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NFL FANTASY 2013

56 RGIII

An exclusive book excerpt looks at how the culture of playing hurt in the NFL could have deprived us of ever seeing the Redskins QB in action again

By Dave Sheinin

30 | PRO FOOTBALL

Peyton Manning & Wes Welker

A fantasy dream has become every Lombardi-lusting foe's nightmare

By Chris Ballard

40 | PRO FOOTBALL

Aaron Rodgers

The Packers' quarterback has become the heart of a team, the soul of a city and the voice of a state

By Michael Rosenberg

46 | PRO FOOTBALL

Fantasy 2013

Read-option? Hardly. Ignore SI's positional rankings and you have but one fate: Fantasy doom

By Eric Mack

• FIVE-MINUTE GUIDE

4 | SI Digital

6 | Leading Off

12 | The Mail

15 | Scorecard

26 | Faces in the Crowd

29 | Just My Type

Dan Patrick

Bill Parcells, from Pizza Hut to Canton

64 | Point After

Steve Rushin

Can you eat, drink and sleep sports?

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SI HAS REGIONAL COVERS THIS WEEK: Robert Beck/Sports Illustrated (Broncos); Morry Gash/AP (Rodgers)

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GEOFF BURKE/USA TODAY SPORTS (GRIFFIN)

FIVES FOR TEN The willingness of Robert Griffin III to play hurt has endeared him to Redskins fans.

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ROBERT BECK/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (BRONCOS)

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JEFF HANISCH/US PRESSWIRE (RODGERS)

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