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With four teams on bye and lots of questions at quarterback, this week’s main slate is a little ugly. We are also without Chiefs, Bengals, Chargers, Jets, Bills and Dolphins — all of whom are playing in other time slots this week.
The highest game total of the week is the Cowboys-Eagles matchup, which is set at 46.5 on SI Sportsbook. There will be heavy exposure to this game, so if you choose to stack these players, be sure to also check out our bargains article Friday to get some variety for tournament play.

Jalen Hurts doesn’t want to talk about the apparent knee injury he’s been dealing with in recent weeks, and that’s fine.
The Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback was asked about the status of his left knee during his media availability on Wednesday ahead of his team’s showdown against the Dallas Cowboys and elected to end his presser by smiling and simply walking away without giving an answer.
The reporter who claimed they “had” to ask the question took the non-answer in stride by commenting “that’s what I thought, thanks” as Hurts bolted from the table.

PHOENIX — The Rangers’ dugout emptied out, players and coaches sprinting to the joyous, incoherent rush of an infield championship pile. The Diamondbacks gradually filtered back to a quiet clubhouse. And 75-year-old Arizona pitching coach Brent Strom turned a question over in his mind.
What do you say to your ace when he has thrown the game of his life and lost?
“Nothing,” Strom says. “There’s nothing you can say. He should go home and sleep well tonight. He really should. … He put us on his back and he carried us. I’m so very proud of him.

We might look back on Week 8 as a pivot point in the 2023 NFL season.
In San Francisco, we watched the Bengals finally look like themselves. Coming out of its bye week, Cincinnati rocked the reeling 49ers, with Joe Burrow nearly having as many touchdown passes as incompletions.
For the Vikings, what was a third consecutive win and an apparent cause for celebration was muted entirely by Kirk Cousins being lost for the remainder of the season with a torn Achilles. Without Cousins, Minnesota is forced to play fifth-round rookie Jaren Hall.

It’s Week 9! Several teams will look a little different this week, after both the trade deadline and some injuries to quarterbacks last week. The Vikings are underdogs in Atlanta after losing Kirk Cousins to a torn Achilles. And the Rams are underdogs in Green Bay, with Matthew Stafford dealing with a thumb injury. The Raiders will host the Giants with a new quarterback and a new coach, after Josh McDaniels was fired and Jimmy Garoppolo was benched. All three teams were still picked by at least one of our staffers.

Kirk Ferentz released a pretty strange statement Wednesday night addressing his future with the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Ferentz’s son Brian’s time as the team’s OC will be over at the end of the season after multiple seasons of horrible offensive play.
Fans have long called for Brian Ferentz to be shown the door, and it will now happen once the team’s bowl game is over.
Who do a lot of Iowa fans point the finger at? His dad, and Kirk Ferentz released a statement that raises more questions than provides answers about his future.

Big Ten coaches reportedly are putting extreme pressure on the Big Ten to punish the Michigan Wolverines.
Michigan and Jim Harbaugh are facing a massive cheating scandal after allegations the program ran an incredibly elaborate sign stealing scandal. Alleged pointman Connor Stalions is currently suspended as the investigation unfolds.
The Wolverines are accused of violating NCAA rules to film signs of Big Ten opponents and potential CFP teams. Many believe Stalions also wore CMU gear on the sideline of the Chippewas/Michigan State game to open the season.

With the World Series complete, some questions to ponder as Shohei Ohtani officially hits the open market as a free agent.

Led by a GM on a mission, a legendary manager, a few proven veterans and an assembly of young stars, Texas delivered the first title in the franchise’s history.

At 8:09 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Nov. 1, Corey Seager smiled.
He had smiled before, of course. His teammates hate the idea—which, in fairness, Seager perpetuates—that their shortstop is a collection of wires and gears programmed to mash baseballs and mutter monosyllabically. Seager smiled before Game 5 of the World Series when Rangers backup catcher Austin Hedges told him, “We’re going to win this game. And then I’m going to get you so drunk on tequila that I can take all your fantasy football players from you.