NFL says Andrew Luck, PSI tweet 'completely unintentional'

Precision. Strength. Intelligence.

They are the sort of words that align quite nicely with Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck.

But what about when those words are stacked one on top of another? Like this:

Precision.

Strength.

Intelligence.

What about when those words are in a tweet attached to a photo of Luck?

At 1:05 a.m. Thursday morning, that's exactly what happened when flashing across the official NFL Twitter account came this:

Coincidence? Or intentional? Reference to DeflateGate? Or not?

"It just happened to be a random coincidence," Alex Riethmiller, NFL Media spokesman said. "Completely unintentional."

The fact is this: PSI stands for pounds per square inch. In professional football, regulations require balls be inflated to a pressure of at least 12.5 pounds per square inch.

No need to say this, really, but at the AFC Championship game against the Colts, many of the New England Patriots' footballs at halftime were measured below that standard. Quarterback Tom Brady has been implicated in a cheating scandal for allegedly intentionally having the balls deflated.

The NFL has been embroiled in the mess for months. So maybe. Just maybe. The subject is a bit touchy.

Attached to the three words and the Luck photo is an NFL article. "Head Coaches tell us what it takes to be a franchise QB: http://at.nfl.com/jrhXRGe."

The post has been retweeted more than 200 times and favorited almost 500 in less than 12 hours.

We're guessing it's not that article that's making it so popular.

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