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What I learned in Week 11 of the NFL regular season

- When betting on a New York Jets game this season, there's a 72% chance you'll be wrong.

- The Baltimore Ravens like delays about as much as alcoholics like mornings.

- There's a 3 : 1 chance that, at some point in the near future, Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterback Alex Smith flies to San Francisco, laughs in Jim Harbaugh's face, and flies back to KC.

- Peyton Manning, with one bum ankle, is better than every quarterback in the league not named a healthy Aaron Rodgers.

- Atlanta and Houston should square off in a game called, "Somebody's gotta win, right?" Then again, knowing them, they'll probably tie.

- In the near future, Detroit Lions' head coach Jim Schwartz will, up by 4 with 30 seconds left, fake a punt from his own 2-yard line, and after losing, defend his call as being "gutsy."

- Pretty soon, sneezing in the quarterback's direction will result in a 15-yard penalty. There's also talk about the looking-at-the-quarterback-funny penalty being implemented next season.

- After the win on Sunday, the Cincinnati Bengals defense told starting quarterback Andy Dalton to just take a knee every down and let them score all the points. Dalton responded by getting picked off yet again.

- After his great performance on Sunday, Arizona Cardinals starting quarterback Carson Palmer is in the running to become the second oldest Heisman Trophy winner, next to Chris Weinke.

- From this point forward, Tampa Bay players and coaches will be saying a prayer every night that the season officially started last Monday. To this point, God is ignoring the request.

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