Report: More than 10 players failed drug tests at scouting combine

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Report: More than 10 players failed drug tests at scouting combine | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo Sports

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/glazer-mettenberger-jernigan-failed-drug-tests-at-combine-050514

Fox Sports reported that "more than 10" players failed drug tests at the combine, and the biggest names on the list are LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger and Florida State defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan.

The drug use itself might not be the biggest red flag, depending on what the drug was. Miami offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson, for example, reportedly tested positive for marijuana, the same drug that commissioner Roger Goodell wouldn't rule out letting players use for medical reasons. In 2014, when two states have legalized marijuana, you'd have to be pretty conservative to overreact to someone using it.

That's not really the issue. The issue is decision making. Players are coached up on every aspect of the combine, from how to run the 40 to how to answer every team's goofy questions. And one of the most basic things about the combine is that you're going to take a drug test. The combine is basically the most important job interview of these players' lives. It's an understatement to say it's a poor decision to do anything in the weeks leading up to the combine that would lead to a positive test. If you can't be trusted to handle something that basic, how are you going to deal with the NFL life?

Mettenberger and Jernigan were the biggest names among those in the Fox report. Jernigan has been projected as a first-round pick, and Mettenberger has been considered as high as a second-round pick. Fox didn't have a complete list, but said LSU defensive tackle Anthony Johnson, Henderson and Florida State linebackers Telvin Smith and Christian Jones also failed drug tests.

Mettenberger's agents told Fox Sports he had a diluted sample, which is considered a failed test by the NFL. His agents told Fox that Mettenberger was drinking extra water at the advice of his doctors after cramping during his rehabilitation for a torn ACL. That should be easy for Mettenberger to prove, but it's something teams will wonder about.

Each team will have to consider how to weigh the failed tests in its evaluation of those players. But it certainly won't help the players that they have to answer questions about why they failed a drug test even though they knew well in advance they'd be tested.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Word is Bradley Roby tested positive for cocaine, methadone, the cream, the clear, heroin, bath salts, and had a .20 BAC at the time of testing.

 

[Ronnie Lott]

I saw this story earlier. These cats are trippin. You have millions on the line and they are willing to lose Ms because you can't stop burnin trees

 

[Majestic Pape]

Word is Bradley Roby tested positive for cocaine, methadone, the cream, the clear, heroin, bath salts, and had a .20 BAC at the time of testing.

I know nothing of college football but can I assume Bradley Roby played at Ohio State?

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

I know nothing of college football but can I assume Bradley Roby played at Ohio State?

The moral profile gives it away doesnt it?.... Here's the only picture i could find of him easily

It just so happens to be a mugshot from his MOST RECENT arrest.

 

[dtownreppin214]

florida state has always had the most degenerate players in the country.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

florida state has always had the most degenerate players in the country.

 

[Wargames]

the allowance of marijuana use by athletes is going to be the next front on the legalization of marijuana campaign

 

[Ronnie Lott]

florida state has always had the most degenerate players in the country.

Idk breh

 

[dtownreppin214]

it's true.

 

[Cabbage Patch]

I saw this story earlier. These cats are trippin. You have millions on the line and they are willing to lose Ms because you can't stop burnin trees

Like the article says, "That's not really the issue. The issue is decision making. Players are coached up on every aspect of the combine, from how to run the 40 to how to answer every team's goofy questions. And one of the most basic things about the combine is that you're going to take a drug test. The combine is basically the most important job interview of these players' lives. It's an understatement to say it's a poor decision to do anything in the weeks leading up to the combine that would lead to a positive test. If you can't be trusted to handle something that basic, how are you going to deal with the NFL life?"

It's unfathomable, right up until the point where I look at everyday life in a job with an active union. With unions, you can be the biggest fukk up but as long as you're the right type of member you will not get fired. Embezzlement? Kill someone? no problem. The union will fix it, and you'll get paid for all that time you weren't at work while the mess you got yourself into was resolved.

These kids don't have a union, but it appears they have had access to a similar 'someone else will fix it for you' set up for most of their lives.

Or maybe they just don't care, and this is their way of rebelling against a life where every decision has been made for them by someone else.

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

it's true.

Buckeyes make Seminoles look like Byu Cougars

 

[Tide Run This]

That's my 2013 BCS NC winning defense

 

[L&HH]

the allowance of marijuana use by athletes is going to be the next front on the legalization of marijuana campaign

Yeah they'll probably push it under the ruse of "medicinal purposes".

 

[Wargames]

Yeah they'll probably push it under the ruse of "medicinal purposes".

I could see a compromise where the use is allowed in the offseason for "recovery" reasons but banned during the season. so that it would be a part of any random tests 3 months in. considering the offseason is when most athletes party "harder" i think it would well for all sides.