Browner suspended a year for non-PED drug abuse per ESPN?

[Exittium]

Am I the only one who's actually kind of happy about all this?

-Browner wasn't going to play the rest of the regular season anyway, but despite that he would have burdened our roster in the meantime by taking up a roster spot. By going on the suspension list, he frees up a roster spot we wouldn't have had otherwise. For the regular season at least, this suspension is actually quite convenient for Seattle, because the team was looking at some tough roster choices to find a guy for Thurmond this week. The timing of this news couldn't be any better for Seattle.

-Sure, we lose him in the postseason, but Thurmond and Maxwell are comparable contributors at this point, so I'm not too worried about the dropoff. Seattle was 4-0 without Browner last season.

-Until now, I figured there was zero chance Browner would play for Seattle in 2014. This suspension absolutely destroys his market value, and whichever team that signs him will be doing it on a bargain deal. Guess who's the hardest working bargain hunter in the NFL? John Schneider. Remember how Leroy Hill kept destroying his market value because of weed? That kept him a career Seahawk, ironically enough. We might see the same situation with Browner. The only teams that are going to go after him are bargain hunters with the kind of depth to make his November arrival palatable. How many other teams can say that besides Seattle? And you know that if the money is close, he's obviously be staying.

Word is that Seattle is ready to just move on from him completely, as they should. I love what Browner brings as a player and have grown fond of his attitude/swagger. But, he got popped for PED's last year hurting the team by missing 4 games (even though we did not lose, that is all hindsight). Then, being already in stage 2 of the NFL's drug program (already tested positive twice before this...I believe while he was in Denver his rookie year) knowing that if he gets caught he gets a year....he frickin chooses to smoke anyways. Getting caught once is ok, whatever. Testing positive again for it is pretty freaking dumb. Doing it again....moronic and selfish. Too many lapses in judgement that cost the team, all while knowing the consequences. His time is done here.

By the way, I am by no means judging him for smoking weed in general...have no problem with people who do. But in this context, as a repeat offender and already in the NFL's stage 2 drug program it is just really stupid. Sacrifice a few years of puffin for the team and your career.

I believe if he was in the drug program it would have been stage 3. Stage 3 carries the minimum 1 yr suspension

 

[mikeak]

I feel horrible for Browner, he's worked his ass off to come back from the obscurity of the CFL and now that he has finally made it and he's going to get paid "BOOM" he blows it. He'll get picked after 11 games by some team with a depleted secondary for the league minimum. After that it will be one year at a time most likely at the minimum, who would trust him with a long term contract? The guy has 2 kids you can bet he's really feeling it.

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Good

 

[HawkWow]

When one door closes.... great opportunity for Shead.

 

[Reaneypark]

I feel horrible for Browner, he's worked his ass off to come back from the obscurity of the CFL and now that he has finally made it and he's going to get paid "BOOM" he blows it. He'll get picked after 11 games by some team with a depleted secondary for the league minimum. After that it will be one year at a time most likely at the minimum, who would trust him with a long term contract? The guy has 2 kids you can bet he's really feeling it.

As far as how his absence effects the team, I really do not notice any difference between Browner and Maxwell. I did not think the team missed Browner that much when he was injured and he was benched a game for poor play. Get ready fast Tharold Simon you are almost the next man up.

I don't feel sorry for him at all. Weed is not addictive. He chose to smoke and worse than that, he chose to be stupid about it.

 

[Tech Worlds]

I can't believe these guys try and get away with this crap.

I WOULD BE FIRED FROM MY JOB FOR TESTING POSITIVE ONCE.

 

[pcbball12]

Am I the only one who's actually kind of happy about all this?

-Browner wasn't going to play the rest of the regular season anyway, but despite that he would have burdened our roster in the meantime by taking up a roster spot. By going on the suspension list, he frees up a roster spot we wouldn't have had otherwise. For the regular season at least, this suspension is actually quite convenient for Seattle, because the team was looking at some tough roster choices to find a guy for Thurmond this week. The timing of this news couldn't be any better for Seattle.

-Sure, we lose him in the postseason, but Thurmond and Maxwell are comparable contributors at this point, so I'm not too worried about the dropoff. Seattle was 4-0 without Browner last season.

-Until now, I figured there was zero chance Browner would play for Seattle in 2014. This suspension absolutely destroys his market value, and whichever team that signs him will be doing it on a bargain deal. Guess who's the hardest working bargain hunter in the NFL? John Schneider. Remember how Leroy Hill kept destroying his market value because of weed? That kept him a career Seahawk, ironically enough. We might see the same situation with Browner. The only teams that are going to go after him are bargain hunters with the kind of depth to make his November arrival palatable. How many other teams can say that besides Seattle? And you know that if the money is close, he's obviously be staying.

Word is that Seattle is ready to just move on from him completely, as they should. I love what Browner brings as a player and have grown fond of his attitude/swagger. But, he got popped for PED's last year hurting the team by missing 4 games (even though we did not lose, that is all hindsight). Then, being already in stage 2 of the NFL's drug program (already tested positive twice before this...I believe while he was in Denver his rookie year) knowing that if he gets caught he gets a year....he frickin chooses to smoke anyways. Getting caught once is ok, whatever. Testing positive again for it is pretty freaking dumb. Doing it again....moronic and selfish. Too many lapses in judgement that cost the team, all while knowing the consequences. His time is done here.

By the way, I am by no means judging him for smoking weed in general...have no problem with people who do. But in this context, as a repeat offender and already in the NFL's stage 2 drug program it is just really stupid. Sacrifice a few years of puffin for the team and your career.

I believe if he was in the drug program it would have been stage 3. Stage 3 carries the minimum 1 yr suspension

I believe now he is in stage 3 which gets him the 1 year. Whatever stage it was, just not wise judgement.

 

[Smoke]

I can't believe these guys try and get away with this crap.

I WOULD BE FIRED FROM MY JOB FOR TESTING POSITIVE ONCE.

Your not in the NFL.

 

[pmedic920]

I can't believe these guys try and get away with this crap.

I WOULD BE FIRED FROM MY JOB FOR TESTING POSITIVE ONCE.

Not only would I be fired on the spot, but I would never work in my field again. Even if I shouldn't give a crap, this pi$$es me off.

 

[Tech Worlds]

I can't believe these guys try and get away with this crap.

I WOULD BE FIRED FROM MY JOB FOR TESTING POSITIVE ONCE.

Your not in the NFL.

How do you know?

 

[Pandion Haliaetus]

The only thing I have to add is that...

Legion of Bong sounds better than Seadderal Seahawks.

And hopefully all indictments end today... no more names.

 

[Brahn]

I can't believe these guys try and get away with this crap.

I WOULD BE FIRED FROM MY JOB FOR TESTING POSITIVE ONCE.

Your not in the NFL.

How do you know?

Because if you were, you wouldn't be worried about being fired after one fail, derrrrrrrrrr.

 

[Axx]

The only thing I have to add is that...

Legion of Bong sounds better than Seadderal Seahawks.

And hopefully all indictments end today... no more names.

I like legion of drugs more

 

[-The Glove-]

I can't believe these guys try and get away with this crap.

I WOULD BE FIRED FROM MY JOB FOR TESTING POSITIVE ONCE.

My coworker tested positive for cocaine and they sent him to treatment for a week. Then a couple weeks ago, he made a pitstop to piss and left the keys in the company car and it was stolen and later involved in a police chase in Bellingham. He's still employed. It sounds like I work in the NFL, but I don't.

 

[Hendo66]

Hope there were no other hawks in that ring of fire.

 

[BlueThunder]

I can't believe these guys try and get away with this crap.

I WOULD BE FIRED FROM MY JOB FOR TESTING POSITIVE ONCE.

Your not in the NFL.

How do you know?

I've seen you. You're too skinny...

 

[Tech Worlds]

I can't believe these guys try and get away with this crap.

I WOULD BE FIRED FROM MY JOB FOR TESTING POSITIVE ONCE.

Your not in the NFL.

How do you know?

Because if you were, you wouldn't be worried about being fired after one fail, derrrrrrrrrr.

Yo brauh, I been known to do some serious shit. 1 and done.

 

[VivaEfrenHerrera]

...And you can save me the "I'd lose my job if I failed a drug test" crap that people were spewing the other day in the Thurmond thread...

And in point of fact, there's no legitimate reason why anyone anywhere should ever lose a job because of off-hour marijuana use, unless there's provable impairment on the job. It really is that simple. I'd even go out on a limb and suggest that marijuana prohibition had done more damage to our national "psyche" than anything since Jim Crow. The level of hypocrisy and double-think required to maintain the prohibition regime is the kind of thing that unmakes otherwise sane minds.

 

[themunn]

I can't believe these guys try and get away with this crap.

I WOULD BE FIRED FROM MY JOB FOR TESTING POSITIVE ONCE.

why don't you play pro football then?

 

[3Girls'HawkDad]

Call me old fashioned but I enjoy quaaludes and barbiturates.

 

[hawk45]

I'm at the point where I'm just laughing sadly. If the reports are true about Thurmond and Browner, these are some very weak individuals with a fatal knack for driving their lives right off a cliff by crapping on the organization that gave them a chance right when their hard work was all about to pay off.

Look if they can come back and contribute, great, if not, I don't care if I ever hear their names again. I'm more bewildered at the excuses I see being offered up than I am at the behavior itself. The behavior I expect: they are athletes after all, not engineers or scientists or military folks who I would expect to have discipline and some brains. The excuses being trotted out: they do not deserve. They are largely in this situation because athletes are a privileged class in terms of consequences. Time for them to see how the little guy feels when they do something that would get any of us fired right out the door.

I do marvel at the sheer genius timing of this for both our corners. Superbowl year. Contract year. FA market looming. They've screwed the team, themselves, heck who haven't they screwed.

On a macro note, while these utterly self-inflicted wounds piss me off given our SB chances, my overall panic level is relatively low because of the depth at the position and the way our FO has shown they can stock the position. So I'm at about a 4/10, where 10/10 would be missing Giacomini and Okung.