(03-16-2018, 08:31 PM)McC Wrote: He's the heart of the team.  It's our cross to bear.  What he gives can't be gotten in a trade.  You will never get adequate return in such a trade.    Weakening your team is a bad idea.

(03-16-2018, 05:24 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Four game suspension saves us $1.7 million we can use to sign another free agent.

Haven't read all 4 pages, but no way in hell do we release Burfict over this.  Our defense sucked without him.

(03-16-2018, 09:39 PM)PDub80 Wrote: My question will be do they require paperwork to show a prescription to get a medical exemption FIRST, or does the NFL accept medical paperwork post test to confirm?

(03-17-2018, 12:00 AM)TKUHL Wrote: So much for watching JuJu murdured live on tv

(03-16-2018, 10:18 PM)BrownAssClown Wrote: Bodine, here we come!

(03-17-2018, 05:00 PM)jj22 Wrote: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/03/17/vontaze-burficts-defense-may-rely-in-part-on-adderall-exception/

More of an update.

(03-17-2018, 09:54 AM)Sled21 Wrote: And, I'll say this. If you look back to when Burfict was supposed to be drafted. I was adamantly against bringing him here. He's changed my mind, and I'm glad he's a Bengal. If it is true, that he was taking medication prescribed to him by the team doctor, then the team doctor is responsible. Face it, most of the players are not the sharpest knives in the drawer off the field. If their doctor tells them to take this, to heal an injury, I don't expect they go out and get a chemical composition list and compare it to the banned substance list. I'd be really interested to know if this was a personal physician or a team doc who prescribed it, and what the team's stance on it is.

(03-17-2018, 08:37 PM)RockyMountainBengal Wrote: I don't post often. But I'd like throw this out there. I'm a huge Bengals fan. I race in a sport where I get tested all the time. I'll say this: Testing is expensive and a pain in the ass to make sure the chain of possession is preserved etc. They're not testing across the board, they're targeting certain individuals. I know 55 has proven himself to be a bit of a knucklehead, but anyone who thinks he wasn't targeted is living on another planet. Guys I race against get busted all the time and they're amateurs. There's no reason to think an NFL athlete who has one shot to make it isn't doing what they can to improve their chances. The reality is, they're targeting the few. Out of comp. testing is pretty rare unless you're being targeted.

And, I find it interesting that national pundits like Florio have no less than 3 full page essays ready to roll as soon as something like this hits.

(03-17-2018, 08:37 PM)RockyMountainBengal Wrote: I don't post often. But I'd like throw this out there. I'm a huge Bengals fan. I race in a sport where I get tested all the time. I'll say this: Testing is expensive and a pain in the ass to make sure the chain of possession is preserved etc. They're not testing across the board, they're targeting certain individuals. I know 55 has proven himself to be a bit of a knucklehead, but anyone who thinks he wasn't targeted is living on another planet. Guys I race against get busted all the time and they're amateurs. There's no reason to think an NFL athlete who has one shot to make it isn't doing what they can to improve their chances. The reality is, they're targeting the few. Out of comp. testing is pretty rare unless you're being targeted.

And, I find it interesting that national pundits like Florio have no less than 3 full page essays ready to roll as soon as something like this hits.

(03-17-2018, 05:00 PM)jj22 Wrote: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/03/17/vontaze-burficts-defense-may-rely-in-part-on-adderall-exception/

More of an update.

(03-17-2018, 09:37 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: I guess that means there is no reason to believe you aren't doping. If you get caught doping whose fault is it?  Your's for doping or the governing body responsible for testing?  Your's.

Your argument is akin to saying it wasn't Lance Armstrong's fault for doping because he was targeted. Complete BS.

(03-17-2018, 08:37 PM)RockyMountainBengal Wrote: I don't post often. But I'd like throw this out there. I'm a huge Bengals fan. I race in a sport where I get tested all the time. I'll say this: Testing is expensive and a pain in the ass to make sure the chain of possession is preserved etc. They're not testing across the board, they're targeting certain individuals. I know 55 has proven himself to be a bit of a knucklehead, but anyone who thinks he wasn't targeted is living on another planet. Guys I race against get busted all the time and they're amateurs. There's no reason to think an NFL athlete who has one shot to make it isn't doing what they can to improve their chances. The reality is, they're targeting the few. Out of comp. testing is pretty rare unless you're being targeted.

And, I find it interesting that national pundits like Florio have no less than 3 full page essays ready to roll as soon as something like this hits.

(03-17-2018, 10:10 PM)Sweetness Wrote: If you're an athlete at above high school level then you also know that they do random testing as well. You really think the NFL, a billion dollar industry is worried about the minor expense of drug testing? Time and time again we see players get in trouble for taking a steroid while they're injured. That's when most of them get caught because they're trying to get healthy. Burfict probably thought, "Hey, my season is over so I'm probably not going to get tested".

Even if the NFL was targeting him how is it their fault he failed the test? Or are you implying they spiked his sample so he would fail? 
P.S. The Ravens lead the league in drug related suspensions...including Ray Lewis who also got in trouble while recovering from an injury.

(03-17-2018, 10:20 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Yeah, I was following and agreeing with you, until you went completely over the top with that sentence.  

You might ask yourself if your intent is to post on the topic, or to make an attempt to pile on the previous poster...

(03-17-2018, 10:22 PM)Sweetness Wrote: No, I was serious. I genuinely don't understand how it could be the league's fault unless that's what he was implying. 

Bengals fans obviously don't do any research because there's people getting caught for PEDs all of the time.