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Just the facts

By Matthew Berry
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

I'm guessing you're probably not a big fan of 19th-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. But you're probably familiar with his most famous quote. "There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." Speaking as someone who deals in statistics every single day, I must say: totally agree with the Preem. Much has been made about the "Curse of 370" and why Michael Turner is doomed to fail this season. None of them, however, seem to mention that Adrian Peterson had 363 c ...

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