MANDARICH DETAILS ALCOHOL, PAINKILLER, STEROID USE

Tony Mandarich, the offensive tackle whom the Packers selected ahead of Barry Sanders, Derrick Thomas and Deion Sanders in the 1989 NFL draft, says he was addicted to alcohol and painkillers throughout his tenure in Green Bay. He also has finally acknowledged what everyone has long assumed: He used anabolic steroids to build the incredible bulk that made him, according to Sports Illustrated, “the best offensive line prospect ever.” The admissions come in an interview on Inside the NFL, which will air Wednesday night on Showtime. “I was injecting a drug called Stadol,” Mandarich says in the interview, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “And it was euphoric. I went from doing one injection on that one day, and a week later I was doing between five to seven shots a day for the next three years. ... I got to the point where it was a struggle to work out three or four times a week because the priority of getting high was above the priority of working out.” Mandarich said he gave a fake urine sample to the NCAA before the 1988 Rose Bowl, which he played in for Michigan State. He is writing a book about his drug use, but don’t expect him to name any names, the way Jose Canseco has. “I don’t think that you should benefit off other people’s shortcomings,” Mandarich says in the interview. “In my opinion, Jose Canseco is an [expletive] for what he did, the way he did it. I mean that’s chicken [expletive].” Mandarich played in 45 games for the Packers, starting 15. He later played in 41 games for the Colts, starting 31.