Erik Flowers

You really shouldn't talk about things you don't understand. There is zero reason they wouldn't cooperate, and even if they didn't want to, have you ever heard of FOIL?

Don't be stupid. Of course they didn't hand it over to the NFL if its an illegal substance, and I didn't suggest that. They may very well have allowed some to be mailed to a lab for testing by the NFL. The border patrol almost certainly submitted it to whatever lab they use for testing. They don't know if its narcotics, steroids or lipitor without testing it. There aren't field tests for things like this.

Yeah, and the world has known about it for 10 minutes. Who knows what the border patrol and the league know, and what evidence they have. Saying this is a non-issue at this point is turning a blind eye to a very serious problem that could turn out to be a one year suspension.

Someone has whatever they took off him. That is proof. Jesus, let the story develop. Its all of 10 minutes old and everyone wants to try the case right now.

How the F should I know. Who says they don't know? Maybe they were waiting for lab reports to come back - that is the likely explanation why the story is just being released now, especially since Moran has known about it for weeks.

How can possession of a banned performance enhancing substance not be in violation of personal conduct rules - he has it - what is he going to do with it? Whether the answer is buy or sell, he's suspended.

If they took the stuff off him and was submitted to a lab for testing then it is still there - of course they won't suspend him on a blogger's accusation, but you think the league won't look into this once they catch wind of it (assuming they haven't already) You think the border patrol won't cooperate with the league? Think again. I understand wishful thinking, but if what Moran said is true, prepare for Merriman to be suspended for a year.

How is a Bills player being caught at the border with steroids a non-story? He's looking at a suspension. Any steroid is a controlled substance in NY, even if it isn't in Canada. I don't know the CBA in relation to banned substances inside out, but I would be shocked if they are allowed to possess banned substances even if they don't use them. What's he gonna say - I was gonna sell them, not take them? Maybe that's why poor Maybin showed up so far under weight - he was waiting for Merriman to make a special delivery.

:wallbash: He is 25 lbs too light to be a LB. He would be 45 lbs too light to play tight end. With his height and weight, he is closest to a WR. And he is not fast. His 40 times are all over the place but beside the one outlier at his pro day (friendly hand on the stop watch, no doubt), most times have him in the 4.7-4.9 range. That is not fast.

At somewhere between 4.7-4.9 speed? Let's hope not. good call

One would think that, wouldn't they? What is irreconcilable with that vision is the thought of Nix being complicit in the choice of a guy who is the antithesis of everything Nix likes in a football player. Notice that everyone who was in that room BUT Nix is gone, and even Brandon is back selling tickets? I think Ralph, and maybe even Brandon, learned a valuable lesson that day. By the way - Nix wasn't the head of the scouting Department - he was the National Scout. There are at least two positions within the scouting department alone above the national scout, and one or two people more between them and the GM. Hell, do we even know whether Nix was in the room? Maybe he wasn't! Check out this link of front office people. my link. That's a lot of people, and he is pretty far down the chain of command.

I believe the number was 22 at the combine when he was (suspected of being) on steroids. Not a very good number for a linebacker. And off the juice, you would expect that number to be significantly lower.

Right. Are you suggesting that as National Scout he had the power to "Nix" that choice? Maybin is everything Nix abhors in a pick - small, weak, dumb, no body of work. Maybin couldn't show us the baby - he wasn't even pregnant.

The signs were there. Dickie J was desperate to save his job and ignored the warning signs in the hope of hitting a home run. The front office was a hopeless, headless mess at that point. Notice that every one of them are now gone. You can bet Nix would never have allowed that pick if he had any say.

And you think they did that out of the goodness of their hearts rather than as part of the trade negotiations? He was getting the money from someone - sounds like Baltimore was smart enough to demand the Bills pay it.

Why didn't you predict this and warn everyone???

If only we had a receiver who was really fast and could run fly routes...

My sources tell me he requested a trade.

So you think Gailey has a ****ty o-line by design and intent and preference?

We can only hope they are that smart. This team is headed no higher than mediocre without a legit quarterback.

Stop saying that! He's no where near the size of a tight end! instead of 25 lbs too small to be a linebacker, you want him to be 45 lbs too small to be a TE? :wallbash:

That is one of those questions that can never be answered, like if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to here it, does it still make a sound. Since Maybin cannot not suck, we will never know if Ralph wouldn't be cheap if he didn't suck. Get it, Kierkegaard?

Dareus loses 10 lbs every time he takes a dump. If he sticks to two plates instead of three at lunch for a week he will drop 10 lbs. BFD.

not the realistic one.