Head Coach Liam Coen and multiple players spoke to the media Monday, day after the Jaguars’ Week 8 bye, with CB Greg Newsome II saying: “We have to take it a game at a time and it has to start this week

In what sounds like the worst uniform matchup in recent memory, Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2) will host the Green Bay Packers (4-1-1) on Sunday Night Football in Week 8. This will mark the first time Rodgers faces his former team for whom he played for 18 seasons.

Barkley broke out with 150 yards before hurting his groin as the Eagles defeated the Giants 38-20. Barkley ran for a 65-yard score on his first carry of the game and topped 100 yards rushing for the first time this season before his exit. At one point, Barkley had outgained the Giants.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are coming off a win over division rival New Orleans Saints in Week 8, and they now head into their Bye Week with a record of 5-2. Now, the team will have some time to heal up, but it will also allow for some much-needed replacement, specifically on how this roster looks in terms of needs in the upcoming draft.

The AFC South's second-place team is one of six clubs with a week off in Week 8. No other week of the 2025 season features as many teams on a bye. Jaguars fans – and fans of the other five teams on a bye – will have all of Oct. 26 to themselves without worrying if their team will celebrate Victory Monday on Oct. 27.

With six teams on their bye weeks in Week 8 of the NFL season and numerous high-impact players around the league sitting out due to injuries, the stage was set for a day of surprises and swings.

The Jacksonville Jaguars had a bye in Week 8, but they did get some invaluable tape on some of their remaining opponents this season.

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.