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1. Garrett Smash Puny Humans

Myles Garrett's dominant performance in all phases of the combine silenced most of his skeptics and sent the rest scurrying into a foxhole with the flat-earthers.

If recent history has taught us anything, however, there are still lots of flat-earthers.

2. John Ross Stimulates the Economy

Few humans can run a 4.22-second 40-yard dash. Fewer still can generate buzz for both Adidas (the company offering a "win an island" promotion for anyone who broke the combine dash record in their kicks) and Nike (the athletic gear Ross wore).

Forget draft stock. Ross has me investing in sneaker stock.

3. Peppers Cartwheels Into Position

Jabrill Peppers' post-workout gymnastics were fun to watch, but give me his feet-on-the-ground press conference any day. Peppers knows he has a lot to learn about playing safety, explained why (a whole year in the linebacker meeting room) and sounded committed to working on his fundamentals until they matched his measurables. It's time for personnel departments to start doing cartwheels.

4. Tight Ends Run Wild

This year's draft class was so amazing that Iowa's George Kittle, a block-first tight end, ran a 4.52-second 40 with a 132-inch broad jump and no one even noticed him.

The fifth-best tight end in this class (Kittle, probably) would have been the first tight end selected in any of the last five drafts. Even the Jets should get a good tight end this year. It may be all they have by the time the season starts.

As for the semi-erotic Thor fanfic quality of some tight end scouting reports out there, I hope my sons someday meet someone who looks at them the way anonymous scouts look at O.J. Howard (pictured).

5. Smilin' Billy Belichick

The Patriots head coach was chipper and quippy when he stopped by the NFL Network booth to talk to Rich Eisen and the team. Belichick smiling? Maybe the Whos down in Whoville will finally have a Christmas this year.

6. Quarterback Intrigue

Clemson's Deshaun Watson was spotted doing some late-night fundamentals drills in the Indiana Convention Center hallway. You know, the place hundreds of scouts, coaches and reporters walk through on icy nights to get from Restaurant A to Tavern B. (Veteran move, Deshaun and Deshaun's agent!)

Meanwhile, Texas Tech's Pat Mahomes and Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer threw hard and interviewed well, and North Carolina's Mitchell Trubisky...added three letters to his name? Trubisky also ran very well and threw well enough.

The Big Four quarterbacks passed all of the minimum requirements, which means that despite being a weak crop in a otherwise mighty draft class, all four might be selected in the first round.

7. Christian McAwesome

Christian McCaffrey started his combine with a miserable bench performance (10 reps), then reminded everyone that no one cares about how much a running back bench-presses. With a 4.48-second 40, top-five performances among running backs in the vertical jump and cone drills and Cris Carter-esque catches in receiving drills, McCaffrey put up numbers worthy of a first-round wide receiver.

8. Rising Receivers

With Mike Williams and Corey Davis not running and John Ross taking the afternoon off after breaking the land-speed record, second-tier receivers like East Carolina's Zay Jones and Penn State's Chris Godwin got the spotlight to themselves for blazing 40s and impressive gauntlet drills. Plenty of receivers will be clamoring for Day 2 selections in a deep draft class. This is a good year to have a compensatory third-round pick, Dave Gettleman!

9. The Saints Go Sub-Tweeting In

Saints receivers Michael Thomas and Brandin Cooks added some middle school intrigue to Sunday's social networking experience, tweeting ambiguous remarks about jealousy and fueling speculation that Cooks will be traded.

C'mon guys, can't you just turn the phones off and watch the defensive drills? Oh, right, the Saints never pay attention to defense.

10. Defensive Backs Go Deep

Let's give them their own slide...