FARGAS APPEARS IN MARIJUANA VIDEO

We suppose it’s fitting that a team whose primary internal mouthpiece, John Herrera, accused a local writer of having a “smoke pot . . . smokin’ buddy” has a running back on the roster who apparently has a “smoke pot . . . smokin’ buddy.” In a profanity-laden video at WorldStarHipHop.com, a man calling himself “Yukmouth” visits the house of Raiders running back Justin Fargas while rambling about smoking marijuana and carrying what either is a large marijuana cigarette -- or a small baseball bat. Though Fargas isn’t shown smoking any marijuana, his presence in the video could be enough to get the NFL to begin sniffing around. Under the league’s substance abuse policy, a player can be put into Stage One of the program if the Medical Director concludes that the player has engaged in conduct that “exhibits physical, behavioral, or psychological signs or symptoms of misuse or abuse of substances of abuse.” Meanwhile, Michael Phelps says that he thinks it’s no big deal.