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What Happened In Week 11 of the NFL

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What Happened In Week 11 of the NFL

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With so many games going on on a Sunday afternoon, it’s hard to keep up to date with all the happenings around the NFL. Well here’s Week 11 in a nutshell, from the Denver Broncos losing, to the Arizona Cardinals' inability to lose, to everything else you could possibly want to know.

6. Elite Is Not Spelt With ‘Eli’

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6. Elite Is Not Spelt With ‘Eli’

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It was a sad day for New York Giants fans, as Eli Manning happily reminded everyone that despite his Super Bowl wins, he isn’t a great QB. Manning threw five interceptions and 48 percent completion against the San Francisco 49ers in one of the more depressing games Sunday. Super Bowl wins do go a long way towards your candidacy for the Hall of Fame, but you actually have to be a good QB during the regular season to receive any consideration.

5. Denver Broncos Are Literally Falling Apart

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5. Denver Broncos Are Literally Falling Apart

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It’s becoming apparent that the Denver Broncos can't run the ball, which, with a QB like Peyton Manning, for the most part isn’t a death sentence. But when you're facing the St. Louis Rams’ pass rush who know that all you're going to do is pass, things go south quickly. It also doesn't help that Julius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders went down with what seem like big injuries. The Broncos have a lot of problems to fix and not a lot of time to do so.

4. Arizona Cardinals Just Don’t Lose

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4. Arizona Cardinals Just Don’t Lose

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Carson Palmer is out for the season. Fine. Drew Stanton starts against the best defense in all of football. Bring it on. This Arizona Cardinals team, no matter what the Football Gods throw at them, just will not lose. Bruce Arians backed up his Super Bowl talks by having Stanton sling the ball all over the field against the Detroit Lions, but it was Arizona’s soul crushing defense that won them the game.

3. J.J. Watt Is The Best Player In The NFL

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3. J.J. Watt Is The Best Player In The NFL

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Coming into Week 11, Watt had 8.5 sacks, a forced fumble, 11 tackles for a loss, two defensive touchdowns, 27 quarterback hits, 24 quarterback hurries, seven pass breakups and two defensive and one offensive touchdown. Yesterday, he added a sack, three tackles for loss and a forced fumble to that list. Oh, and a diving touchdown catch. Honestly, I can’t think of a player in the NFL who is doing what Watt is doing on a weekly basis.

2. New England Patriots Build RBs

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2. New England Patriots Build RBs

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How many times have the New England Patriots taken a no name back and turned him overnight into a heart warming sensation? Once? Twice? A million times? Jonas Gray was the latest beneficiary of the Patriots Running Back Shop, breaking out for 199 yards and four touchdowns against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night. The hottest team in the AFC just got a lot scarier.

1. Atlanta Falcons Are In The Playoffs

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1. Atlanta Falcons Are In The Playoffs

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Yes, you read that correctly. Of all the ridiculous things to happen Week 11, this is by far the most ridiculous. Thanks go to the New Orleans Saints losing at home, Cam Newton being sacrificed, and the utter horribleness that is the NFC South. The 4-6 Falcons are not only in the playoffs right now, but would have home field advantage for the Wild Card. Granted, they'd play the Green Bay Packers so their success would be short lived.

Peter Rogers is a New England Patriots writer for www.RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @petahrahgas, “Like” him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google

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