The Best Halloween Costume To Wear to Each NFL Game in Week 8

Halloween has always been a fun holiday. If you're under 13 years of age, you can dress up as your favorite ghoul or fictional character and go door-to-door for free candy. (I believe they call it "trick-or-treating," and I just found out about the "under 13" memo.)

If you're in your 20s, you have the weekend to down some Sam Adams Oktoberfest, orange party punch and acceptably dress promiscuously. 

If you're an NFL fan and are lucky enough to have tickets to one of the weekend's 13 NFL matchups, you have the unique opportunity to attend a game dressed up. 

What should you wear? Read ahead... (if you dare)

New Orleans Saints at St. Louis Rams: A Leprechaun

For this matchup, the St. Louis Rams home fans should dress up as leprechauns, because the Rams are gonna need all the luck (not Andrew) that they can get. 

If the costumes don't serve any good, at least it will be appropriate as good Irishmen to be drunk by halftime and imagine rainbows (perhaps double ones) off in the distance. 

Miami Dolphins at New York Giants: Andrew Luck

If you are a Miami Dolphins fan, you are accepting reality, and people will respect you for that. 

If you are a New York Giants fan, it's an epic burn. 

Either way, this is an easy one to pull off. All you need is a patchy beard, a Stanford jersey and an anticipatory look that you will soon be signing a fat check. 

Arizona Cardinals at Baltimore Ravens: A Carven, or a Ravinal

Inspired by Napoleon Dynamite's liger (a lion and a tiger, mixed), which is now a classic piece of American cinema, the Carven or Ravinal costume will be viewed by all as a unique combination of two dueling, fierce birds. 

How one should go about pulling off this costume is completely up to them, but I can guarantee that a fan in this costume will be the most interesting scene from this game. 

Minnesota Vikings at Carolina Panthers: Brett Favre

Throw in some tobacco, don't shave for a week and act like a jerk. Also, be sure to try to run onto the field, hit on girls between the ages of 18 and 24, and comment that, despite a mild buzz and an aching back, you would still be a better quarterback than Christian Ponder or Cam Newton. 

Done. 

Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans: A Chiropractor

Simply wear a button-down and some dockers, run onto the field and precede to crack Peyton Manning's neck. 

At best, it miraculously cures his ailing vertebrae and we no longer have to watch the Colts suffer week in and week out. At worst (and this is the more likely option), you exacerbate the issue and get arrested and charged with assault. 

Good thing you will be just as qualified as any other chiropractor, however. 

Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans: A Baby

This game, which features a battle between two of the league's youngest teams (the third being the Carolina Panthers), is the perfect excuse for some fans to dress up as big babies. 

The costumes may look disturbing, but at least it will be more acceptable for fans to whine if their team loses. 

Detroit Lions at Denver Broncos: Megatron (Calvin Johnson Style)

How does one dress up as Calvin "Megatron" Johnson?

I would go to a store and look for a Transformers costume, for starters, and then add a Calvin Johnson jersey. Besides that, be creative, but just make sure you don't drop anything all game. Butterfingers need not apply. 

Alternatively, good costumes for this game could be a Ford auto-mechanic, Tim Tebow or Jesus. Wait, sorry, that was redundant. 

Washington Redskins at Buffalo Bills: The Joker

Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson became notorious last year, during his breakout season, for lifting his jersey to reveal a white tee with "why so serious?" written on it after he scored. 

It therefore gives fans a good enough excuse to dress up as the Joker, which has got to be one of the most noticeable and fun Halloween costumes to attempt and, better yet, pull off. 

Cincinnati Bengals at Seattle Seahawks: Carrot Top/Chucky/Chucky Finster

Honestly, any red-hair character will do for you. It's all a play on Andy Dalton, who has been looking quite good for the surprising 4-2 Cincinnati Bengals. 

If you want to be scary, go with Chucky from Child's Play: Messy hair, fake cuts on your face and a PLASTIC axe. 

If you want to pay homage to the classic 90's cartoon, go as Chucky Finster, the lovable, dorky sidekick of Tommy Pickles. Once again, messy hair, plus some glasses and fake buck teeth. 

If you want to resurrect a lost icon of commercials past, go as Carrot Top. You'll need a curly, orange wig, an AT&T shirt and some loud, obnoxious vocal chords!

Cleveland Browns at San Francisco 49ers: An Oakland Raiders Fan

Oakland Raiders fans are always ready for Halloween, as evident by their weekly face paint and shoulder pads. 

The Raiders, thankfully for them, have a bye this week, in which they should remind Carson Palmer how to play football. 

This shouldn't stop Raiders fans, or any other fans attending the game, from hopping across the bay and throwing on some scary silver and black face paint. 

The irony of a Raiders fan at a 49ers game will make me smile. 

New England Patriots at Pittsburgh Steelers: The Tudors

The Tudors were a continual group of family members that ruled England from 1485-1603.

The New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers have ruled football for the past decade, which relatively speaking, is an equal task to ruling for 118 years in Renaissance Europe. 

Here's how The Tudors would parallel to the Patriots and Steelers of the past decade: 

Henry VII-Bill Belichick: The first ruler and the original schemer. 

Henry VIII-Tom Brady: The prodigy son of his predecessor, the longest ruling Tudor, and is known to have fathered illegitimate children.

Edward VI-Randy Moss: He was great, but his appearance was brief.

Mary I-Mike Tomlin: She was the first to represent the Tudors from the other team (females), and was known to be a stern and serious ruler. Although I don't think Mike Tomlin has ordered witches to be burnt at the stake...

Elizabeth I-Ben Roethlisberger: Powerful, bold, tough to take down. She's the head honcho, yet everyone knows that the dynasty must soon end.*

*By this logic, Aaron Rodgers is King James I, and you are very welcome for the history lesson. 

Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles: LeBron James

Philadelphia is the "dream team," right?

Just wear a Lebron James jersey, make a showy charitable donation, laugh at your own jokes and tweet excessively. 

Then make a bold statement about how you are signing with the Eagles as a wide receiver, but that you will not play before a $200,000 ceremony unveiling the "New Dream Team."

San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs: Frankenstein

For this week's Monday Night Football matchup, which is also the only game actually played on Halloween, why not just go with a classic Halloween getup and enjoy the game.

Wear an old blazer, paint your face green and enjoy this AFC West division rivalry. 

It's not the best Monday night matchup of the season, but that's what everyone thought with the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Baltimore Ravens...

Happy Halloween everyone!