ReutersAt a time when many football fans are wondering why the NFL keeps suspending players for using Adderall as a performance-enhancing drug, Bears receiver Brandon Marshall says there’s another common prescription medication that players use to get an edge: Marshall says he has heard stories of other players using Viagra as a performance enhancer.
Yes, he means on the football field. Get your mind out of the gutter.
According to Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times, Marshall told reporters today that he has heard stories of other players using Viagra to get an edge.
Marshall isn’t the first to hear about that: A 2008 Slate article noted that Viagra works by dilating blood vessels and increasing oxygenation, which means it could improve athletic performance, particularly at elevation. If you’re playing a game in Denver — where Marshall spent his first four NFL seasons — and you want to reduce the effects of playing at altitude on your body, popping a Viagra could help.
Or a road trip to Denver could be a convenient excuse for a player filling a Viagra prescription.
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WHAT they are doing is not necessarily the problem. It’s THAT they are doing it that taints the game. Players try to cheat to gain an advantage or “get an edge”. Fans/media then condone it and say things like it doesn’t matter.
getting ridiculous
I think it would be pretty easy to spot which players are using this product while they’re on the field.
Tom Waddle: “If the game lasts more than 4 hours, contact your doctor”
Man how awkward when you have to tackle that guy.
This could bring an all new meaning to hearing an announcer say something like “personal foul….leading with the helmet on a defenseless receiver”
You know every Center in the league is making sure his QB isn’t taking that before game time.
Don’t we all?
So is using multivitamins also gaining an edge?
What’s the cutoff for what players can take?
marshall is a rat
Say what you will about the man, but we know Favre wasn’t cheating.
Definitely brings new meaning to the word stiff competition!
Brings new meaning to the phrase “extending the play”
I love all the jokes posted thus far, but I do believe that this was seriously rumored to have been the cause of the Ryan Braun positive test.
I hope Matt Schaub doesn’t use it!
Give a whole new meaning to Holding..
If the game lasts longer than 4 hours call Doctor Goodell!
… but it still can’t keep Jay Cutler upright.
Center to his QB as he gets under center for snap, “you taking viagara or are you just happy to see me”?
(rim shot) Be here untill Sunday be sure to tip your waitress!
Gives a whole new meaning to the hard count.
shaggytoodle says: Nov 28, 2012 8:06 PM
“…but it still can’t keep Jay Cutler upright.”
You’re just jealous ’cause Jay has Kristin Cavallari to keep him upright.