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What I learned in Week 14 of the NFL season...

In Week 14 of the NFL season, I learned that...

- ...Da Bears will likely change their name to Da Cubs in the off-season.

- ...Andy Dalton likely said this at Thanksgiving dinner, "I'm thankful for being paid like one of the best quarterbacks in the league, even though I'm generous about giving away the football."

- ..., any day now, a comedian will come up with a vast array of the-NFC-South-is-so-bad jokes, and they'll likely all be true.

- ...Geno Smith is allowed to pass the ball every other game.

- ...Peyton Manning is human after all, and is still obsessed with Omaha.

- ...J.J. Watt is to football what lions are to the wild.

- ...Chip Kelly talks to the refs so much, he likely has one at #1 on his speed dial.

- ..., around the league, teams are calling the Legion of Boom the Legion of Oh Sh*t Not Again!

- ...Jim Harbaugh and Colin Kaepernick are about to break-up.

- ...the Cleveland Browns had been going through an identity crisis since they started the year a surprising 6-3, but have appeared to find themselves again in losing three of their past four.

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