Sunday of week 9 got off to a real weird start in the NFL. The morning lineup featured a wild affair in Cincinnati in which both teams tried to lose the game more than once, then the Vikings held on to shock the Lions, Carolina kicked a last-second field goal to upset the Packers at Lambeau, and the Colts got donkey kicked in Pittsburgh. When the dust finally settled, MC Gusto XII found himself at the top of the standings heading into MNF clinging onto a 4 point lead. Then, another shocker struck as the Cardinals took down the 'boys in Dallas and Kirk Cousins' Botox, having changed her pick to the Cards on Monday, vaulted up the standings to go from 10 points back, to the week 9 Confidence winner with a total of 87 points.

By flipping the script on MNF, Kirk Cousins' Botox was able to sneak out an extra win in week 9, making her the only player to finish with 11 wins to secure the Pickem' contest victory and complete the sweep. Twelve other players finished with 10 wins, and MightyCardinal and God's Favorite both missed the Cardinals winning score by one point, but MightyCardinal ended up finishing in second place thanks to the second tie-breaker. Every single player missed on the Lions as nobody picked the Vikings to win and only three players went with the Panthers to pull off the upset.

Ten more players were eliminated from the Survivor contest in week 9, leaving just 47 players left with a chance to win. Green Bay and Detroit accounted for most of the losses, but Dallas snuck one in there as well. All 15 of the players with both lives remaining going into the week stayed perfect by betting on LA (maybe the World Series win rubbed off on the football teams).