He (through his agent) notified the NFL before the draft as they knew he was going to fail the test due to the ADD medication, and the NFL isn’t buying it.

So this brings up another question, how can a prescription medication for ADD (the most common one, at that!) violate an NFL substance restriction?

So they can’t detect HGH, but ADD medication will trigger like you’re headed for ‘roid rage?

If this is all true, then I feed bad for the guy, as he’s done nothing wrong; and the NFL deserves a shovel to the face for trashing his image by boneheaded announcements.

And yes Deb, I’d LOVE the number of comments to drop 66%! Quality, not quantity, PFT!

Am I the only one that sees the tiny bit of irony that on a post about doping a guy whose screen name is painkiller feels it necessary to comment?

It may not bother you, hon, but it obviously interests you a great deal. You’re on every thread talking all Steelers all the time

@mitchitized …

If they filtered out the 12-year-olds making “raplisberger” comments, the number of posts on our threads would drop by two-thirds

Without more info, I can’t say the team should cut Saunders loose. Perhaps the league had good reason to suspend him. But the league suspends people willy-nilly for its own reasons and with little uniformity in the sentencing. He may have done something scandalous that would merit sending him packing. Or he may have done something relatively harmless. Who knows? Whatever he’s done, I’m sure it’s pretty common throughout the league.

Our BP is fine out here so in your own words it doesn’t bother us near as much as it seems to incite you and your fans..

You need to wise up, Mr. Saunders.

I was just thinking how the Ravens are gonn be dominant again next year. Theyre simply minus Pagano nothing else has changed. As long as we dont get swept I believe Steelers win the division next year. Barring the Bengals and/or Ravens dont make a huge push in free agency.

Simpson and Benson are starters!

Although, one undisclosed violation next to Kenny Britt’s 12 arrests and this guy gets the suspension?

It better have been bad violation…

And looks like everyone will be chasing the Ratbirds…. Again next year

To all the haters: when you’re at the top, people will naturally swipe at you. Steelers fans take it all in stride. It doesn’t bother us near as much as it seems to incite you. Enjoy your high blood pressure.

So (if he’s really lucky) he will be released and
hopefully get signed by another team that doesn’t
have such bad examples on it for him to follow…

I don’t believe players are suspended for an initial positive for “recreational drugs”, so that means he tested positive a second time.

I wondered why this guy didn’t see the field more in his rookie year. He showed a lot of promise and looked with the ball after the catch in the few instances he got on the field. I specifically remember a big catch at the back of the end zone for a TD at about the mid-point of the season. I guess we now know why he didn’t continue to develop. Wake and bake will get you a ticket out of town and out of the NFL.

It’s a shame these guys can’t keep themselves in check.

GO STEELERS!

On to a post of actual useful value to the general public: Does anyone know yet what the suspension was for? Kinda bizarre to announce someone getting suspended with nobody knowing what it was for…

The Rooneys used to NOT put up with anything but we found out that they sell out for CONVICTS that can play=Rapelisberger. They went from CLASS to CLASSLESS over-night. Now watch, the Squealer Apologists will come out and say h”he wasnt convicted of anyth”. Of course he wasnt, he BOUGHT the words outta THEIR (plural) mouths.