Seattle CB Brandon Browner just got a year ban for a positive pot test while in Stage 2 of the substance-abuse program. But Browner went from Stage 1 to Stage 2 while he wasn't even an employee of the NFL. He was playing in Canada when he missed two tests, which was strike two. If you switch jobs from McDonald's to Wendy's, do you still have to take McDonald's drug tests? "The letters went to my ex's house," Browner told me. "How am I supposed to get those?"
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10222271/rick-reilly-2013-nfl-season *Incidentally, this was also among the list of Reilly's observations on the season: • Seattle, the fourth-youngest squad, is going to be scary good for a very long time.Preciate @smsaudio hookin us up with some ear-gear. Great move after that horrible @beatsbydre commercial. #AlwaysCompete
— Doug Baldwin Jr (@DougBaldwinJr) December 13, 2013 Twitter"Browner is disputing the procedures of the test he failed this September. [He] is claiming the urine collector used a damaged cup and then poured his urine from that cup into another one. However, the source said Browner's request to have the collector testify as part of the appeal hearings was denied, with the league's medical director stating he spoke to the collector, who disputed Browner's account."
Brandon Browner nixes deal to shorten his substance-abuse suspension, will continue appealJust posted a comment on Danny's new member orientation article and Jimmy suggested I run with it... So, as the title suggests, please leave your Twitter handle in the comments section if you want to get connected with more Hawk fans.
Sho' NuffSeattle gets a 2014 pick from Oakland and a 2015 pick returned via voided trade.
Flynn trade: Seattle receives Oak's 5th-round pick in 2014. The 2015 conditional pick (also 5th rd) is voided b/c Flynn not on '15 roster.
— Jim Trotter (@SI_JimTrotter) October 7, 2013as the Texans were working their way down the field with 3:00 left and Schaub threw his pick 6, I remembered the days when the Hawks would be in a similar situation, and although we were hopeful and optimistic that the Seahawks could hang on, deep down we knew something would happen and we wouldn't coming away with the W, and sure enough it would happen. Don't you miss those days? Yeah, me neither.
[Mods - Sorry in advance if this wasn't the right place to put this. Feel free to move / stash / delete as you see fit.]Do any of you know if there is a Seahawks bar in Anchorage, AK? I'm going to try out the whole go to a bar for the games thing this year and was curious whether anyone on FG knew/goes to a specific bar here in Anchorage. Just let me know, I'd like a few options if at all possible. GO HAWKS!!!
The Cheese"You kind of want to see what you have in your draft picks. You’d like to be able to see what their strengths and weaknesses are as much as you can in those three days," Bevell said. "Then you’re looking at a bunch of tryout guys out there and the free agents we’ve signed. Sometimes you flip them out, sometimes it’s, ‘Whoa, we really liked how that guy looked. We want to give him a chance.’ You want to be able to see that with all the guys we have coming in."
Rookies take center stage this weekendThis is the second game thread for the Packers-49ers game.
jhmg16, who hopes this is not against the rules