Once considered to be the NFL's poster team for PED's, it's been nearly two years since any Seattle Seahawk player has tested positive for the NFL's Performance Enhancing Drug Policy (PED). In the 1-year period from December 2011 to December 2012, four Seahawks were suspended for PED's. John Moffit, Allen Barbre, Winston Guy and Brandon Browner all served 4-game suspensions shortly after they tested positive. Moffit, Barbre and Guy were all gone from the team in short order.
Brandon Browner, who tested positive on 12-5-12, stayed with the team through the end of 2013 season; he also served a suspension for marijuana use late in the 2013 season, missing all the games after Week 10, even through the playoffs and SB. In March, 2014, Browner declared for free agency and was signed by the New England Patriots, where he finished serving his pot suspension during the first four weeks of the 2014 season.
Bruce Irvin, the last Seahawks player who tested positive for Adderall on 5-17-13 and the only suspended player who still remains with the team, was suspended for the first four games of the 2013 season. Because Irvin's positive test took place in May during the offseason, given current rules, Irvin would not have been suspended for a PED violation...it would have been considered a Substances of Abuse Policy violation (recreational drug violation). After a new drug policy deal was worked out between the NFLPA (NFL Players Association) and the NFL in September 2014, Adderall was downgraded to recreational drug status, but only during the offseason. Any player who tests positive for Adderall during the offseason will now be considered to have violated the NFL's Substance Abuse Policy (recreational drugs) rather than the PED Policy. During the season, a positive test for Adderall will retain its PED classification.
Here is a list of NFL teams and the number of PED violations they have had over the last 2 years:
Colts- 3; Dolphins- 3; Bears- 2; Vikings- 2; Ravens- 2; Rams- 2; Eagles- 2; Cowboys- 2; Buccaneers- 2; NY Giants- 2; Seahawks- 1; Redskins- 1; Raiders- 1; Bengals- 1; NY Jets- 1; 49ers- 1; Jaguars- 1; Patriots-1; Chiefs-1; Broncos- 1; Texans- 1.
As of May 17, 2015, the Seahawks will have ZERO violations of the NFL's PED policy in the past 2 years, and they will be taken off of the above list.
Brandon Browner, who tested positive on 12-5-12, stayed with the team through the end of 2013 season; he also served a suspension for marijuana use late in the 2013 season, missing all the games after Week 10, even through the playoffs and SB. In March, 2014, Browner declared for free agency and was signed by the New England Patriots, where he finished serving his pot suspension during the first four weeks of the 2014 season.
Bruce Irvin, the last Seahawks player who tested positive for Adderall on 5-17-13 and the only suspended player who still remains with the team, was suspended for the first four games of the 2013 season. Because Irvin's positive test took place in May during the offseason, given current rules, Irvin would not have been suspended for a PED violation...it would have been considered a Substances of Abuse Policy violation (recreational drug violation). After a new drug policy deal was worked out between the NFLPA (NFL Players Association) and the NFL in September 2014, Adderall was downgraded to recreational drug status, but only during the offseason. Any player who tests positive for Adderall during the offseason will now be considered to have violated the NFL's Substance Abuse Policy (recreational drugs) rather than the PED Policy. During the season, a positive test for Adderall will retain its PED classification.
Here is a list of NFL teams and the number of PED violations they have had over the last 2 years:
Colts- 3; Dolphins- 3; Bears- 2; Vikings- 2; Ravens- 2; Rams- 2; Eagles- 2; Cowboys- 2; Buccaneers- 2; NY Giants- 2; Seahawks- 1; Redskins- 1; Raiders- 1; Bengals- 1; NY Jets- 1; 49ers- 1; Jaguars- 1; Patriots-1; Chiefs-1; Broncos- 1; Texans- 1.
As of May 17, 2015, the Seahawks will have ZERO violations of the NFL's PED policy in the past 2 years, and they will be taken off of the above list.