Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Geno Smith appeared to embrace flat Earth theories in a series of tweets on Saturday. Smith took time to retweet arguments from both sides of the debate, encouraging people to question the "truths" laid before them. In the end, Smith walked back his original comments slightly, claiming that the tweets were all in the name of starting conversation. Geno Smith made news on Saturday before the NFL offseason could even start, but it had nothing to do with his future in football. The New York Giants quarterback, like Kyrie Irving before him, appeared to embrace flat Earth theories in a series of tweets, asking his followers not to believe everything that they read and do their own research before rushing to judgment.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Why North Korea sent hundreds of cheerleaders to the OlympicsSee Also:California school closed due to a threat linked to a former NFL player's Instagram postThere is speculation in the NFL world that the Jets could offer Kirk Cousins a mind-boggling contract that could pay him $60 million in 2018 aloneFormer NFL executive sparks controversy by saying Lamar Jackson should switch positions in the NFLSEE ALSO: THE 'MIRACURL ON ICE!' Team USA curling skipper hit the 'shot of his life' to win an improbable gold medal for the United States