APThe drug arrest of Bears receiver Sam Hurd is a story that could become a serious public relations problem for the NFL.
We told you how Hurd is accused of trying to buy more than $575,000 worth of cocaine and marijuana every week from an undercover agent. 670 The Score in Chicago has more troubling news for the league.
A law enforcement source told Laurence Holmes of 670 that Hurd was one of the top drug dealers in Chicago. Police obtained a list of NFL players who were supplied drugs by Hurd and the number is “in the double digits.”
Considering Hurd allegedly dealt drugs while in Dallas, his arrest could create problems in at least two NFL cities. And it could create the impression, at a minimum, that the NFL’s drug testing is pretty easy to get around.
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Uh, oh.
Mexican phones or normal ones, Sam you have been Hurd!
This goes all the way to the top! (At least, that would make sense as to the actions of Jerry Angelo.)
PFT will change the Turd Watch list to the Hurd Watch list, shortly.
Not shocked at all. All sports leagues NFL, NBA, NHL they all have players with drug problems. We don’t hear about it because these athletes have the disposable income to cover up their drug problems.
Didn’t take much to connect the dots on this story…….biggest news will be the names of the players on his “pimp list”. The thing that surprises me the most is there were rumors of Hurd being connected to drugs several years ago but apparently the NFL decided it was best to sweep it under the rug and concentrate on making the NFL a sissy game.
Well this will be interesting to see if the league allows the list to go public. God-del and his boys will be running wild now…..maybe now the blood test will come into affect. Players will be running for cover now.
Idiot.
Damn NFL WR and drug Kingpin, talk about multi-talanted
Grammar police!
He’s going to go Sammy the Bull on everyone!!! Mark my words!
A lot of NFL players are calling their lawyers right now.
Jesus… can we hold off on the cliche’ Cowboys/Coke references until we see the names?
Cocaine is out of your system in three days, so as far as the NFL drug testing goes–not sure it really ties in to this story. But yeah, it must be easy to get around because if it wasn’t there would be dozens of players serving four game suspensions.
Well this is going to get fun!
This could be a very big story, and depending on the names on the list, if they are current players.
Right under the radar, apparently.
In a related story, the writers of the former ESPN show Playmakers have asked ESPN to shop showing anything related to the NFL because the actions that take place day to day in the league are not representative of what goes on in the show’s plots…
Wait, NFL players do drugs?????? NO FREAKING WAY!!!
What an idiot!
These “partners” of Jerry Jones, Robert Kraft, Bob McNair and others are only just trying to bring in more money.
These classy and respectable “businessmen” and “partners” of the league are such great examples for our youth.
They should only test for PED’s anyway… They test for the other stuff to please Corporate America & their own image.
1. Trent Williams
2. Fred Davis
Great news for the NFL on the day after they signed their new television deals.
How is Jerome Simpson gonna get out of this one???
You HAD to know this was coming…..but within hours after his arrest? I was going to predict NFL players names might be a part of this in an earlier post but I felt that was a big leap and premature. That was exactly one hour ago. WOW!
Ummmm…. Wow…! Wanna see the list..?
Here go alot of careers down the drain, I bet. One for sure. Dummy.
Heres the part where everything comes crashing down for alot of people
Hurd and Jerome Simpson are gonna ask the league to change what the acronym stands for: the Narcotics Football League.
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Top druge dealer in Chicago? He can’t be that good if he got caught, unlike all the passes he’s dropped.
I wonder who it is? I’m actually very curious to see the list if they ever put it out to the public
Why do you deal drugs when you are making alots of money in the NFL ?Its like when Vick got caught dog fighting.Why was he fighting dogs when he was making alot of money in the NFL ?
Holy Moly!
Omar comin’ yo…hide the package!
I guess he was a big time player after all.
“And it could create the impression, at a minimum, that the NFL’s drug testing is pretty easy to get around.”
Not too difficult to imagine considering guys like Santonio Holmes tweet things like “Time to wake and bake” and yet he doesn’t show up on the drug test radar.
Still, this comes as a bit of a shock. I guess football was Hurd’s side business.
Uh oh!!
Keepin it real !
Can’t wait to see who falls in this.
And the Hurd, I mean Turd counter ticks on..
Please let Tebow be one of the names.
What the heck??? One of the top druglords in Chicago plays WR for the Bears? Jeezz Guess he needed a side job.
Maybe he’s not doing any drugs. If you are a dealer and you want to make money, you don’t use your own stash.
Where was he getting the money ha? He wasn’t making THAT much as it were…
Nino Brown looked tough and what not, but he apparently forgot (or never knew) how “New Jack City” ended, I guess…
Wow, this is crazy. I’m going to call Sam Hurd “Stringer Bell” (from “The Wire”) from now on…
I need to buy my Sam Hurd jersey to go along with my Maurice Clarette and Rae Curruth jerseys before they sell out!
Oh boy. Here we go…
Ryan Mallett no doubt.
yeah but most of those players were probably buying weed, a drug less harmful (to the person and to the community) than tobacco and alcohol. The war on drugs is only making gangs and cartels rich, and putting decent folks behind bars.
Let’s not get carried away here. The implication that players are taking the drugs Hurd sold them is out of line. A guy who buys coke by the kilo is not selling grams for personal use — so the players he was distributing it to were definitely not using it. They were selling it.
(I watched the Wire all the way thru TWICE, so I knew these things.)
is he signing autographs anywhere soon? I need to pick up a bag.
Oh my god this is the best story ever, it just keeps getting better
If the league and teams would start paying these guys what they deserve they wouldn’t have to deal 30 million dolloars worth of blow each year.
Hurd had Tony Montana envy, that is a lot of dope.
Sam was employed in Shipping and Receiving. In that order.
I wonder if he had any NBA clients
Drug problems involving former Cowboys??? That’s nothing new…
so who in that double digit list comes clean before they release the names,,,????
Because its only a matter of time
Guess Hurd isn’t a starter because he just doesn’t have the Speed.
-QG
UH OH….HURD YOU WERE IN JAIL…If he pakyed in Dallas, yeah, he was into the blow
once the cuffs come out, EVERYBODY has a story to tell……this is going to be very very bad.
Jerry Jones. That will explain some of his decisions.
Please let Tebow be one of the names.
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Thanks. I just sprayed the water I was drinking all over my laptop.
“Report: Hurd’s drug clients included many NFL players”
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No!!!! Say it isn’t so?? NFL players with criminal elements taking drugs. No way.
“[Sam], is you taking notes on a criminal f*#(ing conspiracy?”
He learned it at the Dallas “White House”
Shame on those mean, evil owners for even thinking for a moment that their player “partners” do not deserve 56% of all revenue.
Of course these women beaters, HGH users, manslaughter drivers, non-bill paying, dope using and dope selling “partners” deserve over 50% of football revenue
What will the Cowboys do when 70% of thier team is on a 4 game suspension all at once?
One of Hurds mentors while in Dallas was T.O. I hope thats all he was.
So this was the NFLPA’s funding plan during the lockout, eh?
There have to be some very nervous NFL players who are wondering if Hurd had their name on a list.
A list numbering in the double digits could mean anywhere from 10 to 99 names of NFL players are on the list.
Conceivably, this could put a huge hole in Bears or Cowboys rosters, depending on how many takers there were.
Can the NFL keep the lid on names if those individuals submit themselves to the NFL’s drug program?…I sure don’t know…anyone?
Could the list be leaked?…that would seem to be more likely.
I’m ok with the whacky tabaacky,but the other is awful,how a man with any conscious can sell that crap and ruin lives is beyond me,,especially a man of public stature
Well, if you’re gonna do it, do it big!!! He was making more money with this than he was in the league. That’s cray!!
I guess it is only easy to get around if you are on one of the “NFL” teams. I wonder what the NFL would do if Brady, Manning, Manning, Rivers, Brees, and Rothelisburger were to Piss hot for coke or pot. I wonder how fast they would sweep those tests under the carpet.
Clay Matthews was heard sayin’ “sure glad I just do that HGH chit”
All this coke. Right under our noses. We never knew.
He should of known better than to mess with that whitegirl.
Here go alot of careers down the drain, I bet. One for sure. Dummy.
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Sounds like this is a better “career” for him anyways. 575K a week? Wow thats a lot of blow.
This will take the Brewers’ NL MVP out iof the headlines. For a few days.
From ESPN: “Hurd hit authorities’ radar in July, when a confidential informant told police that a man was attempting to obtain four kilograms of cocaine for an unknown buyer in the Dallas area. That man was later stopped by police with $88,000 in a canvas bag. He said that the car and the money belonged to Hurd. Police confiscated the money, and Hurd later contacted authorities trying to get the money back.
Hurd was interviewed by police and admitted that he owned the car and had taken the money out of the bank, but authorities found that bank records did not match the amount.”
What a moron, just watching a couple CSI episodes would tell him to quit while he was behind. I think he was sampling the product. I’d look towards teammates, current/former, pro’s/college to piece together a list.
Wow, He must be the only NFL player to use their career as a front for MILLIONS in drug money…
Guess it’s not going to be a white Christmas…
Fred Davis and Trent Williams would like to thank Sam Hurd for making them look like Jim Tressel standing next to Jerry Sandusky.
It’s Bearmageddon People! All bad crap, all day
have fun playin for the mean machine.
I don’t know which is more stupid. Selling drugs when you already make a boat load of money, or keeping a list of your customers.
That is far better than the Sausage King of Chicago.
It’s Federal Court. Unless he starts flapping his lips and cooperates he’s facing a minimum mandatory of 10 without parole.
Suffice it to say, the names of ALL his drug contacts WILL be revealed!
Hilariously awesome. And I’m a bears fan.
Dez Bryant on the list? How about DeSean Jackson? I bet yes to both.
I think it was the three Nextel cell phones that he carried during practice that gave him away. Chirp chirp chirp chirp!!
Mexican Cell phones? I think they meant the term “Burner” because that is a throw away phone is famous for the drug business
lilrob10201 says: Dec 15, 2011 4:01 PM
Why do you deal drugs when you are making alots of money in the NFL ?Its like when Vick got caught dog fighting.Why was he fighting dogs when he was making alot of money in the NFL ?
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Because being a star athlete doesn’t preclude one from being a sociopath. Having lots of money tends to amplify rather than disguise one’s character flaws…
Well obviously list starts with:
Marion Barber and Roy Williams, they all moved to Chicago together to make extra $$$$ that jerry Jones wouldn’t pay em.
the drug cartels are killing people over the distribution of illegal drugs. this guys actions has therefore cost people their lives
Biggest Buyer:
Tim Tebow, the higher he gets the closer he is to God.
“Have Some Coke and a Smile”
You’d think he would’ve at least offered cutler something to help him play through pain…selfish.
There must have been a misunderstanding when the Bears signed Hurd as a “possession” receiver.
With the amount of drugs Hurd was buying, the people buying from him were not buying for personal use. They were also selling it. So it says nothing about the NFL drug policy. The players were funding drug operations, which they probably did little work for, but invested in and had their friends take care of, like Vick with his dog fighting ring.
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for the Vikes…
Preliminary look at the list:
Romo get’s his chronic from Hurd
Dez get’s his ________, _________, and _______ from Hurd.
Terrance Newman will be on there too.
I didn’t know the Bears had WR’s!
people do drugs?? really?
This only becomes a PR disaster if it’s big names. No one will care if no name Sam Hurd sold drugs to the 3rd string right tackle on the Jaguars. Lots of people will care if no name Sam Hurd sold drugs to Tony Romo while he was in Dallas. Tom Brady on that list? Big story. Mr. Irrelevant on that list? Story goes away soon
Thank you sam hurd, now maybe the f’in tebow storys will halt.
While I am going to drop him from my fantasy football roster, the good news is that I’m a lock for my fantasy narcotics dealer championship.
The Feds order all players and coaches to be dope tested over Goodope’s objections. Only 5% of players found to be dope and HGH free. NFL to merge with LFL.
Ricky Williams just said a little prayer (to Tebow of course).
Any report on what portion of his drug revenue Hurd must share with NFL owners?
Insert Bears, coke and cant find the white line joke here.
dcviking says: Dec 15, 2011 3:56 PM
In a related story, the writers of the former ESPN show Playmakers have asked ESPN to shop showing anything related to the NFL because the actions that take place day to day in the league are not representative of what goes on in the show’s plots…
I remember that 1 season show, was AWESOME!!! I love it, just like your comment
When I was in law school I learned there is one place you don’t want to break the law and that place would be Texas. Dewd is screwed.
The only drug allowed in the NFL is Bud Light.
chc4 says:
Dec 15, 2011 3:52 PM
Grammar police!
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Seriously, has anyone seen the ph@ntomstr@nger lately? I’m a little worried about them…
NFL money was just used to front the habit.
Please…please…please…please….tell me Mike Vick’s name is on this list.
i hear michael irving was the king ping in the operation.
where r all the bear fans ripping johny jolly? looks like there are douche bag players on all teams. way to waste your life idiots.
That’s why Favre threw that last int in the NFC game, must have owed some money and bet against the Vikes that game.
And the players complain for not getting ‘grace period’ for testing after the lockout while still indulging in it?
Matt Jones is pissed. He hates having to find a new connect.
Tell me he doesn’t look a lot like Marlo Stanfield (Season 4).
forget cathin balls this dude catchin birds by the flock. guess nobody cares that marcus vick has been selling weed for mike for the past decade. straight mids too. it’s a shame.
Wasn’t enough to be a baller, he had to be a shot caller.
Was Aaron Rodgers on the list?
*crosses fingers*
Maybe he bought the grass to resod Soldier Field.
Skeeeetch!
You know, they don’t have that place in Dallas call the “white house” for nothing…
Imagine the chaos that would happen if Tebow was on that list
“trollaikman8 says: Dec 15, 2011 5:55 PM
Tell me he doesn’t look a lot like Marlo Stanfield (Season 4).”
Good one. Judging by the above picture, he looks exactly like him.
Typical response “what were you think?”
many college/ pro athletes in the nba and nfl not only traffic drugs, but also prostitues, and weapons. actual businesses. guarantee you. they have the money. and the people with the drugs, weapons, and women go where the money is.
and yet, people will continue to watch, continue to buy tickets, and continue to buy over priced jerseys/concessions. so, who is the fool? the players? or the fans?
Hats off to all PFT commentators on this thread! I scrolled and laughed for about 5 minutes. Great work fellas!
Wow. This is incredibly bad not only for the Chicago Bears, but the rest of the NFL. Whoever the players are on that list, I would not be surprised to see Roger Goodell suspend or even ban those players from the NFL. That’s a move I would actually support.
It’s Chicago. They love their grass and snow.
No wonder he was late on all his passing routes…he was working on “drug-dealer” time!
Tebow is definitely on the list!
“it’s all part of the game, yo, it’s all part of the game” – Omar Little
Weird, I just started selling Skooma with my Redguard character in Skyrim the other night.
You know, it’s not that hard to deal and NOT get busted. Capone did it for years. Same city even.
Double digits? Wow, that could be 10, maybe even 11! Let me know when we have a total and/or names.
He will turn states evidence, no doubt about it.
He is looking at life in prison, the deal is more than likely being cut as we talk about this.
Come on people.
Sam was only doing the Bears a favor. He was going to re-line the field for them.
1phd says:
Dec 15, 2011 5:06 PM
When I was in law school I learned there is one place you don’t want to break the law and that place would be Texas.
You can double that with Felonious Drug Distributing ! Ouch !!!
Making NIU (Northern Illinois University) proud!
was he selling in jerry world? i can’t believe jerry would smoke dope, MAYBE
Anyone guessing…
1) Marion Barber, or
2) Roy Williams
They might have followed the trail of snow all the way to Chicago together? Any other ex-Cowboys on that roster?
The NFL is poised for an earthquake when those names come out.
Ben’s rapes, Mike’s dog fighting, Rae’s murder, Ray’s murder, and Hurd’s coke, etc. makes you wonder why Tebow is hated on so much.
You may not like the throwing motion, but he doesn’t trash talk, is polite to everyone, and by all accounts is a really nice guy.
Never did coke for the way it makes me feel, just cause I liked the way it smells…
At least he wasn’t “Tebowing”
Damn you Charlie Sheen !
Romie is going to need a few more drunk buses..