Schefter tweet: Cedric Griffin suspended for 4 games ; Performance enhancing substances

[SkinsCrushCowboys]

Mike Jones ‏@MikeJonesWaPo
Cedric Griffin eligible to return after Dec. 30 game but his locker is cleaned outfor a practice squad guy wearing No. 20.
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Happy trails

[SirClintonPortis]

We need this type of control over performance enhancing substances. This is not only good for the game but good for the players. Trent Williams turned his life around last year because of this. Keep in mind football is still just a game. You still need a life after football and drugs are not the answer.

Pot is a performance-enhancing drug? Trent smoked that **** because it was fun stuff, not because it would make him better at football. If anything, it would be somewhere on the contiuum between between harmful and effectless when it comes to helping him play football well.

Yeah, there is life after football, but wanting to play the game at an acceptable level out to win a roster spotand and get a nice paycheck is a large incentive to take performance-enhancing drugs. IF people want football players to lay off roids and stuff, perhaps relieving the pressure of expecting teams the outside to win would help. But I see fans laying it into players like Pierre Garcon for not showing up just like a stereotypical corporate suits treating their workers like crap.

[Hiro]

Well ... Richard Crawford, come on down! You're the next contestant on "Who wants to be in the Redskins secondary??"

[thedeadliving5]

Mara must have been like, drug test all 22 of those ****s!

My thoughts exactly, the day after we beat them the league hits us with this crap!

[RabidFan]

Excited for Crawford

[HailfrmDEN]

Dam, What a joke. I wish we could get better info. I think the league holds on to these things and drops them whenever.

[FrFan]

The Seahawks CB is suspended too for the same drug.

[rk3025]

If players did not cheat then Mara would not matter, stupid headcases.
We lost Jackson first.
Jim Haslett has done a great job with what he was given after cap penalty and has lost Robinson,Meriweather,Neild,Carriker,Bernstine,Orak po and Minnifield.
Should be in demand for jobs next year!

[Btubes18]

Why does everyone want him to appeal when he will most likely lose and then he can't play in the playoffs? The only big offense we play in the last 4 games is the Cowboys and even they are not that good. I would rather him sit the last 4 then have him for the playoffs

Go with the Seahawks mentatlity, use him while you can to get to the playoffs...If he gets suspended for these last four games and we don't make the playoffs and the Seahawks do we would all be playing the "what if" game. "Would you rather have the money now or later?"

Understanding that a lot has changed since I originally posted when this news first came out.

[J-bomb]

Anyone read the tweet from grant paulson saying he asked players why guys are using adderall? Guy said its like the "Limitless" pill increases concentration an focus. Really? Anyone know if this could be true?

[gbear]

I take adderall for symptoms of my MS. It does give an energy boost and helps concentration. Without it, I have a hard time at work and a hard time tracking other medications for me or my kids.

I can see why athletes would take it and why it would be seen as an unfair advantage gained by chemical means. Absolutely this drug should be banned barring outside football medical condition. One problem I can could is players getting doctors to write scripts for them saying head shots had caused a brain condition where a player needs it to function...challenging that would be a mess.

On patients like me, there is a summary of results of people taking adderall (amphetamine-dextoamphetamine): http://www.patientslikeme.com/treatm...icacy#overview

[ChampSkinsFan]

This might have been a blessing in disguise

[Hoover-ball]

Good to get him back this week especially with injuries but who goes down. Not Crawford.
Could be good that he is rested?

[skinfan2k]

Anyone read the tweet from grant paulson saying he asked players why guys are using adderall? Guy said its like the "Limitless" pill increases concentration an focus. Really? Anyone know if this could be true?

thats what adderall does lol! thats why kids take it right before exams and big projects

[MrJL]

Good to get him back this week especially with injuries but who goes down. Not Crawford.
Could be good that he is rested?

DJ Johnson most likely.

I wonder if Griffin might see some time at safety this weekend