after injury, making his seasonal debut. Here are the 5 things we learned from the NFL week nine games, including results and perspectives.

Monday night

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On Monday Night, the Chiefs achieved their eighth success out of eight games played so far. They beat Tampa Bay 30-24 in overtime this time. They take a big risk, but once again they know how to prevail in the sprint, relentless. On the first possession of overtime Kareem Hunt, the running back, runs into the end zone for the touchdown that ends the game. He finishes with 106 yards on the ground, Patrick Mahomes adds 291 throws, with three tries, the recent acquisition DeAndre Hopkins shows off 86 yards of catches and a celebration in the end zone. In short, the Chiefs don’t even leave crumbs: the consecutive victories become 14 if we also consider last season. Tampa (4-5) has the merit of staying in the game until the end, equalizing with 27″ left in regulation time. Baker Mayfield, a better quarterback than he is described in the States, even without the main targets, Evans and Godwin, injured , knows how to respond to Mahomes by finding Ryan Miller in the end zone for 24-all. Coach Bowles doesn’t risk the 2-point conversion and in overtime the Chiefs then become unstoppable.

Dallas at peak

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The Cowboys dropped their record to 3-5 after the defeat in Atlanta. They lost three times in a row, and also lost their quarterback, Dak Prescott, to a hamstring injury in his right leg. Cooper Rush will play in his place against Philadelphia on Sunday. The near future of the Texans promises to be complicated, even more so in a Division, the NFC East, in which there are two playoff teams, Washington and Philly. Miami is no better off, on the contrary. Even 2-6 record after the defeat suffered in the sprint in Buffalo: third knockout in a row. It just remains to be seen when the Dolphins will fire Coach McDaniel. Soon.

new orleans cambia

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The Saints got ahead of Miami. They fired the coach, the mediocre Dennis Allen, after the seventh defeat in a row, this time even against Carolina who had won only once so far. Special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi has been promoted to interim head coach. So far the only one to survive among the Saints has been running back Kamara, otherwise it has been a collective disaster. Derek Carr will remain the starter at quarterback. For now.

MCCAFFREY RIENTRA

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San Francisco isn’t in a good place, with a 4-4 record, but in a Division, the NFC West, which is very balanced and so far down, they still have time to straighten out the season. Getting his phenomenal running back back would be a crucial step. McCaffrey has been out since the start of the season with Achilles tendon problems. But he has just returned to training and in California there is optimism, the legitimate hope that he can return as early as Sunday against Tampa.

TRADE DEADLINE

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These are the last hours for those who want to strengthen themselves via exchanges. At 10pm Italian time, 4pm on the American east coast, that market closes. Arizona, which found itself competitive along the way, strengthened its defense with Baron Browning, a quarterback catcher taken from Denver in exchange for a sixth pick in the 2025 draft. Big names had already moved in, the receivers Adams (Jets), Hopkins ( Chiefs) and Cooper (Bills) above all, but it is reasonable to expect some further last-minute shots from those aiming for the Super Bowl, or at least the playoffs.

SUPER BOWL OF THE WEEK

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Kansas City-Detroit. And you don’t have to think about it too much.