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What I learned in Week 16 of the NFL season...

In Week 16 of the NFL season, I learned that...

- ...the Buffalo Bills have diagnosed themselves as bipolar, as they experienced the high of their season a week ago in a win against 10-3 Green Bay before experiencing their low of the season just a week a later in a loss to 2-12 Oakland.

- ...in the off-season, the Cleveland Browns will likely ask LeBron James to start at quarterback for them.

- ...the Thursday night game between 2-12 Tennessee and 2-12 Jacksonville was said to be like watching paint dry, except watching paint dry would have been more entertaining.

- ...J.J. Watt's diet mainly consists of: Beef, water, and quarterbacks.

- ...Mark Sanchez misses his butt-fumble days.

- ..., even when ill, Aaron Rodgers is better than most quarterbacks in the league and has a tendency of making opposing defenses feel sick by game's end.

- ...Saints fans may start wearing bags over their heads again at home games.

- ...Joe Flacco may start asking President Obama to mistakenly call him Joe Franco.

- ...Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder is likely excited about his team's 4-11 record, and in the off-season, will jubilantly tell fans, "We're improving! At the rate we're going, we'll go 6-10 in two years!"

- ...Jim Harbaugh is torn between staying in California or moving to Michigan. For most sports analysts and shrinks, this was the final straw to declaring Harbaugh as crazy.

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