A.J. Daulerio, the brand-new chief cook and butthole washer (yeah, I think that’s funny . . . and, yeah, I’m also secretly eleven years old) at Deadspin, has an intriguing tidbit regarding the possible manner in which the whole “Brett Favre Has An Itch . . . In An Area Other Than His Crotch” spectacle that unfolded Wednesday afternoon.

Daulerio suggests that Chris Mortensen was working the story regarding Favre’s possible interest in playing (possibly in response to our report from Monday that Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, has been telling people that Favre wants to play), and that, lo and behold, Packers cornerback Al Harris was an in-studio guest on Wednesday’s NFL Live.

Under the scenario laid out by Daulerio (holy crap, I’m a freakin’ poet), Harris was asked off camera what he knew about the situation, Harris confirmed what Mort was hearing, and then Mort reported the whole thing.

If it’s true, there isn’t a thing that’s improper about any of it.  (And I’m not just saying that because, inexplicably, I’ll be making an appearance on the ESPN Radio Friday morning at 11:25 a.m.)  But it makes for a weird chain of events that unleashed during one of the sssssslow weeks in the NFL offseason a flood of stories and reports and rumors and speculation about what might happen next.