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Things I learned in Week 8 of the NFL season...

In Week 8 of the NFL season, I learned...

- ...side effects to Dan Campbell's steroid-induced tirades oddly don't appear for 2-3 weeks after first consumed.

- ...London will likely bar Detroit Lions players and coaches from ever stepping foot inside the city again.

- ..., not only does Colin Kaepernick lack eyes in the back of his head, he appears to lack eyes in the front of it as well.

- ...video game numbers were likely envious of those put up by Drew Brees and Eli Manning in the Saints' 52-49 win over the Giants.

- ...petitions should start going around prohibiting AFC South and NFC East teams from making the playoffs.

- ...only the Detroit Lions defense can make Alex Smith look like Barry Sanders.

- ...Geno Smith, even when sober, often times needs directions to find his way back home.

- ...the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers are thinking about being part of a new reality television series, entitled, Injured Quarterback Swap.

- ..., over the past three weeks, it appears as though the Atlanta Falcons offense believes the end zone is at the opponent's 20-yard-line.

- ..., when Shirley Manson sang, "I'm Only Happy When It Rains," she apparently wasn't talking about Andrew Luck and Cam Newton.

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