Week 10 NFL Preview

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NEW YORK – The second half of the 2026 season officially gets underway on Thursday Night Football (8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video) when the Washington Commanders (2-5-1) visit the New York Giants (5-2-1).

The NFC North – with Chicago (7-2), Detroit (6-2), Minnesota (6-2) and Green Bay (6-3) – is the second division since 1970 with four teams having six-or-more wins through Week 9, joining the 1999 AFC East.

Six teams that missed the postseason last year have a winning record through the first nine weeks – Cincinnati (6-2), Detroit (6-2), Kansas City (6-2), Minnesota (6-2), the New York Giants (5-2-1) and Cleveland (5-4) while three divisions – AFC North (Cincinnati), NFC East (New York Giants) and NFC South (New Orleans) – currently have a team in first place or tied for first place that missed the postseason in 2025.

Here’s a look at a few interesting storylines entering Week 10:

  • New England (5-4) vs. Detroit (6-2) (Munich, 9:30 a.m. ET, FOX): For the fifth consecutive season, the NFL will play a regular season game in Germany as the Patriots and Lions are set to meet at FC Bayern Munich Stadium in Munich. Detroit wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown – whose mother, Miriam, is from Leverkusen, Germany – is fluent in German and wears a decal of the German flag on his helmet.
    • New England is 3-2 in five international games and will join Indianapolis as the only teams to play two regular season games in Germany.
    • Detroit will appear internationally for the first time since traveling to Wembley Stadium in London in both 2014 and 2015.
    • Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs has 60 scrimmage touchdowns (48 rushing, 12 receiving) since entering the NFL in 2023 and is one of three players with at least 60 touchdowns in his first four seasons in NFL history, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Terrell Davis (61 touchdowns) and LaDainian Tomlinson (60).
    • Since Week 4, Patriots quarterback Drake Maye ranks tied for first in touchdown passes (17), second in passing yards (1,697) and fourth in passer rating among qualified players (112.7). He has two-or-more touchdown passes in six consecutive games, the longest active streak in the NFL.
  • Minnesota (6-2) at Green Bay (6-3) (1 p.m. ET, FOX): The Vikings defeated the Packers, 39-22, in Week 1 as wide receiver Justin Jefferson had eight catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns in the win.
    • The Vikings lead the NFL in scoring defense (14.5 points per game allowed), rank tied for first in sacks (29) and rank second in total defense (280 yards per game allowed) entering Week 10.
    • Packers quarterback Jordan Love leads the NFL with 2,618 passing yards and leads the NFC with 19 touchdown passes entering Week 10. His league-high 12 completions of 40-or-more yards are the most by a quarterback through his team’s first nine games of a season in 11 years (Matt Ryan in 2016 with Atlanta, 13 completions).
    • Green Bay wide receivers Matthew Golden (53 receptions for 783 yards and five touchdowns) and Christian Watson (49 receptions for 879 yards and seven touchdowns) are the sixth pair of teammates all-time and the first since 2019 (Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans and Chris Godwin) each with at least 45 receptions, 750 receiving yards and five touchdown receptions in their team’s first nine games of a season.
  • Pittsburgh (6-2) at Cincinnati (6-2) (Sunday night, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC): The Steelers and Bengals, currently tied for first atop the AFC North, both enter Week 10 having won their previous four games. In Week 3, Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati, 30-27, as kicker Chris Boswell kicked game-tying and game-winning field goals in the fourth quarter.
    • Pittsburgh quarterback Aaron Rodgers has 180 career wins, including the postseason, and can tie Pro Football Hall of Famer Drew Brees (181) for the fourth-most wins by a starting quarterback, including the postseason, in NFL history. Only Tom Brady (286 wins) and Pro Football Hall of Famers Peyton Manning (200) and Brett Favre (199) have more.
    • Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow leads the NFL in touchdown passes (23) and can join Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (five consecutive games in 2004 with Indianapolis) as the only quarterbacks all-time with at least four combined passing and rushing touchdowns in five consecutive games.
    • Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins are the third pair of teammates in NFL history each with at least five touchdown receptions in the same season six times, joining Carl Pickens and Darnay Scott (1994-99 with Cincinnati) and Jerry Smith and Pro Football Hall of Famer Charley Taylor (1966-70, 1972 with Washington).
    • Chase (seven touchdown receptions), Higgins (six) and tight end Mike Gesicki (six) are the second trio of teammates each with at least six touchdown receptions in their team’s first eight games of a season in NFL history, joining the 2013 Denver Broncos trio of Demaryius Thomas, Julius Thomas and Wes Welker.
    • Chase and Higgins can become the first pair of wide receiver teammates to each record a touchdown reception in four consecutive games in 10 years (Houston’s DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller in 2017).
  • Kansas City (6-2) at Atlanta (3-5) (1 p.m. ET, CBS): The league’s top two leading rushers, Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson (880 rushing yards) and Kansas City’s Kenneth Walker (872), are set to meet in Week 10.
    • Last week in Madrid, Robinson became the fifth player with at least 100 scrimmage yards in 35 games under the age of 25 in NFL history, joining Clinton Portis (40 games) and Ezekiel Elliott (38) as well as Pro Football Hall of Famers Edgerrin James (39) and Emmitt Smith (35).
    • Walker, who tied a career-high with three scrimmage touchdowns last week, is one of five players with multiple touchdowns in five of his team’s first eight games of a season since 1970, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Marcus Allen (1982 with the L.A. Raiders), Terrell Davis (1998 with Denver), Eric Dickerson (1983 with the L.A. Rams) and Emmitt Smith (1995 with Dallas).
    • Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce have connected for 9,365 yards and last week surpassed Philip Rivers and Pro Football Hall of Famer Antonio Gates (9,352 yards) for the most yards by a quarterback-tight end duo in NFL history.
    • Mahomes has 327 career touchdown passes, including the postseason, and can surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning (327) for the most touchdown passes by a quarterback in his first 10 seasons, including the playoffs, in NFL history.
    • Kelce has 482 receiving yards in 2026 and can become the fourth tight end all-time with at least 500 receiving yards in 13 career seasons, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Tony Gonzalez (16 season) and Antonio Gates (13) as well as Jason Witten (15).
  • Jacksonville (6-2) at Tennessee (1-7) (1 p.m. ET, FOX): The Jaguars lead the NFL in scoring margin (+108) and turnover differential (+9) this season and are the only team with a top five scoring offense (28.6 points per game, fourth) and a top five scoring defense (15.1 points per game against, 2nd) entering Week 10.
    • Jacksonville is the fourth team since 2000 to win 4 games by 23-or-more points within their first eight games of a season, joining the 2007 and 2019 New England Patriots as well as the 2006 Chicago Bears.
  • San Francisco (7-1) at Dallas (4-5) (4:25 p.m. ET, FOX): San Francisco (29.4 points per game) and Dallas (27.3) are two of six teams that are averaging more than 27 points per game entering Week 10.
    • 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey recorded his 37th career touchdown reception last week, surpassing Pro Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk (36 touchdown receptions) for the most touchdown receptions by a running back in the Super Bowl era.
    • San Francisco linebacker Fred Warner has 77 tackles and a career-high five forced fumbles this season and is the only player since 2000 with at least 75 tackles and five forced fumbles in an eight game span.
    • Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb ranks second in receiving yards (904) and tied-third in receptions (70) this season and became the first player in NFL history with at least 70 receptions and 900 receiving yards in each of his first seven career seasons.
    • Dallas defensive tackle Quinnen Williams leads the NFL with 14 tackles for loss, the most by a defensive lineman through Week 9 since 2017 (Chandler Jones, 14 with Arizona).
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