I want Denver. They've lost their All-Pro LT Ryan Clady and their All-Pro OLB Von Miller.
NE has lost their All-Pro NT Vince Wilfork, and All-Pro TE Rob Gronkowski. Also have lost their ILB Brandon Spikes.
San Francisco, meanwhile?
Go down the list from their most important player down to about #15, and they are ALL STILL THERE.
All 5 OL, including 3 first round picks.
QB? Sure, fine, even though he's a runner.
RB? Frank Gore? Fine, even though he has multiple ACL-tears in college. Fine now.
TE Vernon Davis? Fine.
WR Crabtree and Boldin? Fine.
ALL FOUR Pro-Bowl caliber LBers? All fine.
Top-1o DL draft picks Justin Smith and Glen Dorsey? Fine.
This year's #1 pick safety Eric Reid? He's fine too.
Seattle is also very healthy -aside from the WR position.
Let me ask you guys this.
You know (many of you do), the Seahawks have been caught many times taking Adderall.
Exactly what benefits come from Adderall are not totally know yet, but there are some obvious advantages to it.
Defensive end Bruce Irvin became the sixth Seahawks player since 2010 to be suspended in May. Unprescribed use of the ADD drug Adderall has been the primary violation.
Asked about the Seahawks' extracurricular issues at the end of the first day of his team's minicamp on Tuesday, Harbaugh couldn't resist another tweak at Carroll, and a clear definition of his own coaching philosophy.
QUOTE= ''Is it a concern? I've definitely noticed it,'' Harbaugh said of the Seahawks. ''You don't know what it is. Even when people say what it is, you don't know that that's what it is. I've heard this thrown out or that, but that's usually the agents or the players themselves saying it's, for example, Adderall. But the NFL doesn't release what it actually is, so you have no idea. You're taking somebody at their word that I don't know if you can take them at their word, understanding the circumstances.'' -
http://www.ninersnation.com/2013/12/7/5180754/seahawks-ped-suspensions-fans-trash-talk-49ers
QUOTE= Richard Sherman has stated he believed 50% of the league uses Adderall. I cannot speak to the speculation, but I have to wonder what made him come up with such a high percentage. Performance enhancing drugs have been used by world class athletes for as long as people have competed. Athletes will go to extreme lengths to obtain any kind of advantage. There are noble athletes who strive to play clean, but there will always be those seeking an edge. Athletes are well versed in how to avoid positive tests; and, even if caught, athletes can dodge quite a few consequences with savvy appeals.
SAN FRANCISCO
BALCO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Area_Laboratory_Co-operative
The
Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (
BALCO) was an American company led by founder and owner
Victor Conte. In 2003, journalists
Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada investigated the company's role in a drug sports scandal later referred to as the
BALCO Affair. BALCO marketed
tetrahydrogestrinone ("the Clear"), a then-undetected, performance-enhancing
steroid developed by chemist
Patrick Arnold. Conte, BALCO vice president James Valente, weight trainer
Greg Anderson and coach
Remi Korchemny had supplied a number of high-profile sports stars from the United States and Europe with "the Clear" and human growth hormone for several years.
Among the athletes listed in the record of BALCO customers were:
Don't forget in that same BAY AREA, where technology, pharmaceuticals, etc. are usually ahead of the times, you also had the Bash Bros. CANSECO & McGWIRE ahead of the curve there in the 1980's and 90's. It's always been a game where the cheaters are usually ahead of the testers.
BIOGENESIS
MIAMI DRUG CLINIC
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2013-0...-supplies-drugs-to-sports-biggest-names/full/
Miami Clinic Supplies Drugs to Sports' Biggest Names
Performance-enhancing drugs, from human growth hormone (HGH) to testosterone to anabolic steroids...
The story of how Anthony Bosch built the East Coast version of
BALCO — the notorious California lab that provided baseball greats such as
Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds with steroids