They obviously weren't tapping our signals . But PED's? Now THAT is something that needs to be looked into by somebody. Not making excuses for the loss, but if you want to talk about someone being "innocent until proven guilty," they've already been proven guilty, more than once.
More Seahawks have been suspended for violating the league's substance abuse policy than ANY OTHER TEAM in the same time span. Heck, more players in their defensive secondary position group have been suspended in the last few months, than in the whole Saints team in the last five years. And we've had a few!
The Sherman suspension was overturned on a "technicality" -- that was basically just good trial defense lawyer type stuff, not any kind of real victory or vindication. He tested positive. For SOMETHING. And got off.
Look, I am old enough to remember the original era of steroids in the NFL, when guys were really jacked, the old Oakland Raiders, Lyle Alzado, Pittsburgh Steeler teams, etc. And using the ole eyeball test, I gotta say it, THIS -- looks an awful lot like -- THAT.... Players pounding their fists madly on their own helmets? Yelling so hard that spittle comes flying out their mouths? Guys throwing punches at opponents while walking back to the huddle, or blindside plowing into receivers in the end zone who aren't even near the play? Give me a freaking break.
Now why are the Seahawks the ONLY team in the league, who has their running back who goes into Incredible Hulk "Beast Mode" when he eats his "Skittles." Now IDK about you, but to me it sounds kinda like a locker room joke for something else -- "hey man, did you take your "Skittles" this week? Yeah, I got this hurt leg, I'm gonna have to see the trainer, get me some Skittles" etc. Yeah it's a joke, the kind of joke that spreads from one player, around the locker room and out into the fan base, but after a while of hearing it, and seeing all these suspensions pile up, it's just TOO weird to completely gloss over it. Can you name any other NFL team or player that has that metaphor, of popping something in your mouth or eating something, to get your extra strength? Seriously, THAT'S the running joke, on this SAME team, with all the suspicious PED suspensions? I think it's funny. Most peculiar.
Again, I'm NOT blaming it for the loss last night, but look at the general history of this stuff. Look at the league history. Steroids were rampant in the 1970s, then cracked down on them in the 1980s, then they flared up again in the early 2000s, Shawn Merriman in 2005-2006, then died down again.
Seems like PED's and steroids and other speed-like substances are about DUE for a flare up again, and we have a Seattle team full of "selfish" atheletes who seem to get popped for PED's and enhancers and unnamed substances at an alarmingly high rate.
So if you really want to talk Spygate #2, no one knows whether we will ever know the full story behind all these suspensions or what is really going on in the Seattle locker room. But I expect if they keep winning, guys will leave the team and we will start to hear more about it. It would not surprise me if this turns out to be a Spygate #2 eventually someday. Would not be surprised at all.
