Duane Brown Joins Brian Cushing On The Suspended List
by Mike Kerns on Sep 21, 2010 4:27 PM CDT
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Like MDC posted earlier, Texans LT Duane Brown has been suspended by the league for four games for violating the league's substance abuse policy.
This comes as quite a blow, with the team going up against one of the league's premier edge rushers this Sunday. And no matter your feelings on Brown, I would much rather he match up against DeMarcus Ware than Rashad Butler. Nothing against Butler, but the guy is a backup for a reason.
Another thing that really hurts about this is the PR implications. Many say they don't care about the team's image as long as they're winning. But the bottom line is that Texans owner Bob McNair does care, and now with a second first round draft pick getting busted for performance enhancers in the past five months, the team is going to take a PR hit. I'm already seeing tweets saying stuff like "No wonder Houston is 2-0...bunch of cheaters!" And "There is more juice in that team than Jack LaLanne." You get the point. So as much as we don't care, you know it has to bother Uncle Bob.
Some more thoughts and quotes from Duane Brown after the jump...
Unlike another certain suspended player, Brown is ready to take his lumps. Yes, he may have deleted his Twitter account to evade getting tweet-bombed, but he didn't duck the media and spoke with them immediately after the announcement:
"First off, I want to personally apologize to Bob McNair, coach Kubiak and the rest of the coaching staff, my teammates, family and to all the great and loyal Texans fans. I take full responsibility for putting myself in this situation. I unknowingly took a supplement tainted with a banned substance and now have to deal with the consequences."
Brown also stated that he would not be appealing the decision.
One more thing I want to bring up is something that Big Ron asked on Twitter. He said, "What's going on with the conditioning program? Didn't have this crap under Dan Riley." Think that is a fair judgment? I won't lie that the thought occurred to me as well. Those guys are there to approve or disapprove any supplements that come through the locker room. No excuse for that, really. Unless this is just another case of an athlete just saying they had no idea what they were taking. Which wouldn't be surprising.
Thoughts?
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nooooo
if its not one thing its another.. we seriously can not catch a break :(
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. the Astros have gotten back into my good graces so theyre allowed back into the elite club... GO 'STROS, 2011 NL Central Division Champs!! you heard it hear first!
Should have upgraded from Flinstones vitamins to One a Day chewables as bad as he played
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 21, 2010 4:32 PM CDT reply actions
The Bam Bam vitamin is banned now …
Yup, the purple one (
He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
They better leave the Dino one on there
damnit
I am Sancho
by HoustonTransplant on Sep 22, 2010 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought the Riley comment was off base
I don’t think the current Strength coach was even on staff when Cush tested positive. Isn’t this his first year.
…although it will likely inspire LDJA12 to write another article about how his good friend and the greatest trainer the 1980’s ever saw got screwed.
"Well, at least our players kept their helmets on, so that showed some intelligence"-Bob McNair
We've had three players test positive under three different strength coaches
"Well, at least our players kept their helmets on, so that showed some intelligence"-Bob McNair
my boy...say it aint so!!?
Rashad Butler is actually a solid back up, but obviously a back up for a reason. He will need some help from the Backs and TE’s, but no worries. Mario and Dre will put this Team on their back.
Don't ask me! Ask Google, you dumb Yahoo!
I've said my thoughts, but I'll say it again...
I’m not really concerned about the next four games. Butler will either get help to manage or we’ll run more…because we actually can.
Brown stepped up, admitted his faults, and will now be gone. As with Cushing, I doubt these are the only two on any team doing anything, but they got caught for some sort of PED. I shrug my shoulders at that whole deal. It is what it is.
Ware’ll get a sack, but I think that’s it – 1 sack.
"Lord, beer me strength."
I think you're underrating
Brown’s importance to the run game. I have knocked him PLENTY, but even I’ll admit going from him to Butler hurts Foster and co.
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by riversmccown on Sep 21, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I probably am...
but if Dennison can turn this team into a team capable of running….I’ll trust that he can find some way to keep the running game credible. I’m just in a mood to trust the team.
"Lord, beer me strength."
no shit that.
he’s fast enough to get at those LB’s or CB’s on the screen plays.
but hey, we removed those from the playbook anyway… so there’s that……
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rashad butler vs demarcus frikkin ware...
i dont like those odds man
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. the Astros have gotten back into my good graces so theyre allowed back into the elite club... GO 'STROS, 2011 NL Central Division Champs!! you heard it hear first!
I do...
especially when a rookie and the Bears back-up LT have held him to 1 sack.
Ware’s all finesse. He runs around the LT…stay in front of him or throw some help at him and he’s not gonna make much noise.
"Lord, beer me strength."
hope ur rite
sounds good we’ll see
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wrong
Ware is strong enough and has done it often enough, to flat out bull rush a tackle and walk him into the QB..but when he’s tired thats all he’ll rely on..ware is best to be down field covering someone,like what the bears did…if you guys hit the middle of the field not even deep,with some passes,that’ll pull our ilbs back and with what i’ve seen this year from them,the stretch play will work all day long..no foot shootin by the Texans and it’ll be a playoff year for the “home” team after a long draught….good luck sunday..glad i’m goin to the verizon to see Slayer sunday nite ..a little pit action will help ease the sting of what i think will be a big loss for my Boys..
"Let me tell you sumthin' son ! an ass whippin' hurts no matter what kinda shape your in ! " Stone Cold Steve Austin
when you say ILBs does that mean Inside Line Backers?
and is Houston pulling them “back” is that the line of scrimmage?
and is pulling the Cowboys ILBs “back” a good thing for Houston or a bad thing for Houston?
who would be doing the stretch play?
=) I’m trying to learn more football and I have to break all this stuff down into bite sized chunks so that they can fit into my brain ;-).
by BattleRedFan on Sep 21, 2010 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes
When someone says ILB they mean inside linebackers, usually 3-4 linebackers as they have two linebackers “inside” the tacklers where as the 4-3 typically has 2 outside linebackers and a “middle linebacker” or MLB.
I do believe he means back from the line of scrimmage as well, meaning down the field moreso than short passes which would keep the underneath zone closer to the line of scrimage (LoS)
For outside linebackers
You’ll see WLB or WILL for weakside linebackers which is obviously the side opposite of the TE and SLB and SAM for the strongside. Sometimes you’ll see ROLB (right outside linebacker) and LOLB (left outside linebacker), which is pretty self-explanatory.
Not to throw too much at you at once
But sometimes you might also see people mention Mike linebackers, that is another term for middle linebacker. It’s easy if you just remember (M) for middle, (S) for strongside and (W) for weakside, that’s where the Mike Same, and WIll come from.
ahhh ok
yeah I think my brain is getting saturated with information now but one more set of questions
I learn better if we use names of our team members b/c I can relate to people.
using the BRB roster link
http://www.battleredblog.com/roster
DeMeco Ryans is he really our MLB?
Darryl Sharpton
David Nixon
Zac Diles
Kevin Bentley
Xavier Adibi
Do we use all 6 at one time?
If Demeco is our MLB Are we a 4-3 defense?
by BattleRedFan on Sep 21, 2010 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions
We are a 4-3 defense
What that means is that we have 4 defensive linemen and 3 linebackers, whereas the 3-4 has 3 defensive linemen and 4 linebackers.
Because of that we have the 3 linebackers: MLB, SLB, and WLB…
Normally our starters are Demeco Ryans at MLB, Brian Cushing and SLB, and Zac Diles at WLB… but while Cushing sits out the first 4 games you’ll continue to see more of Xavier Adibi, Darryle Sharpton, and/or Kevin Bently…
During the first 2 games so far we’ve run alot of “nickle defense”, which means we’re using 5 defensive backs (Free safety, strong safety and 3 cornerbacks) instead of the normal 4 (same as the nickle but with only 2 cornerbacks or CBs instead of 3)… then 2 LBs instead of the normal 3, and 4 defensive linemen. So for linebackers we’ve mostly played Ryans and Diles so far.
ahhhhh! the light goes on!
I’ve heard y’all talk about “nickle this and nickle that” gotcha!
thank you for the explanations =)
I know it’s time consuming but I appreciate it.
especially this part
(Free safety, strong safety and 3 cornerbacks) instead of the normal 4 (same as the nickle but with only 2 cornerbacks or CBs instead of 3)
and I know that Pollard is my all time favorite Strong Safety =D so then we just have to fill in who’s the Free Safety.
But it’s starting to make sense =D thank you !
by BattleRedFan on Sep 21, 2010 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions
hehe
and when I read MLB I still think of Major League Baseball
and when I read LoS I think of Line of Sight
;-)
small adjustments there =D
by BattleRedFan on Sep 21, 2010 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions
That rookie was pretty special.
The guy on the Bears, not so much.
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Panic in the Air
what like how much our run D has suffered b/c Cush Lash is out?
Don't ask me! Ask Google, you dumb Yahoo!
those are two totally different scenarios
LT is like the island CB position its just you and the other guy generally.. the front 7 all collaborate on stopping the run… im not panicking but to downplay like its no big deal is kinda naive
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. the Astros have gotten back into my good graces so theyre allowed back into the elite club... GO 'STROS, 2011 NL Central Division Champs!! you heard it hear first!
to act like Rashad Butler is
just a normal guy you see at work is pretty naive. He is a professional NFL OT and can hold his own. It’s not like Ware is going to get 5 sacks or something, it’s not like Butler can’t play really good. Mario just had 3 sacks on the First OL drafted last year, i bet Ware doesn’t get 3 this game. Butler was drafted in the 3rd round, so he didn’t come out of nowhere.
Don't ask me! Ask Google, you dumb Yahoo!
trent is still arookie gettin schooled by a beast
ware is a beast goin up against a backup do the math man, not naive in that plight.. im glad u have confidence in him but we’ll see
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. the Astros have gotten back into my good graces so theyre allowed back into the elite club... GO 'STROS, 2011 NL Central Division Champs!! you heard it hear first!
Brown admitting his mistake
Feeling the five stages of grief since 2002.
by NoSafetiesNeeded on Sep 21, 2010 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 9 recs
lmao in my office!!!!
REC’DDDDD
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When you say REC'DDDDD
You should probably rec it
Split Seahawks/Texans fan. Don't like it? Don't care.
ok mr. rec police ;)
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Just doing my job. *Puts off siren*
Split Seahawks/Texans fan. Don't like it? Don't care.
Must be in the water!
Screw this overtrained athlete BS, I’d take a DVD player, show some Congressional video footage of Clemens, add Cushing’s denial because after all, none of these guys “knew” they were taking it and blame it on the Houston water.
It could work.
"When's the last time your mother went fast?" DA
its an insult to our intelligence to think we'd believe them
cuz i sure as hell know what im putting in my body.. its like “i dont know what this is but ill take it anyways” seriously?
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. the Astros have gotten back into my good graces so theyre allowed back into the elite club... GO 'STROS, 2011 NL Central Division Champs!! you heard it hear first!
Oh c'mon
I bet you guys don’t know what half of the stuff you eat is doing for your body.
Which isn’t to excuse Brown, because you SHOULD be much more vigilant in watching these kinds of things if you are being paid athlete money to stay in shape and work with nutritionists. But most people in general are pretty clueless when it comes to what they are eating.
- Rivers McCown, From Mom's Basement | Twitter | SB Nation Houston | Battle Red Blog
by riversmccown on Sep 21, 2010 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
i hear ya
but I, for one, do watch what I put into my body.. I drink at least 48 ounces of water a day with occasional juice gatorade and ZERO soda.. im a workout fiend btw so Im a health nut of sorts lol these guys have pressure to perform and i can why he cheated because this is his livelihood but i dont agree with it
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. the Astros have gotten back into my good graces so theyre allowed back into the elite club... GO 'STROS, 2011 NL Central Division Champs!! you heard it hear first!
lol
u can have it bud
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. the Astros have gotten back into my good graces so theyre allowed back into the elite club... GO 'STROS, 2011 NL Central Division Champs!! you heard it hear first!
Pretty commendable dude
I’ve kicked soda a few times, right now I’m back on it because my own personal schedule just sucks the life out of me.
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by riversmccown on Sep 21, 2010 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Same here
I’m trying to kick the Mountain Dew habit, but it’s hard when you need it to stay awake on Saturday mornings. Trying to replace the Dew with 5 Hour Energy, but sometimes it just ain’t enough
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 22, 2010 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Then again, I'm not as bad as this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-MGvzjoqX0
I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but you appear to be unarmed.
by The Night Owl on Sep 22, 2010 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions
speaking of not playing
What’s with Texans.com doing a “Rookie Diary” with Trindon Holliday? Regular diary entries detailing his first season in the NFL, are you kidding?
9/19 – I sat here – getting good at doodling. Everyone is stoked about the win.
9/20 – They made me vacuum the locker room….again.
9/21 – Jacoby made me smell his finger….damn, man, that ain’t right.
9/22 -
"When's the last time your mother went fast?" DA
lol they actually removed it
"If i wasn't a gentleman, i'd punch you square in the mouth!!!!" - Arthur Spooner
http://www.twitter.com/chrisdogan
I am willing to bet
Philly is trying to move Kolb to get rid of that QB spotlight. Buffalo anyone?
"Lord, beer me strength."
really?
u still on that? too many ppl need to let that go.. besides that its only hurting urself to hold somethin against someone who doesnt even know you exist, smh
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. the Astros have gotten back into my good graces so theyre allowed back into the elite club... GO 'STROS, 2011 NL Central Division Champs!! you heard it hear first!
There's a lot of ways to attack my position effectively...
“u still on that?” isn’t one of them.
The coincidence of one of his co-conspirators winding up shot shortly after showing up at a party where Saint Vick was in attendance doesn’t tend to make me believe that his halo fits too snugly.
I’m all for redemption and for him having a productive life and moving on. But I object to the assumption that he has some kind of “right” to resume making millions of dollars as an entertainer. I also think that its pretty cavalier and presumptuous of the media and you, for that matter to tell me how I’m supposed to feel about it.
But, I defend your right to free speech and I just happen to profoundly disagree with your perspective.
Good on ya’.
by DilloTex on Sep 21, 2010 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
Vick
Does have the right to make as much money as he can as an entertainer or doing anything else for that matter, so long as it’s legal…
However, I do believe Vick is a grade A D-bag… you don’t just wake up one day cured of it. Maybe he changed his opinion on dogfighting, but you don’t just completely change personalities overnight, it’s pretty naive to think otherwise.
As such I think it’s perfectly reasonable for people to assume that a once obvious D-bag, might still be a D-bag now… You’re right, it’s possible he’s changed, but it’s also possible that he hasn’t, which makes either opinion valid untill proven otherwise.
You know, you're right...
I worded that poorly… Vick DOES have a right to earn as much money as an entertainer as possible.
Neither he nor the NFL has a RIGHT to expect me to be entertained by him is a more accurate statement.
There is obviously a large enough market segment that finds what he did a big enough “non-issue” for them to choose to support him as an NFL football player. I think that many of them do so out of a misguided sense of what is required to be “forgiving” but they can be excused since that definition has been drummed into them non-stop since the story first broke.
I sincerely HOPE that he somehow learned some mercy for defenseless animals out of all of this, but I honestly can’t imagine it. And my expectations of him, based on his behavior (see above) is that at some point, we are going to see him making headlines again and I don’t mean sports-related headlines.
The sad fact is
While most people jailed for any length of time are usually “sorry”, they’re usually sorry they got caught more than real remorse…, there’s no other way to explain the countless repeat offenders.
I don’t know whether Vick is a changed man or not, but based on statistics if I were a betting man i’d say at least not entirely. My personal opinion is that the “lesson” Vick learned, it’s also the most frequent thing that comes out of his mouth, is that he has to be carefull of his image and who he associates himself with and keep his name off the front page. I think it’s quite possible he’ll follow the letter of the law from this point forward, he might have learned that much… I have doubts that he’s learned compassion though, confinement rarely does that.
IMO
He got caught and paid his penance. He still has the right to try to make a living just like anyone else does.
I'll eliminate you like I eliminate gluten from my diet.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Sep 23, 2010 8:36 AM CDT up reply actions
hey the way hes playin he should
ppl gota forgive and let the man live
Rockets-Texans-Dynamo-Longhorn fan.. the Astros have gotten back into my good graces so theyre allowed back into the elite club... GO 'STROS, 2011 NL Central Division Champs!! you heard it hear first!
I think what Vick did was disgusting.
But he did his time, and he went broke.
I saw a book the other day that I think I’ll pick up. Called “Some we love. Some we hate. Some we eat.” It is a study of animals in peoples lives. Anyone know anything about it My point being, that if Mike Vick had done what he did to rats, for example, who would care? Anyone?
But dogs are special to us, and with good reason, I think – we’ve been together a long, long, time. Almost no one is allergic to other humans, or to dogs, and I think that’s very interesting.
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I have to say one thing about dog fighting.......
…..who cares?
"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."
What happens when an unstoppable force meets three defensive players? THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpWqMqrZwTU
by TexansForever on Sep 21, 2010 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Let me ask you this....
Would you want Vick watching your dog for a few days while you were out of town?
Well let's see the four games that he's out
Cowboys – Big Problem here. We’ll probably bring in the TE to block a lot
Raiders – Not to shrug it off, but it’s not a big deal here. They don’t have a good pass rush.
Giants – Again, not an extremely consistent pass rush but don’t be too quick to chalk this one up as a win.
Chiefs – They’re defense looked pretty good against the Chargers week one, but I don’t really know much about them.
Split Seahawks/Texans fan. Don't like it? Don't care.
Yeah, but I'm really worried about them being able to sustain a high level
If I had to pick the two games that worry me out of those four, it’d be the Raiders and the Chiefs.
The Texans have shown a true gift for losing to losers (well, and everyone else historically, but hey, Kubes is at .500, so go with me…) and I just hope that they figure out how to stay focused when the anticipated level of competition dips.
Always look on the bright side of life...
Obviously this doesn’t make us a better team in any way. But just in case Kubiak and Dennison weren’t aware that the only player on the Cowboys’ defense they aught to be afraid of his DeMarcus Ware, hopefully they are now.
If they’re not double-teaming him, they should be throwing screen-passes around him and rolling out to the opposite side. Schaub has not been well-protected thus far, and it’s a failure of the offensive line and the play-calling. Let’s hope they key in on that this week.
Duane Brown suspension
I don’t know about y’all, but if you need me, I’ll be huddled in the corner of the room, clutching my DeMarcus Ware voodoo doll, rocking back and forth saying to myself “go to your happy place, go to your happy place.”
Houston Texans...forcing me to question my sanity and endangering my marriage since 2002.
by UprootedTexan on Sep 21, 2010 5:47 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Say it ain't so.
What’s the banned substance that he took? This doesn’t mean that he’s doing steroids right?
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."
What happens when an unstoppable force meets three defensive players? THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpWqMqrZwTU
by TexansForever on Sep 21, 2010 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I wanna puke
What the hell was he thinking? I really hope Buter steals his job for good. Idiot!
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes an even bigger man to laugh at that man.
by Remember the Alamo on Sep 21, 2010 6:05 PM CDT reply actions
ERR
Butler
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes an even bigger man to laugh at that man.
by Remember the Alamo on Sep 21, 2010 6:07 PM CDT reply actions
Of this I am sure
Butler > Barron
by AllenOU on Sep 21, 2010 7:54 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 4 recs
and I'm sorry . . but this just sounds too convenient that they pick on us YET again
especially when we’re gaining steam. it FEELS political . . . like someone in the drug labs doesn’t like that we won two in a row =P.
whatEVER.
we’ll get Cushing back in 2 more weeks . . /sigh/
I found a video of BFD's reaction to the Duane Brown news!!!
"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."
What happens when an unstoppable force meets three defensive players? THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpWqMqrZwTU
No, the video is work safe. The rest of the site is not though.
"An open mind is like a fortress with it's gates unbarred and unguarded."
What happens when an unstoppable force meets three defensive players? THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpWqMqrZwTU
by TexansForever on Sep 21, 2010 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I think that
The Texans should institute a policy of having all supplements the players take submitted to an outside lab for analysis, and the results submitted to the NFL.
I wonder if you could get a “No Action” letter from the NFL if you did this? (Meaning “current NFL policy is to take no action regarding this supplement”. Probably not, they prefer Inquisition tactics more, I’d imagine, rather than the more benign IRS policy above.
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the league already does
They have a list of approved supplements. There was a case a couple of years ago where the NFL knew from testing that a weight loss supplement, star caps, could cause a positive test for a banned diuretic. They did not warn players because their stance is if it isn’t on the approved list players should assume it could cause a positive (and over fear of a lawsuit from the manufacturer). Our long snapper at the time was one of the several players suspended over this…but no one cares about long snappers unless they screw up.
"Well, at least our players kept their helmets on, so that showed some intelligence"-Bob McNair
by papabear on Sep 21, 2010 9:26 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I remember the Star Caps thing.
Still, it seems like a policy of “Everything Not Permitted Is Forbidden” is Anti-American at best.
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Because the supplement industry is unregulated it's tough
The league would face lawsuits if they said a certain supplement contained banned substance. Also, many supplements often contain stuff that’s not on the label (whether it’s by accident or not) so the league would have to test all the supplements out continually. Instead they just approve supplements from a few companies (I assume).
There are substances on the NFL list that are perfectly legal for me or you to take as well.
"Well, at least our players kept their helmets on, so that showed some intelligence"-Bob McNair
damn it
Doesn’t anyone on this team smoke pot, or beat on women, or drive while drunk? At least then they’d get off with a stern talking to
by doctexans on Sep 21, 2010 8:43 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 7 recs
I myself am curious.
Why 2 of our guys in the space of a few months? If our guys are cheating, I find it extremely unlikely that our team is the only one which contains players trying to do so. So are we just not as bright as the rest of them? Are we being picked on? Or are we an unfortunate victim of circumstance?
My frustration lies in the reality that I cannot get at the truth from the comfort of my executive chair. I have to listen to prepared statements and then speculate.
I have to admit it is disheartening. McNair has tried so hard to assemble an organization with an emphasis on class. I hate what this does to our credibility.
"It's the sport of kings....better than diamond rings.....football."
Gotta give credit to Kungfu Panda's people though.
They’re handling this the right way. Same way that bastard of a pitcher handled things.
It should blow over pretty soon.
"Fuck you motherfucker!"
-Bernard Pollard-
Brown did the right thing
Got caught, said “Fuck it I Did it, give me my spankin’” Media has no drama to report Team Moves on, Fans Get Drunk and then move on
I mean Brown did the wrong thing
by purposely taking a band substance (said this in his prepared statement)…dumbfuck for doint that…but then DID do the right thing by giving the scum media nothing to go on
ok now I feel better
Tiny point of order...
…and my only complaint about his handling… He DID NOT admit to intentionally taking the banned substance. If he had done that, I’d be pretty proud of him, because that’d be manning up. But what he DID was weasel around and try to say that he INADVERTENTLY took the substance.
As it is, he’s just trying to expedite his return.
So...
…if someone breaks the rules then they automatically intended to break the rules? Ever speed because you missed the sign saying that the speed limit was reduced? (assuming you’re old enough to drive) Also, I’m pretty sure that you should be BANNED for having the word “manning” in your post without some derogatory comment towards peighton.
I'm as big a "benefit of the doubt" advocate...
…when it comes to the Texans as anyone can be, but failing a PED test after what happened in the pre-season?
If it WAS inadvertent then he is too stupid to go outside alone and it’s a good thing that he wears a football helmet for the majority of his waking hours.
To use your example… If I just saw someone pulled over YESTERDAY in a school zone for speeding, just HOW MUCH of a turnip-brain do I have to be to get CAUGHT by a speed trap in that same place today?
And what if you got caught in a different school zone for speeding?
I’m a Texans fan not a Texans homer. I’m not arguing that Brown isn’t an idiot, just saying idiocy does not prove intent. He could have taken the Williams wall approach and claimed ignorance should be an excuse, but he didn’t. He just said “I effed up” and accepted his punishment. That’s pretty manly.
It's not manly...
…if he was told my management to shut up and take the suspension NOW through a relatively easy stretch of the season and be back for the divisional match-ups.
You don’t know WHY he didn’t fight the penalty and neither do I. But I DO know that apparently according to the NFL, there IS NO SUCH THING as “inadvertent”. The players are responsible for what goes into their bodies and if there’s a chance it’s tainted… just don’t take it.
…and for the record, I’ve got NO problem with “homers”, frankly I think that’s just a commendable level of fan-dom and not something to be denigrated. I don’t know if you’re a “homer” or not. If so, we have WAAAAY MORE in common than we disagree on.
I commend DBrown for efficiently managing this situation and trying to get past it. I’m just not ready to throw olive branches in his path for being honest about it.
…and I don’t get your point about the different school zone… still dumba$$. You had a wake-up call and ignored it. chomp-chomp (eaten up with the dumba$$)
I haven’t seen anywhere that states exactly what PED he tested positive for, so I’m curious as to what exactly it was. I know the MLB list of banned substances is much longer than the NFLs, so this could have absolutely nothing to do with it, but the pre-workout supplement Jack3d by USP Labs contains a stimulant that the MLB has banned as well the World Anit-Doping Agency. I’m sure many of you know of Jack3d since its been a very popular supplement over the past year or so. I work in a Vitamin Shoppe and literally nobody was aware that some organizations have the compound banned, and we have NFL and NHL players come in. Here is a link to an article I wrote at the Crawfish Boxes (SBN Astros blog) about the supplement and the issues it brought up in MiLB this summer if your curious about the supplement.
This is another page in Goodall’s plot to stop the Texans!
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He’s always open. He catches a lot of balls. He’s un-guardable, no matter how old he is
He doesn't want mid-market Indianapolis.
The NFL Dream Match-Up would be Cowboys/Favre vs Jets/Patriots
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