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Want to know how I know you’re a 9/11 truther? Probably if you had the privilege to sit down with a four-star general, and you asked if the attack on the Pentagon — a place where said general spent a lot of time, and likely lost colleagues — actually happened.

That’s reportedly one of the questions Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll asked retired general Peter Chiarelli, according to Jack Dickey’s classic June in the NFL story over at Deadspin. These quick-ish posts that pass along an item which may be of, er, interest to you usually exclude Deadspin, mostly because those folks win the Internet hourly. But this is a fine exception.

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Just over a week ago Aaron Rodgers said something which confirmed that Randall Cobb is on both his reality football team, and his fantasy football team. Oh sure, when he told us that Cobb is an easy candidate for a 100-catch season in 2013 (FYI: he is), Rodgers tried to come off as though he’s just really excited about his receiver who could see many, many more targets now with Greg Jennings gone.

But that was all a masquerade. Make no mistake about it: Rodgers is going against all conventional fantasy football wisdom by drafting himself in the first round, and then he’ll take Cobb in the second like a crazy man. His running backs will then be some combination of Fred Taylor, Emmitt Smith, and O.J. Simpson, and it won’t matter.

That’s because since his job description (umm, Packers quarterback) requires him to throw a lot of footballs in Cobb’s direction, Rodgers has picked up on a piece of information that will be very valuable to the shifty receiver’s fantasy owners going forward.

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Cam Newton spoke in front of a microphone today. That microphone was mounted on a podium, and that podium was in a room filled with grotesquely overweight men members of the media.

Players do this sporadically during OTAs, because we — their fake team employers — must always know what’s on their mind. How do you feel, Cam? Can you please read my palms and tell me if I’ll be struck by a rogue construction ladder today? Bless us with your almighty words.

Usually, this exercise results in little more than a well-rehearsed back-and-forth volley. The media guy asks a narrative-baiting question, and the football guy gives him the answer he seeks so that everyone leaves satisfied. This is how the hot dog is made, kids.

But today, Newton said something that’s…interesting.

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We’ve written quite a bit about Robert Griffin III today, mostly because through both the quote bomb he dropped this morning and some fun weekend catchup, there’s been a lot to write. But now as his rehab continues and as we keep getting filled with glorious hope that one of the premier fantasy quarterbacks will be back and healthy and just fine thanks, we’ve also been reminded of some interesting numbers regarding ACL recoveries.

And by “interesting”, I mean utterly soul crushing.

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I highlighted lots of numbers while assessing the fantasy implications of Michael Crabtree’s injury that’s set to keep him out until at least Week 12 this fall, which is nearly the entire fantasy regular season. Not good.

Now I’ve compiled a few more interesting digits from some people who do really awesome things with numbers and that device you use to add them together.

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This should be greeted with the proverbial grain or bag of salt, whichever you prefer. But since Michael Vick has made a habit of getting crunched and bent in directions which go against the intended design of the human body throughout his career, the urgent breaking news below is still…interesting.

As part of a story in which the progress of the Eagles’ quarterbacks so far early in the offseason is discussed (because that’s not happening 19 times daily), the Philadelphia Inquirer‘s Zach Berman observed this about Vick:

He’s noticeably bigger and enthused about the offense. For Vick’s critics, it’s easy to say this is excitement he’s expressed in the past.

The bolding is mine, because we have that technology around here.

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