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What I learned in Week 3 of the NFL season...

In Week 3 of the NFL season, I learned that...

- ..., if I had only picked the underdogs, I would have finished 10-5.

- ...Joe Flacco will always pick Disneyland over Wembley Stadium.

- ...I should never accept a high-five from Von Miller

- ...anytime they hear a person say, "You know, football is a game of inches," Detroit Lions players will line up like the scene from Airplane and beat the crap of him.

- ...the Pittsburgh Steelers may want to step onto the field at some point after the singing of the national anthem.

- ..., in Philadelphia, 61 is the new 2-1.

- ...Odell Beckham may ask for an arm amputation to make the art of catching more challenging.

- ..., after falling to 0-3 courtesy of some Aaron Rodgers magic, the Cincinnati Bengals can do anything but R-E-L-A-X.

- ...Jay Cutler may want to think about going back to the announcing booth.

- ...it took the president calling player protesters "sons of b*tches" for NFL owners to understand the Black Lives Matter movement.

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