Jimmy G hit with a PED suspension

[vincec]

  On 2/16/2024 at 5:54 PM, Bob Jones said:

If he had a prescription for this, then I'm quite certain that he thought he was doing nothing wrong.

 

Sounds like maybe a miscommunication between him and team doctors/trainers?

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Why would he have a prescription for a performance enhancing drug that was "non-therapeutic"? Sounds like he found someone to write him a bogus prescription to get the drug.

Edited February 17, 2024 by vincec

[Low Positive]

  On 2/17/2024 at 11:14 AM, vincec said:

Why would he have a prescription for a performance enhancing drug that was "non-therapeutic"? Sounds like he found someone to write him a bogus prescription to get the drug.

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He was prescribed something that is on the NFL's list of banned substances. In order to take it, he would have had to get permission from the league. He didn't do that.

[machine gun kelly]

This is just the guy who was caught.  So many NFL players take PED’s.  So many players just know how to fool it and work around the system.  It was surprising as it used to be around April/May when they do their testing.

[NORWOODS FOOT]

Geez… it didn’t even enhance his performance that much…

 

On a serious note, I feel for these guys. Yes they make a lot of money, but you wreck your body year after year and keep trying to bounce back as the body ages. I imagine a certain level of desperation sets in and you look for any solution whatsoever. Classic rock and a hard place…

[TBBills Fan]

  On 2/17/2024 at 11:29 AM, Low Positive said:

He was prescribed something that is on the NFL's list of banned substances. In order to take it, he would have had to get permission from the league. He didn't do that.

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Or he send the info to the raiders expecting it to be filed, and they "lost it" or "didn't receive it" conveniently so they could cut him and save 12 million. 

[Whkfc]

  On 2/16/2024 at 5:57 PM, FireChans said:

Raiders planted this to void his salary. Dirty dogs.

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Wouldn't put it past Marc Davis

[Chicken Boo]

  On 2/16/2024 at 5:45 PM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Viagra is a PED? 🤔

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Of all the starlets... come on, Yimmy.  

[Neo]

  On 2/16/2024 at 5:45 PM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Viagra is a PED? 🤔

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Well, it IS a Performance Enhancing Drug …. so I hear.

[DCofNC]

  On 2/16/2024 at 6:14 PM, nucci said:

didn't seem to enhance his performance

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Or maybe it DID!? 😬

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

  On 2/16/2024 at 5:46 PM, boyst said:

Damn he's f'd. No way he ever recovers that money unless he goes on to sponsor the meds he was taking. 

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Based on how he played, that may be a reach.  Got a better chance sponsoring a competing product: "I should have used the other one, then I'd still be starting!"

[SoonerBillsFan]

Now he is getting released.  This is beyond obvious. 

[Saxum]

Ad for article on PFF is one for forhims.com.  Coincidence?

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jimmy-garoppolos-suspension-will-cost-him-11-25-million

 

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By stumbling into a two-game suspension for violation of the PED policy, Garoppolo has given the Raiders a quick and easy escape from $11.25 million in fully-guaranteed salary for 2024.

His contract makes a suspension under the PED policy one of the mechanisms for voiding the guaranteed payment in the second year of his three-year contract.

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[TheBrownBear]

  On 2/17/2024 at 11:29 AM, Low Positive said:

He was prescribed something that is on the NFL's list of banned substances. In order to take it, he would have had to get permission from the league. He didn't do that.

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That's what he gets for trusting his doctor.

[BillMafia716ix]

I’d perfer him over Kyle Allen in a backup role.  If Josh were to ever go down. We would at least have a chance to compete with Jimmy G

[Mark Vader]

  On 2/16/2024 at 10:30 PM, eball said:

Call me crazy but if he'll take a big pay cut I'd sign him to back up Josh.

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You're crazy.

 

That being said, as overrated as he is, he would be a decent back-up.

[Captain Hindsight]

  On 2/18/2024 at 5:57 AM, BillMafia716ix said:

I’d perfer him over Kyle Allen in a backup role.  If Josh were to ever go down. We would at least have a chance to compete with Jimmy G

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Did you watch him last year? He is toast. His arm is shot, he can’t move effectively. There is a reason McDaniels got fired for sticking with him when it was obvious to anyone with eyes he couldn’t play anymore. 
 

Davis was pissed that they dumped Carr to sign Jimmy G after seeing him play. I’d much rather have Kyle Allen. At least he has a live arm right now. And truth be told, the Bills would be screwed no matter what if Josh went down. Their best chance is the best athlete they can find. Kyle Allen is a much better athlete than Jimmy G

  On 2/18/2024 at 7:02 AM, Mark Vader said:

You're crazy.

 

That being said, as overrated as he is, he would be a decent back-up.

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No he wouldn’t. He is absolutely toast

[NoSaint]

  On 2/17/2024 at 12:07 PM, NORWOODS FOOT said:

Geez… it didn’t even enhance his performance that much…

 

On a serious note, I feel for these guys. Yes they make a lot of money, but you wreck your body year after year and keep trying to bounce back as the body ages. I imagine a certain level of desperation sets in and you look for any solution whatsoever. Classic rock and a hard place…

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picturing jimmy listening to a classic rock ballad staring into the distance now. 
 

 

odds the raiders found a way to have him randomly tested?

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

  On 2/18/2024 at 2:01 PM, NoSaint said:

picturing jimmy listening to a classic rock ballad staring into the distance now. 

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Even worse...Canadian content  classic rock.  Trooper.  April Wine.  Harlequin.

[NoSaint]

  On 2/18/2024 at 2:18 PM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Even worse...Canadian content  classic rock.  Trooper.  April Wine.  Harlequin.

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classic rock and a hard place, man….

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

  On 2/18/2024 at 2:28 PM, NoSaint said:

classic rock and a hard place, man….

 

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And a couple of hosers to listen...