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Today is Halloween.

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets.

The Phillies have signed free-agent Brett Favre…er, 33-year-old outfielder Geoff Jenkins (see the resemblance?) and 30-year-old starter/reliever Chad Durbin, continuing a rather dulling off-season for the Fightins.

Don't mind us. We had a whole post set to go about how today was a wacky, wacky day for football injuries, with Marques Colston, Chad Johnson, Reggie Bush, Brett Favre and Donovan McNabb all injured, however slightly, at one point or another in their respective games.

At first last night we got the queasy feeling that we were going to see a repeat of maddening Eagles' performances of the past, like the recent Giants game. The Birds were once again just not playing to their full abilities, and were slowly creeping towards losing what should have been a sure win. Poor time management (a perpetual Eagles problem), especially at the end of the first half, combined with bad ball-handling (boo Buckhalter!) and incomprehensible play calls (what was with that fake field goal?!) combined to ruin multiple scoring opportunities and leave the Eagles behind 9-7 at the beginning of the second half. But the birds came out of the locker room with a new outlook, energy, and determination, and instead of seeing a replay of the Giants game, we got to see the reverse: the Eagles limped and fumbled through the first half and utterly dominated the second. Donovan took matters into his own hands, rushing for some crucial first downs and even two touchdowns. A faltering Packers secondary and an inaccurate Brett Favre certainly helped. The Packers never scored again, and the Eagles ended up winning the game 31-9. In fact, Green Bay hasn't won in Philly since 1962; we're glad the Birds kept it that way. Now let's see if they can defend themselves against the hated T.O. and the hated Cowboys next week. Go Eagles!

We've been trying hard -- well, maybe not so hard -- to see the whole Terrell Owens clown show from his point of view. The guy is more than simply talented; at this point in his career, he's one of the best in the world at what he does, which is certainly not something a lot of us can say. He did everything the Eagles asked of him last season, and if not for an injury, for which he cannot at all be blamed, it's not difficult to imagine a different outcome in the Super Bowl. NFL contracts sound sweet and fat when they're announced, but teams can cut players loose at any time during their tenure, so you can't blame a guy for trying to get while the gettin's good.

We've tried not to get too caught up in this T.O. mess this season. For the most part, we've succeeded. But we couldn't help but chime in with this prime bit of news: T.O. thinks that the Eagles would be undefeated if Brett Favre were the quarterback.