On Sunday, the intensity increased with nine of 12 games decided by one possession.<\/p>\n
Highlights of the day included a 58-yard touchdown with 17 seconds left to give the Chicago Bears<\/a> a 47-42 win in a wild finish. The Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> also provided drama, winning by just seven points despite forcing six Indianapolis Colts<\/a> turnovers. And the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a> edged the Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> by one point in overtime.<\/p>\n This week’s matchups were action-packed with standout performances.<\/p>\n But only one player can be “him.”<\/p>\n Ahead of this week’s “Monday Night Football” matchup between the Arizona Cardinals<\/a> and Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, it was time to decide who earned the honor in Week 9.<\/p>\n Here are the fan-voted results for ESPN’s NFL Week 9 “Himmy” Award:<\/p>\n Here’s how each candidate made his case in Week 9.<\/p>\n ESPN Research contributed to this story.<\/p>\n Stats to know: 23-of-26, 273 yards, 1 TD; 6 car, 19 yards, 2 TDs<\/p>\n Allen delivered a near-perfect outing of his own. The reigning MVP set a franchise record for completion percentage (88.5%) and piled up a career-best 149 passing yards to tight ends, targeting Dalton Kincaid<\/a>, Dawson Knox<\/a> and Jackson Hawes<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was Allen’s 47th career game with both a passing touchdown and a rushing touchdown, extending his own NFL record. He now has 72 career rushing touchdowns, pulling within three of Cam Newton for the most by a quarterback in NFL history.<\/p>\n Since 2020 — the first season Allen and Patrick Mahomes<\/a> faced off — the Bills are 5-1 in regular-season games against the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>. No other team has more than three wins over Kansas City in that span.<\/p>\n Stats to know: 21-of-24, 330 yards, 4 TDs<\/p>\n Darnold was nearly perfect against the Washington Commanders<\/a>. At halftime, Darnold was 16-for-16 for 282 yards and four scores, with rookie wide receiver Tory Horton<\/a> hauling in the first two and practice-squad elevation wide receiver Cody White<\/a> adding another as the Seahawks built a 31-7 lead.What’s Trending in the NFL? \u2022 NFL Week 9 uniforms: Packers, Commanders debut throwbacks<\/a> The numbers only got more absurd from there.<\/p>\n Darnold finished with a QBR of 97.8, the highest single-game mark of his career. There have been four instances of a player posting a QBR of 97 or higher this season, and Darnold owns three of them. His three games with at least a 97 QBR are tied for the most by a starting quarterback in a single season since ESPN began tracking the metric in 2006, matching Tom Brady (2007), Tony Romo (2014) and Lamar Jackson<\/a> (2019).<\/p>\n The Seahawk also became the first player in the play-by-play era (since 1978) to throw for at least 250 yards with zero incompletions in any half.<\/p>\n Stats to know: 12 rec, 127 yards, 3 TDs<\/p>\n Bowers keeps rewriting the record books. The Raiders tight end extended his streak of games with at least two receptions to 22, the longest such run to start a career by a tight end, passing Sam LaPorta<\/a>‘s mark set in 2023 with the Detroit Lions<\/a>. He also became the first tight end with at least 125 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns in a game since Rob Gronkowski<\/a> in 2014 with the New England Patriots<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bowers made history as the Raiders’ first tight end with three touchdowns and at least 125 receiving yards in a game since Todd Christensen in 1983 against the then-San Diego Chargers.<\/p>\n Bowers now has 1,546 receiving yards in 22 career games — the fewest games needed by any tight end to reach 1,500 receiving yards since the 1970 AFL\/NFL merger.<\/p>\n Stats to know: 25 car, 130 yards, 2 TDs<\/p>\n Dowdle was instrumental in Carolina’s 16-13 win over Green Bay<\/a> on Sunday that lifted the Panthers above .500 and snapped the Packers’ three-game win streak. His second score gave the Panthers a 13-6 lead late in the third quarter, prompting a two-pelvic-thrust celebration — a nod to the Hingle McCringleberry character from a “Key & Peele” sketch — that drew an unsportsmanlike conduct flag but also caught the eye of the show’s co-creator Keegan-Michael Key.<\/a><\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756395437_46__end_rule.png\")
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