The 2025 NFL season is now past the halfway point, which means the corresponding fantasy football campaign is rounding into the final turn.

Can Josh Allen win back-to-back league MVPs?  The Buffalo Bills superstar quarterback led the team to a massive upset win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 9

Seattle's blowout of the Washington Commanders on Sunday night was a clinic by Darnold and also featured a swarming, attacking defense that ranks fifth in the league in scoring (18.8 points allowed per game) and is tied for third in sacks (27).

NFL Research spotlights the best nuggets from each slate of games. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 9 of the 2025 season.

Shaheed joins the Seattle receiver room that includes arguably the best receiver in the game right now, Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He leads the league with 948 receiving yards through eight games. Now quarterback Sam Darnold has another key target.

The Seahawks have acquired Saints receiver/returner Rashid Shaheed ahead of the NFL's trade deadline, according to NFL Media. The Seahawks reportedly gave up a fourth- and a fifth-round pick in order to acquire Shaheed, who will be reunited in Seattle with former Saints and current Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak.

I think when it comes to MVP, and I have to clarify that I do have a vote, the first thing is the MVP vote does not include the postseason, which I wish it would, but there's a timing thing with the NFL honors and the Super Bowl and all that.

On his fifth team and with his early-career “ghosts” behind him, Darnold is thriving for the Seattle Seahawks and rekindling an offseason debate.

The Seahawks acquired Rashid Shaheed at the trade deadline. How does Seattle's WR depth chart look in the wake of the move?

Sam Darnold was just 20 when the New York Jets drafted him third overall in the 2018 NFL Draft. After providing a whirlwind of offensive systems and clumsy maturation opportunities, the team gave up on him after three seasons.