Bravo to Jason Taylor

Silly argument I'm sick of hearing. It's kind of hard to test positive when there is no testing.

 

The point is, ladies and gentleman, that weed, for lack of a better word, is good. Weed is right, weed works.
Weed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

 

Thank you, Gordon Greenleaf.

 

Smoke'm if you got'm

 

You ain't got 'em, son, you hit rock bottom.

 

On a serious note. And I'm often not serious on these boards...But, I will give it a try

Shawne Merriman is an outstanding man. A man who came from nothing. Almost literally. A caring man. A man who gives back. And gives back often, never searching for recognition.
I've dealt with him on several occasions, and you can't help notice his sincerity and humility.
Be careful damning an entire being for one mistake. If that were the case, many of us -- myself included -- would also be in trouble.

 

Now, if people here were to follow THAT advice, the entire message board would be about 10 topics long.

 

He still cheated. He may be on his way to earning sainthood, but he cheated. And I sincerely doubt it was a one-time incident. It's amazing to me how we keep assuming the worst of some people who have never even tested positive while we are so quick to forgive the transgressions of others who have been caught.

 

But, but, he plays in the NFL and they have The Greatest Drug Testing Program In The World. It HAD to be the first time he's every used anything.

 

Here is the thing: I guarentee there are guys on Jason Taylor's own team -- his own defense in fact -- that are using steroids. Or HgH. And I bet Taylor could even tell you who they are. Taylor may be clean, and bravo if he is, but every player in the NFL knows that the league's roid problem goes a lot deeper than Shawne Merriman.

But again, we've reached the point where we're more interested in watching cartoon characters than human beings down on the football field. Take away roids and weed, and the NFL would look a lot different. And people would complain when half the team was on IR eight weeks into the season. So it's in everyone's best interests to keek quiet, I guess.

 

I'm not defending what Shawne Merriman did. I'm just telling you he's a good kid.
And, if anyone should be allowed a Mulligan, it's him. That's all.