THE SHAME OF IT ALL AND THEN TO LIE:
Is it all really worth it?
Seattle defensive corner, Brandon Browner, will begin serving his four-game suspension this Sunday, while teammate Richard Sherman awaits a response from his appeal with the league; both charged with violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, somehow allegedly allowing the drug Adderall into their system.
Both of these men have defied all reason and logic with their excuses of how Adderall may have been found in their urine samples, both analyzed on the same day. Browner has decided not to appeal the results of his drug test and will begin serving his four-game suspension immediately. He will be available for the playoffs, if the Seahawks indeed earn a playoff berth. Richard Sherman has appealed the result, claiming that he somehow accidentally ingested the drug Adderall, a pill that he claimed was crushed and put into a teammates beverage that he inadvertently drank not knowing the drug was in the glass. He has not indicated who's drank it may have been. By NFL rule, Sherman's suspension will not begin until his appeal has been heard which will give him the next two games to be eligible to play for the Seahawks vs. the Arizona Cardinals this Sunday and the Buffalo Bills in Toronto, Canada the week after. However, he will likely not be eligible to play the 49ers or the Rams in Seattle for the last two games of the regular season and if the Seahawks play in the postseason, Sherman will not be available to play, either.
These players have exhibited some of the most idiotic and selfish behavior in recent memory for the Seahawks. Brandon Browner has tested positive for performance-enhancing drug abuse before, but I did not expect this from Richard Sherman. What's more ridiculous was the excuse each player offered for why Adderall was found in their urine samples. Browner suggested that the laboratory mixed up his urine with another sample and Sherman explained that he may have taken a drink from a teammates beverage in the locker room or elsewhere that had been Adderall tablet crushed and put into the drink. I thought Sherman was smarter than that and at least I would have expected these two teammates would have compared stories before they talk to the press and invented a story that would be at least slightly believable. Two players, friends on and off the field, playing the same position on the same team testing positive for the same drug and they both explained that it may have happened in completely different ways? That's just not believable and now they both look like a couple of knuckleheads. Their story is rather humorous, but what is not so funny is that they have put their team in jeopardy by their stupidity.
Sherman and Browner have been heralded as two of the best coverage corners in the NFL and part of what NFL analysts have offered to be the best four defensive backs in football. Without Browner and Sherman, it will definitely make things more difficult, Seattle defense that has not played particularly well in the last three games. Fortunately, Seattle's offensive unit has improved and is beginning to put up higher scores in recent games. Russell Wilson has continued to improve from one game to the next and the wide receiving corps is actually beginning to become a strength of the team, not so much a liability as they have been for most of the year. Sidney Rice is looking much sharper and Golden Tate is finally coming into his own. Both have been pivotal in the last few games and they will be highly counted on as Seattle hopes to posture themselves for at least a wildcard spot in the playoffs this year. At 7-5, Seattle has already equaled the number of wins from 2011 when they finished the season 7-9. With three of their final four games at home in front of the home crowd at Centurylink, their chances of finishing with a winning season are highly likely and they will need to win at least two of those to have a chance in a very difficult NFC conference.
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