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Itâs Week 10 of the 2025 NFL season. Weâve powered through the trade deadline as teams square up for the run toward the playoffs (or, the top of the 2026 draft if youâre the New York Jets). While your reality team (hopefully) is taking aim at the postseason, your fantasy football team has just a handful of weeks left to make a playoff push.
Before discussing the weekendâs biggest matchups, weâve drafted some essentials for you to review:
Week 10 picks from USA TODAY Sportsâ NFL experts
Need fantasy football advice? We have you covered
NFL vodcasts: Fantasy insights, injury updates, more
Point spreads for every Week 10 game
â€Â On tap for Thursday night: Las Vegas Raiders at Denver Broncos â The Broncos (7-2) have won six consecutive games, and nine straight at Empower Field at Mile High. The Raiders (2-6) just traded one of their top offensive threats, Jakobi Meyers, to the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Broncos have been installed as a heavy favorite, and rightfully so since this could be a blowout.
â€Â Game of the week: Philadelphia Eagles at Green Bay Packers â On Sunday, the Packers (5-2-1) faceplanted against the Carolina Panthers. Then, a day later, they learned their to-be Pro Bowl tight end, Tucker Kraft, was lost for the season with a knee injury. The Eagles (6-2) are coming off their bye week, refreshed and reloaded after some trades for this âMonday Night Footballâ tussle of NFC contenders at legendary Lambeau Field. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is coming off games in which he had passer ratings of 158.3 (thatâs perfect) in Week 7 and 141.5 in Week 8. Packers quarterback Jordan Love is coming off a game heâd rather forget (no touchdowns, one interception, loss to the mid Panthers).
â€Â Sneaky-good game of the week: New England Patriots at Tampa Bay Buccaneers â Is this a Super Bowl 60 preview? The Patriots are tied with the Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts for the AFCâs best record. The Buccaneers are tied with the Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks for the NFCâs best record. Drake Maye just became the first player under the age of 24, and fourth player in NFL history, with 200-plus passing yards and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in eight consecutive games. Impressive!
â€Â Dud of the week: Cleveland Browns at New York Jets â This one could decide which team is picking at the top of the 2026 NFL Draft.
â€Â Set your alarm . Thereâs an International Series game Sunday: Atlanta Falcons vs. Indianapolis Colts â This is the NFLâs first regular season game in Berlin. This will be the sixth of a league-record seven International Series games this season, with the Washington Commanders and Miami Dolphins set to play in Madrid on Sunday, Nov. 16 (sorry, Spain!).
TNF BETTING LOCK
Courtland Sutton anytime TD (+145). Sutton has been quite productive in games played at Empower Field at Mile High, going for 60-plus receiving yards in eight of his last nine home games. The last time the Broncos faced the Raiders (Week 12 of last season), Sutton had two touchdown catches. Quarterback Bo Nix could utilize his play-making receiver often against a bad Raiders team.
*Odds per BetMGM (as of publication)
ONE BOLD PREDICTION
†Packers drop consecutive home games. The Packers have won six of their last nine against the Eagles in games played at Lambeau Field. But, the Eagles owned the Packers last season, winning the season opener in Brazil and then again in a wild-card playoff game. Outside of playing the defending Super Bowl champions coming off a bye week, the Packers must figure out how to replace the offensive production of Tucker Kraft. Can Luke Musgrave adequately fill Kraftâs shoes? Or, will rookie receiver Matthew Golden become a bigger factor in Green Bayâs offense? Another issue for the Packers ⊠a suddenly leaky rush defense. If Rico Dowdle rushed for 130 yards and two scores against the Packers last week, what might Saquon Barkley do? Barkley topped 100 yards rushing in both games against the Packers last season.
HOT READS
The best NFL reads from USA TODAY and our Sports Network:
The events of Week 9 as well as Tuesdayâs trade deadline impacted the latest NFL power rankings.
Nate Davis wishes he was a fly on the wall at 1 Jets Drive, The Star or even Cincinnatiâs Eastern Bloc facilities as he breaks down the winners and losers of trade deadline day.
Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz handed out trade deadline day grades. See which deals got high marks and which ones fell short.
The New York Jets had a yard sale on Tuesday, jettisoning two defensive stars â Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams â in a clear indication that the team will undergo another reboot.
Turns out, Jerry Jones wasnât bluffing, as his Dallas Cowboys were significant participants in the leagueâs trade deadline theater.
Here is a look at the playoff bracket entering Week 10.
FANTASY ESSENTIALS
Donât know about you, but our league has just five more fantasy football regular-season weeks remaining. So, whether youâre currently in playoff position or in desperate need to move up the league standings, weâre here to help!
Week 10 Start âEm, Sit âEm: Quarterbacks | Running backs | Wide receivers | Tight ends
NFL DRAFT: PROSPECT TO WATCH
David Bailey, OLB, Texas Tech (vs. BYU, Saturday at noon ET on ABC) â No. 9-ranked Texas Tech welcomes No. 8 BYU to Lubbock, Texas, for a huge showdown in terms of the Big 12 Conference and the College Football Playoff, which unleashed its first rankings of the season on Tuesday. The biggest draft prospect in this matchup is Bailey, an edge rusher who projects as a first-round pick. Bailey has registered 11.5 sacks this season, and could be a real thorn in the side of BYU QB Bear Bachmeier on Saturday.
NFL DRAFT: 2026 FIRST-ROUND ORDER
Is it too early to talk 2026 draft order? Not really! These teams would have top-10 picks (if the season ended right now):
1. Tennessee Titans (1-8)
2. New Orleans Saints (1-8)
3. New York Jets (1-7)
4. Miami Dolphins (2-7)
5. New York Giants (2-7)
6. Cleveland Browns (2-6)
7. Las Vegas Raiders (2-6)
8. Washington Commanders (3-6)
9. Cincinnati Bengals (3-6)
10. Arizona Cardinals (3-5)
ON THIS DAY IN NFL HISTORY
Thirty years ago today, on Nov. 6, 1995, Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell announced that he was relocating his team to Baltimore. It was a stunning development, taking what one could argue was one of the NFLâs flagship franchises at the time out of the city in which it had won eight championships (four AAFC, four NFL).
Of course, Cleveland fought and won to keep the teamâs identity and history, thus making Modellâs relocated Browns team an expansion team, becoming the Baltimore Ravens. The Browns returned in 1999, but the post-hiatus Browns have been mostly a punchline. Meanwhile, the Ravens â now a division rival of Cleveland â have been one of the NFLâs most successful teams, winning two Super Bowls.
Bill Belichick was head coach of those 1995 Browns, a team that entered that season with high expectations (Sports Illustrated picked them to go to the Super Bowl) but finished a disappointing 5-11 as relocation news became a massive distraction for the team. Belichick was fired after the season and had to wait four years before getting another head coaching gig. That one worked out pretty well, though!
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