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Randy Gregory fails drug test at combine

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  • calfoxwc C Dedicated Very Popular Conversation Starter Collaborator First Post Posting Machine Reacting Well Week One Done One Year In One Month Later
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    C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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    Sad news for a guy so highly rated. But will he never have that problem again?

    Or, be another Josh Gordon - who says one thing, and continually never gets around

    to getting himself straightened out?

    Would you still draft him if he were on your sights before? Or, draft another player

    whose skills are very similar?

    http://www.omaha.com/huskers/randy-gregory-failed-drug-test-at-nfl-combine-had-significant/article_c9436bce-d36d-11e4-afdb-1755c478db72.html

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      C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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      On the one hand you want to look at it as a red flag cause if you can't put the joint down for the combine than, you know...might be a problem. On the other hand, these kids are told this combine is the most significant event of your natural lfe..this is your ticket to not being a field ngr...the stress must be quite profound. Probably has family and friends basically saying we're counting on you to take care of us. Some of these kids are put in awful situations from the get go.

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        MudflyM Mudfly wrote on last edited by
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        eh....I wouldn't worry much....definitely wouldn't 'assume" a JG type of scenario.....

        Id say almost ALL young players have smoked some weed and drank their share.....but there are very few that cant stop......

        We're just lucky to have the unique ones.....

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          Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on last edited by
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          First, Gordon has nothing to do with any decision I'd make.

          I wasn't interested in Gregory to begin with... but had I been, then sure, spending an top-ten pick on a player with a failed test already under his belt would give me pause.

          That said his quotes in the article hit all the right notes and I could always have him take more psychological tests to access any predilection towards dependency.

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          • calfoxwc C Dedicated Very Popular Conversation Starter Collaborator First Post Posting Machine Reacting Well Week One Done One Year In One Month Later
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            C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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            We're just lucky to have the unique ones.....Mud

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            Somehow, I really laughed at that, but it isn't funny. dammit. 🤔

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              First, Gordon has nothing to do with any decision I'd make.

              I wasn't interested in Gregory to begin with... but had I been, then sure, spending an top-ten pick on a player with a failed test already under his belt would give me pause.

              That said his quotes in the article hit all the right notes and I could always have him take more psychological tests to access any predilection towards dependency.

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              thenew23T thenew23 wrote on last edited by
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              @tour2ma said:

              I could always have him take more psychological tests to access any predilection towards dependency.

              Those don't really exist...

              And, I wouldn't have him in the 1st round on the Browns draft board anyway b/c he's too small for us and I've thought he was bust material, but this just adds to my concerns. Much like I thought of Manziel last year, I'd risk a 3rd rounder on his athleticism but nothing higher...

              #Justsayin'
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                miktoxicM miktoxic wrote on last edited by
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                man, nowadays, why even touch this dude when there is someone just as talented one rung below that you DON"T have to worry about?

                it's like going out the night before your biggest job promotion interview and getting tanked and showing up late, and still drunk.

                GTFO!

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                  broganreynikB broganreynik wrote on last edited by broganreynik
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                  Yeah, there's really no way I'd want him. He really had some motivation issues while here at Nebraska, and some of the beat writers have even questioned if he wants to play football.

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                    LogicIsForSquaresL LogicIsForSquares wrote on last edited by
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                    Smoke weed before the biggest event in your life up to that point. Smart move.

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                      C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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                      I think i might be fair to say that if a player loves the game, he wouldn't do

                      stupid stuff to inhibit his success in football.

                      But then again, I think JF loves the game, he just had problems to deal with.

                      But like Brogan posted, he had some motivational problems at Nebraska, and that's

                      a another bit of evidence to support the claim he isn't all that into being a -football player-

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                        miktoxicM miktoxic wrote on last edited by
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                        i say if you are ray farmer and have been dealt the cards you have been dealt (in JF's case...his own hands) i wouldn't touch anyone with any character/drug/alcohol issues or questions.

                        once bitten, twice shy.

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                          Opal312O Opal312 wrote on last edited by
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                          I wonder how far he will drop in the draft.

                          DAMN THE TORPEDOES! FULL SPEED AHEAD!
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                            Opal312O Opal312 wrote on last edited by
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                            I just read he failed a drug test twice in 2014. The Browns weren't going after him anyway. If you read the article on ESPN, he smoked a lot of weed.

                            DAMN THE TORPEDOES! FULL SPEED AHEAD!
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                              MudflyM Mudfly wrote on last edited by
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                              Im not 100% certain, but now that I think about it...I strongly believe that this will put him into Stage 1 of the NFL drug program from day one.... And Id consider him to have his first "strike" .....

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                                R RoyceRolls wrote on last edited by
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                                The shitty part is that no one ahead of the Browns will pick him now, I only liked him as a filler to push the Sheltons and Rays down the board.

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                                  L LondonBrown wrote on last edited by
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                                  He better be off our board completely now and will be if they have learned anything from last year.

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                                  • miktoxicM miktoxic

                                    man, nowadays, why even touch this dude when there is someone just as talented one rung below that you DON"T have to worry about?

                                    it's like going out the night before your biggest job promotion interview and getting tanked and showing up late, and still drunk.

                                    GTFO!

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                                    DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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                                    @miktoxic said:

                                    man, nowadays, why even touch this dude when there is someone just as talented one rung below that you DON"T have to worry about?

                                    it's like going out the night before your biggest job promotion interview and getting tanked and showing up late, and still drunk.

                                    GTFO!

                                    You mean everyone doesn't do that?

                                    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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                                      The shitty part is that no one ahead of the Browns will pick him now, I only liked him as a filler to push the Sheltons and Rays down the board.

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                                      S secondwave wrote on last edited by
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                                      @roycerolls said:

                                      The shitty part is that no one ahead of the Browns will pick him now, I only liked him as a filler to push the Sheltons and Rays down the board.

                                      Yeep. This pretty much means we lose out on one of the prospects we were hoping would fall in the draft.

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                                        PoeticGP PoeticG wrote on last edited by
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                                        If he was there in the second would you take him?

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                                          If he was there in the second would you take him?

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                                          LogicIsForSquaresL LogicIsForSquares wrote on last edited by
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                                          @poeticg said:

                                          If he was there in the second would you take him?

                                          After dealing with Gordon's bullshit and Johnny's rehab, no fucking way. I would let someone else roll the dice on him.

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