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What I learned in Week 11 of the NFL season...

In Week 11 of the NFL season, I learned that...

- ...Jerry Jones will likely file a lawsuit against the NFL for unfairly matching his team up with a superior foe in Dallas on Sunday night football.

- ...Bill Belichick has just as much fashion sense in Mexico as he does in the United States.

- ...Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott is the odds-on favorite to one day become the face of the Darwin Awards.

- ..., even while he's sleeping, grabbing nothing but his own balls, Nathan Peterman finds a way to get intercepted.

- ..., of the 130 FBS college football teams, the Cleveland Browns would be underdogs against 120 of them.

- ...a broken condom said, "Well, I wasn't very effective," and the Denver Broncos offense responded with, "Hold my beer."

- ..., when asked about Jay Cutler, Denny Green said, "He is who we thought he was!"

- ...the New York Giants can only find the end zone by kicking a piece of pigskin over it between two yellow sticks.

- ..., while golfing with Donald Trump, Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins apparently asked for choking tips.

- ...Sean McDermott and Nathan Peterman had the Chargers defense on their fantasy rosters.

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