. >> those investigators including veteran detective mike sholes were scratching their head over whatd to be a bloody claw from a bird costume found near joel lovelien's body. >> you're looking for somebody, what, in 90% of a bird costume? >> we didn't know what it was. all we knew was we had a piece of a costume. >> detectives invited the guys on the party bus who had been so difficult the night of the murder to come back to police headquarters the following day. they did, and this time sang a different tune, one that seemed to get them all off the hook. they told cops they didn't see joel lovelien's murder, but told of a fight outside the broken drum earlier that evening between one of their pals dressed as a hunter and a guy in an odd costume with a yellow sweat shirt who had also been on the bus. because of that fight, they told the guy in the yellow outfit he couldn't get back on the bus and then they drove downtown to another bar. the now-sober and cooperative cowboy told detectives that he last saw joel lovelien alive and well. >> the guy in the green was talking to the guy in

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andy sholes more in the bleacher report. player. >> i like how you spun that. the patriots had won 13 straight games, including the playoffs coming into last night's game, but the run coming to an end thanks to lamar jackson and traichbthe ravens. the patriots allowed just four offensive touchdowns in eight games. well, jackson and the ravens scoring four touchdowns in this game loalone. jackson just 22 years old is already an mvp candidate. ravens win this one, 37-20. the 49ers now, the only undefeated team left this season. all right, on the other side of things, the dolphins are no longer winless. miami putting a beat down on the jets and their former coach yesterday winning 26-18. what do you do when you win your first game of the year? you give the coach a gatorade bath. that's what the dolphins did for brian flores. his first win as a head coach in the nfl. jets and dolphins, the same record, 1-7. tough times for the jets. all right, the celebration tour continuing for the nationals last night. the capitals game, shirt