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What I learned in Week 15 of the NFL season...

In Week 15 of the NFL season, I learned that...

- ...Peyton Manning celebrated Thanksgiving yet again on Thursday night while watching the pitiful Denver Broncos square off against the even more pitiful Indianapolis Colts.

- ...Chicago Bears fans are asking Mitch Trubisky to sign up to Ancestry.com to see if he's secretly related to Jay Cutler.

- ...the Cleveland Browns have unintentionally stoked racial tension across the country, as millions are now saying, "Always bet on black, but always bet against Browns!"

- ...Napoleon Dynamite is playing quarterback again for the Philadelphia Eagles.

- ..."to be or not to be?" will likely get answered before, "A catch or not a catch; that is the question."

- ...a couch potato bum binge-watching Pawn Stars on 5th avenue is putting forth more effort than the Cincinnati Bengals.

- ...it's raining injuries in Seattle.

- ...David Copperfield has got nothing on apparent magician, Jacksonville executive vice president Tom Coughlin.

- ...Derek Carr will likely ask Tom Brady how to improve his ball-handling skills.

- ...it's inevitable that when Ben Roethlisberger tells an inside joke, nobody else in the group is aware of said joke.

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