Brian Cushing Suspended 4 Games

[Mc2guy]

SI is reporting that Cushing still won the DROY award with 18 votes. Byrd got 10.

Arakpo received 3 votes.

Got to wonder what the AP voters were thinking...it's fine to roid up, as long as your good. Shameful if you ask me, sends an awful message.\

Link: Brian Cushing wins revote, keeps defensive rookie award - NFL - SI.com

[johno]

Originally Posted by Mc2guy

SI is reporting that Cushing still won the DROY award with 18 votes. Byrd got 10.

Arakpo received 3 votes.

Got to wonder what the AP voters were thinking...it's fine to roid up, as long as your good. Shameful if you ask me, sends an awful message.\

Link: Brian Cushing wins revote, keeps defensive rookie award - NFL - SI.com

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by Mc2guy

SI is reporting that Cushing still won the DROY award with 18 votes. Byrd got 10.

Arakpo received 3 votes.

Got to wonder what the AP voters were thinking...it's fine to roid up, as long as your good. Shameful if you ask me, sends an awful message.\

Link: Brian Cushing wins revote, keeps defensive rookie award - NFL - SI.com

Really AP? Really? Cushing is the rookie of the year.

"It means a lot. Just the fact that people would stick by me and stay honest with me. Very, very excited and just honored. I really am," he told KRIV-TV.

Thats funny considering that you weren't honest yourself. In fact the only reason your a pro is because you kept juicing up. It's alright though pretty soon you'll be injured and in 5 years you'll be bankrupt.

Cushing's test was positive for elevated levels of hCG, the source familiar with the case told Schefter.

HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) is a banned substance that is widely used to stimulate the body's testosterone production after an athlete uses anabolic steroids.

Totally different from the Williams case. Williams used a weight loss supplement thats banned more to protect the players then it is to insure fair competition (think Kory Stringer). Steroids give cheaters an unfair advantage.

And please Mr. McClian

"In good conscience, I couldn't not vote for him after voting for Julius Peppers in 2002 knowing he'd tested positive [and won the same award], and for Kevin Williams on the All-Pro team knowing he'd tested positive [in the StarCaps case]."

Really, so in order to justify the first mistake you repeat that same mistake? Maybe you should be tested or better yet taken off the committee along with the 17 other idiots.

[Dirtbag59]

From PFT:
And finally, a few notes that are too bizarre not to include:

1. Chris Berman has a vote. Really?

2. Poor Brian Orakpo lost two voters, who changed their mind and chose other non-Cushing defenders. Strange.

3. Howie Long was "Not available." Taping a truck commercial, perhaps?

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by Mc2guy

SI is reporting that Cushing still won the DROY award with 18 votes. Byrd got 10.

Arakpo received 3 votes.

Got to wonder what the AP voters were thinking...it's fine to roid up, as long as your good. Shameful if you ask me, sends an awful message.\

Link: Brian Cushing wins revote, keeps defensive rookie award - NFL - SI.com

All this proves is there is no real fair system. I thought Orakpo was the runner up during the first vote. I didn't think it was far off, in other words it was a close race between Orakpo and Cushing. Now I keep hearing how he was a clear winner the first time and now instead of handing it to the runner up of the original voting system your going to have a second vote and now Orakpo only gets 3 votes? WTF?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

All this proves is there is no real fair system. I thought Orakpo was the runner up during the first vote. I didn't think it was far off, in other words it was a close race between Orakpo and Cushing. Now I keep hearing how he was a clear winner the first time and now instead of handing it to the runner up of the original voting system your going to have a second vote and now Orakpo only gets 3 votes? WTF?

I don't think he was the runner up the first time. In fact all he got was 2 votes, this time he got 3

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I don't think he was the runner up the first time. In fact all he got was 2 votes, this time he got 3

Perhaps I'm confusing something... I thought for Rookie of the Year fans voted for it, perhaps as well as coach's, and media? I thought I remembered Cushing and Orakpo being neck and neck for an award? Maybe it was the pro bowl but I could have sworn it was ROY.