Quote Originally Posted by skipwondah33 View Post
Bolded for hilarity. Now I know the Steelers have a couple of potheads in the backfield...but Gordan's statement is funny.

He's disappointed that the NFL didn't exercise better judgement!

Yeah well your teammates, Browns front office, Head Coach, fans and the NFL are disappointed that you did not exercise better judgement. 2nd hand weed smoke
Even stepping back from my following of the Browns, his appeal actually made sense to me. The NFL standard for "use" is much lower than any other sporting body's, including the Olympics, Cycling and other major American Sports, and the NFL testing procedure is as follows: Take an A sample and B sample. If the A sample shows the required amount, the B sample merely needs to show anything above 0, not meet the same standard. Gordon's A sample met the standard, his B sample didn't. So if they'd been switched he wouldn't have failed.

Frankly, while I don't have any kind of experience in drug testing and it's entirely possible that there's some kind of dilution effect that could explain why Sample 1 and Sample 2 do not have to have the same standards, that doesn't pass the smell test to me.

Should he have excercised better judgement? Sure. But does it pass the smell test? Nope.