NFL Demands Bills Long Snapper Reid Ferguson Take Drug Test After Win Over Chargers

[Peace Frog]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/12/24/buffalo-bills-reid-ferguson-drug-test-win-los-angeles-chargers?fbclid=IwAR1fTv5xknd_2oPB2Mlcr5wxELeqEdXMpD2FQ9rQcP8oFuPwBWysfYJGDSI

 

Edited December 26, 2023 by Peace Frog

[Stretch]

Those snaps ahead a little too much steam in them.

[peterpan]

Better him than Von :-X

[Mango]

2 minutes ago, peterpan said:

Better him than Von :-X

Also good thing Rodgers was never activated. 
 

Could you imagine Rodgers testing positive for HGH? It would be incessant interviews about how “blowing belugas naturally increased my bodies natural production of HGH, but main stream media doesn’t want to talk about that”.

[Matt_In_NH]

This is SOP right?  Random testing?

[Slippery Rubber Mats]

69

[Warcodered]

Just now, Matt_In_NH said:

This is SOP right?  Random testing?

I would think so unless he said something to piss them off so they're just ***** with him.

[Doc Brown]

Just now, Matt_In_NH said:

This is SOP right?  Random testing?

Correct.  If anything it gives me more confidence in the league's drug testing policy if they're randomly selecting a long snapper.

[RiotAct]

21 minutes ago, Slippery Rubber Mats said:

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… nice

[boater]

When I was in the service, they rolled a random number and called you in by the last digit of your SSN. One year, I was called 5 times.

 

They were called a "whiz quiz"

[Utah John]

33 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:

This is SOP right?  Random testing?

Assume so.  

 

What's not clear is what the penalty would be if he tested positive.  It's not like the Bills would forfeit the Chargers game.  Would he be suspended?  That would be very bad. I don't recall a single bad snap on a punt or kick this year.

[Matt_In_NH]

5 minutes ago, Utah John said:

Assume so.  

 

What's not clear is what the penalty would be if he tested positive.  It's not like the Bills would forfeit the Chargers game.  Would he be suspended?  That would be very bad. I don't recall a single bad snap on a punt or kick this year.

I think it is spelled out clearly in the CBA, no games ever get forfeited, that is not a thing.  I think for PED's, it is kind of a standard suspension.   This happens randomly to players every week on every team, it is simply not common to see an image of the letter on the locker.   The title of the thread is kind of unnecessarily inflammatory.  

Edited December 26, 2023 by Matt_In_NH

[Not Applicable]

46 minutes ago, Mango said:

Also good thing Rodgers was never activated. 
 

Could you imagine Rodgers testing positive for HGH? It would be incessant interviews about how “blowing belugas naturally increased my bodies natural production of HGH, but main stream media doesn’t want to talk about that”.

Every player in the league is probably on some form of PED.

 

I refuse to believe "technological advancements" are the sole reason why 290-lb guys now run 4.4 forty times or why the recovery period for knee ligament tears has been reduced by 40%.

[BuffaloMatt]

35 minutes ago, Utah John said:

Assume so.  

 

What's not clear is what the penalty would be if he tested positive.  It's not like the Bills would forfeit the Chargers game.  Would he be suspended?  That would be very bad. I don't recall a single bad snap on a punt or kick this year.

Shhhhhhhh. . . .universe is listening

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

1 hour ago, Slippery Rubber Mats said:

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so not really a drug test…just “code” for something else..

[Don Otreply]

Teammates practice joke…, 

 

it’s Allen and Diggs busting his balls 

[Governor]

Test Flacco.

[Milanos Milano]

45 minutes ago, ControllerOfPlanetX said:

so not really a drug test…just “code” for something else..

“See me after class” 

[Capco]

Remember when Long Snapper was one of our few "elite" positions?

[Southern_Bills]

2 hours ago, Mango said:

Also good thing Rodgers was never activated. 
 

Could you imagine Rodgers testing positive for HGH? It would be incessant interviews about how “blowing belugas naturally increased my bodies natural production of HGH, but main stream media doesn’t want to talk about that”.

 

I thought they didn't test for HGH? I could be wrong I don't really keep up with the policy, I just figured it was understood that most players in the league were on it.