It is Halloween and the Saints host the Browns. Ditka shouts before running out on the field, alone. A man from a local institution begins chasing Ditka with a butterfly net. In other news, Mike Holmgren refuses to bring his Seahawks to Green Bay for a Monday Nighter until the Packers rename Lambeau Field as The Mighty Holmgren Coliseum. Ron Wolf balks.
Packers win a forfeit.
Shanahan says he'll get back to Beathard. The Jets go to New England for a Monday Nighter. Pete Carroll refuses to leave his locker room. Parcells, meanwhile, presents Terry Glenn with a lovely Prada purse before the game. The Falcons return to the state of Florida, site of their Super Bowl demise, to play at Tampa Bay.