Judging the biggest overreactions to NFL Week 9 games - ESPN

«The Rams would be undefeated right now if Myles Garrett hadn't got hurt!» is certainly an overreaction. After all, they lost their first game, which Garrett played in. He played hurt, but still.

But after watching Garrett torch the Commanders with three sacks in his first healthy game of the season, I get where you'd be coming from. This could be the theme of the Week 9 overreactions — what might have been.

Instead, we're going with «what might still be,» because we're within 48 hours of the NFL trade deadline. The next couple of days could tell us a lot about which teams think they're still in it and which teams are thinking more about the 2027 draft.

The Rams traded a lot of their picks in the offseason — mostly for Garrett — so it doesn't seem as if they're in position to make another big add at the deadline. But it is the Rams, so you never rule it out. They could use wide receiver help, cornerback help and a few other things, but it's easy to imagine them taking the position that Garrett's return from IR constitutes their big trade deadline acquisition.

With some of these other teams, it's a bit murkier. So, here's our Week 9 overreactions column with a trade deadline slant in which we look at five potential takeaways from all the action and judge them as legitimate stances or irrational stretches. Plus, we hit a few fantasy football overreactions at the end.

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Fantasy overreactions

Cincinnati opened Sunday's action with a 34-17 victory over the Falcons in Madrid. Quarterback Joe Burrow continues to be on an