Denver Broncos

Von Miller spent part of his off-season researching extinct animals

Published Jul. 26, 2016 2:22 p.m. ET

Aaron Torres

Von Miller has been in the headlines all off-season, which tends to happen when you're a Super Bowl MVP-winning defensive monster who just last week agreed to a ho-hum deal that will pay you at least $70 million over the next couple years.

But for all the headlines Miller has made on the field throughout his career (and this off-season), he is equally fascinating off of it as well -- which is something we learned on Tuesday.

'The Ringer' did a fascinating deep dive into Miller and how he's spent this off-season, and let's just say he's one of the most interesting guys in all of football.

That included time spent over the last few months researching a variety of topics on the internet, including -- are you ready for this? -- extinct animals.

No, seriously. Here are the details:

Well, hello! Haast's eagles, huh? Guarantee Peyton Manning probably wasn't doing too much digging on them throughout his nearly two-decade long NFL career. But then again, that's apparently just what makes Von Miller, Von Miller. As he said, "I guess I'm just a little weird" and it shows in that quote.

Either that, or -- as the rest of the article lays out -- simply one of the single most inquisitive people anywhere in sports.

Miller made a point to mention that he tries to get away from football in the off-season, and it showed in his various pursuits over these last couple months. That included doing some work on his self-owned chicken farm (he became interested in the business after taking a class on it at Texas A&M) as well as riding roller coasters. He gained a fascination for them at some point since Super Bowl 50, which resulted in seven different trips to Magic Mountain this summer.