The NFL's Week 8 ledger is closed, and the fallout is everywhere. Yahoo Sports rounded up seven major takeaways from the weekend's slate, while the 2027 draft order got its post-Week 8 refresh — an early scoreboard for the league's strugglers. ESPN's Week 9 power rankings also dropped, re-sorting all 32 teams and, with the trade deadline looming, ranking the best in-season trade acquisitions ever made.

The weekend carried a cost in Jacksonville: former Chiefs defensive back Eric Murray suffered a season-ending injury during the Jaguars' win over the Colts, ending his year just as the team banked a key AFC South result.

On the hardwood, the 76ers handled the young Bulls at home, with Philadelphia's win offering a cleaner read on the roster's early-season form. And in college basketball, Maryland opened Buzz Williams' second season with a 96-67 rout of Bucknell, flashing the improved depth the Terps spent the offseason chasing.