Record: 6-2 (second in NFC North) Top fantasy performer: QB Sam Darnold, 143.00 points MVP: LB Andrew Van Ginkel Key second-half game: Jan. 5 at Lions

NFC South | NFC WestRecord: 6-2 (first in AFC North) Top fantasy performer: RB Najee Harris, 94.40 points (in place of Justin Fields, who was benched) MVP: LB T.J. Watt Key second-half game: Nov. 17 vs.

We have reached the halfway point of the NFL season and it's time to hand out some midseason awards for Detroit, Minnesota, Green Bay and Chicago. The division remains the best in football as the only one with all four teams boasting a .500 record or better.

Former Vikings and Packers Pro Bowl edge rusher Za'Darius Smith is headed to the third NFC North team of his career, as he's been traded from the Browns to the division-leading Lions in an unsurprising deal to kick off deadline day in the NFL. Detroit sent ...

I went 5-11 this past week in my sports betting against the spread to drop my season mark to 56-64-3. The last month has been brutally bad. I was 9-7 straight up to raise that mark to 68-55-0, so that's not awful.

Week 10 gets off to a rousing start as the Bengals and Ravens renew acquaintances for the second time this season. Baltimore survived a wild 41-38 overtime thriller back in Week 5. Speaking of the AFC North, the division is slowly but surely starting to flex its muscles again.

This is about the NFC North — the current ruler of the NFL because all four teams are at least two games above .500.

Marshon Lattimore, Za’Darius Smith, Mike Williams, Preston Smith and Tre’Davious White were sent to winning teams. Jonathan Mingo and Khalil Herbert are going to a place where they’ll play more. NFL teams,

Green Bay will rely on a heavy rotation of Kingsley Enagbare and Lukas Van Ness in addition to their best pass-rusher Rashan Gary. It's also likely that Arron Mosby sees more playing time as the Packers only have one player, linebacker Quay Walker, who plays every snap on defense.