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What I learned in Week 8 of the NFL season

- Chip Kelly has asked if it's possible for him to be traded back to Oregon.

- Only the Dallas Cowboys can finish a game at +4 in turnovers and find a way to blow a 10-point 4th quarter lead, unless we're talking about basketball.

- Tom Brady fantasy owners are temporarily benching the quarterback in favor of back-ups Thad Lewis, Jason Campbell, and whoever the Vikings start.

- Atlanta tight end Tony Gonzalez's ringer is supposedly set to him saying, "I came back for this?"

- Tampa Bay seems to play much better in the first 30 minutes of games, prior to Greg Schiano's halftime speech.

- Peyton Manning made a bet with someone that the Broncos could spot the Redskins a 7-point lead at the start of the 4th quarter and still manage to win by 24 points.

- The Bears and Steelers will play a game on the weekend of the Pro Bowl, and call it, The Has Beens Bowl.

- In the second half of yesterday's game against the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith reportedly forgot which team he was playing for, saying he thought he was on the Houston Texans following his two pick-sixes.

- The NFC East is so bad, winless Jacksonville would still only be four games back of division-leading Dallas.

- If Dez Bryant and Philip Rivers ever played on the same team, the two of them would likely suffer concussions from punching one another in the face on the sideline during a game.

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