Top 10 NFL Week 8 Takeaways

10) When Rex Ryan calls for an unsuccessful fake punt on a long fourth down, leading to the Packers taking an early lead in a game where points are at a severe premium, that just means he's gutsy and confident in his defense, rather than criminally insane

9) The Cowboys are now 6-6 lifetime at the Jerruhosoleum, with most of the noise today coming from "Let's Go Rangers" chants

8) Redskin Fan is, officially, no longer excited about the Donovan McNabb Era

7) I am contractually obligated to say something about Brett Favre here, and the really nice thing about Favre these days is that it doesn't really need to have anything to do with football

6) The Bills have gone from a team that crushes the hopes of their fans by never being in the game to crushing the hopes of their fans by never being out of it

5) Giving Vikings' coach Brad Childress a challenge flag is like giving a four-year-old a loaded gun, but only if the four-year-old is particularly addled

4) Multiple NFC West teams won games that were not intra-division, proving that parity has reached every corner of the NFL

3) Bengal Fan is certain that he never liked QB Carson Palmer now

2) Charger punter Mike Scifres has been blocked so many times this year, he's just kind of amazed when it doesn't happen

1) I'm not prepared to live in a world where the Raiders are good