2025 NFL midseason report: Questions and stats for each team - ESPN

Nine weeks of the 2025 NFL season have passed. Some teams are riding high, while others are grasping for wins.

Much of what we believed we knew when it all began in September has been validated — but lots of surprises, and injuries, have changed the course of our early season predictions.

The quarterback carousel spins in Arizona, New Orleans and San Francisco with injuries forcing backups to step up while Jaxson Dart has impressed as a rookie QB in New York. The NFC West is one of the strongest divisions halfway through the season and the New England Patriots are making a push for the AFC East title over the Buffalo Bills. The descent of the Cleveland Browns and the Tennessee Titans is indisputable. Jackson Smith-Njigba is seemingly unstoppable.

With that in mind, ESPN's 32 NFL team reporters took part in a midseason reset. Here they lay out what they've learned through the first nine games and frame what's to come over the final nine weeks and beyond. Teams are ranked below by where each stands in the ESPN's Football Power Index (FPI) rankings, and each club's current odds to win the division are also included as well as Eric Moody contributing non-QB fantasy football nuggets.

Jump to a team:
ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN
CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND
JAX | KC | LAC | LAR | LV | MIA | MIN
NE | NO | NYG | NYJ | PHI | PIT | SF
SEA | TB | TEN | WSH

FPI rank: 1
Chances to make the playoffs: 75.5%
Chances to win their division: 27.2%

First-half storyline: The Chiefs have a more potent offense surrounding quarterback Patrick Mahomes this season than they had a year ago and their defense, led by pass rusher Chris Jones, is still serviceable. But unlike last year, all four of the Chiefs' losses have come in