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Are these NFL teams actually good? Plus, a gruesome NBA injury
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There is still so, so much time left in the NFL season. But after another baffling batch of games yesterday, I could not resist simply looking at the division standings and cackling at our current reality. Are some of these teams actually good? Are the teams we thought were good actually just OK? Do we know anything? ...
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