Despite Week 8 in the 2025 NFL season being dubbed “Bye-mageddon” – six teams were on bye weeks, leaving fantasy football players scrambling – Sunday was jam-packed with action.
There were last-minute thrills, serious injuries and historic achievements across the day’s games.
Some notable moments that we won’t cover include a serious ankle injury that will need surgery suffered by New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo and Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett having a performance for the ages with five sacks against the New England Patriots.
Here’s everything you need to know about Week 8.
Jets win first game of season in thriller
It’s fair to say that Aaron Glenn’s first season as head coach of the New York Jets hasn’t gone to plan.
Heading into Week 8, the team was 0-7 and had very little to shout about. The build-up for Sunday’s clash with the Cincinnati Bengals played out in typical Jets fashion with starting quarterback Justin Fields benched for back-up Tyrod Taylor, only for Taylor to be ruled out with a knee injury meaning Fields was thrust back in as the starter.
It also came in a week where Jets owner Woody Johnson criticized Fields’ play.
However, on Sunday, the squad – and Fields in particular – looked like a completely different team as they stunned the Bengals 39-38 to get Glenn his first win as head coach.
New York had trailed for the majority of the game in Ohio, including being down 31-16 heading into the last quarter. But three touchdowns, all from running back Breece Hall, in the final 15 minutes mean there are no winless teams left in the NFL anymore.
First, Hall scampered through the Bengals defense for a five-yard TD run and a successful two-point conversion made it a seven-point game. A one-yard score from Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown did put the Bengals back up by 14, but New York didn’t appear daunted.
The Jets came right down the field and scored yet again, with Hall running in from 27 yards out. Another successful two-point conversion put New York just six points back with 7:52 left in the game.