This should shake up quite a few draft boards.
Raji, V. Davis and Harvin for weed. Cushing and Matthews for steroids.
Why not quit smoking weed if you know you have a multimillion dollar contract waiting for you?
No surprise about Cushing
same reason Vick couldn't quit dog fighting
Harvin also scored real low on the Wunderlich test.
Crabtree scored a 15 which did him no favors, but Harvin scored (i think) an 11.
I could care less what they're Wunderlich's are if they are a receiver. Ryan Clady scored an 8 last year.
I know you don't but scouts take it into consideration. Otherwise they wouldn't even bother passing out the tests to begin with.
It's not surprise that those guys are black.
Did he also take some sort of -enhancing drugs?No surprise about Cushing
That's because he forgot the questions by the time he got done reading them.
Wow...going the racial route?
Since you have no idea what you're talking about, why not stfu?
Where did you get this story? lionsfan, please tell me you did not post this just from online rumors...
A LB with moobs? No wonder he's 'roiding. More Cushing for the pushing I always say.No surprise about Cushing
League, others refute report of positive drug tests
A website that focuses on the NFL draft recently reported that some draft-eligible players had tested positive for drugs. However, an NFL spokesman refuted that report Friday, saying “neither the 32 clubs nor the league office know the results of drug or steroid tests taken at the 2009 Combine.”
“The independent medical advisors who administer the tests have notified in writing those players –- and only those players -– who tested positive at the Combine,” the spokesman said in a statement. “Unfortunately, rumors about draft-eligible players, including rumors about test results, begin to circulate every year at this time. Many of these rumors are circulated for self-serving reasons, and they are terribly unfair to the players and their families.”
USC coach Pete Carroll was quick to defend Trojans LBs Brian Cushing and Clay Matthews, both of whom were named in the report. Carroll said he had talked to the drug-testing service and that Cushing and Matthews were cleared.
“These rumors are absolutely false,” said Carroll, according to USC’s official website. “If they were found positive, Clay and Cush would have been notified three weeks ago, which they weren’t, and all of the NFL teams would have been notified, too, which they weren’t.
“They’re both men of outstanding character and they never tested positive for anything here,” Carroll said. “This is an major example of irresponsible reporting, and the site that published this report should be ashamed of themselves.”
A lawyer at Athletes First, which represents Matthews, sent an e-mail to the website in question, saying, “Neither Clay nor our office has received notification of any positive test, whether for steroids or any banned substance.”
The lawyer also pointed out that the league hasn’t received the results of the drug tests and that teams haven’t been notified either.
Illinois CB Vontae Davis was also mentioned in the report. His representatives at France All Pro Athlete Management Inc. issued the following statement: “Neither Vontae nor our office has received any notification of any positive test, whether for marijuana or any other banned substance. In addition, we have been informed by several of our NFL contacts that they have not been notified of any drug testing results from the combine.”
http://blogs.nfl.com/2009/04/03/leag...ve-drug-tests/
I don't know where else to talk about this, so I'll talk about it here.
You guys hear about Adam Schefter? He is looking for work. I'd love for ESPN to pick him up. He is the most reliable source out there. And he could make Mortensen work somewhere else.
The NFL refuting the claim basically means the reports are true.
I don't think those positive drug tests affect draft status too much. I don't think weed is a huge deal to a lot of NFL teams if the talent is overwhelmingly good. If a prospect is borderline, as in a 6th or 7th round projected prospected, then I think it hurts their stock.
I'm not so sure about steroids either. You get the feeling that a lot of NFL players roid up and the teams know about it. Do they really take it into consideration other than to put on the facade that they don't approve of it?
As for the Wunderlich test, I think it's really only of great importance for QBs and maybe linebackers. I don't think a low score for most of the other positions really hurt draft stock if the prospect has really great physical ability.
lol, wow, going the racial route?
well timed sir
thats crazy
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