Calvin Johnson, among other draft prospects, admit to marijuana use

[HedleyLamarr]

Not that it will be that big a deal, but I don't see anything advantageous about admiting to using pot (other than blunt honesty).

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The Way We Hear It ? NFL draft edition

Three potential top-10 draft prospects admit to marijuana use

By Nolan Nawrocki

April 18, 2007

PFW has learned that three potential top-10 picks have admitted to using marijuana. The admissions were recorded during standard interviews at the NFL Scouting Combine administered by the league to every player in attendance and submitted to all 32 teams for review.

Georgia Tech WR Calvin Johnson, Clemson DE Gaines Adams and Louisville DT Amobi Okoye, according to multiple sources who have watched the interviews, all admitted to using marijuana.

Such admissions are viewed indifferently by many teams? decision-makers who do not consider marijuana experimentation to be abnormal. In the case of Johnson ? who is being considered by the Raiders with the first overall pick ? his stock is not expected to be affected at all, given the strength of his character. That he admitted to using the drug, to some teams, is a sign of maturity.

Honesty is highly encouraged in the interviews, and those who are not honest and later proven to have lied are likely to be punished more severely, as LSU?s Claude Wroten was a year ago. Regarded as a top-10 pick entering draft meetings, he wound up sliding to the third round.

For Adams and Okoye, however, there could be more severe ramifications given some questions that exist about the consistency of their play.

?It should scare (teams), especially when you see how laid-back (Adams) is in his play,? one team official said. ?No one disputes the great physical ability. What is disputed is how passionate he is and how physical he is. Physically, from an athletic standpoint, he has all the tools. He is the No. 1 pass rusher in the draft, and I don?t think many people would argue with that.?

As for Okoye, scouts have a love-hate relationship with him. Some teams who became aware of his admission in the past month have said they did not think it would affect his draft stock at all. Others have deeper concerns about his work ethic, maturity level and fluctuations in his weight.

Considering NFL commissioner Roger Goodell?s hard-line stance on players who run afoul of the law, teams could place a higher premium on character than ever before.

?The commissioner is going to be all over any team that drafts players with borderline character,? another team official said. ?You are not going to see a draft like, for instance, Cincinnati?s (in 2006), where they took four criminals in one draft, because the owners are going to start getting fined.?

[FiddySicks]

So a really popular college football player smoked some weed.

And in other breaking news, the sun came up today......

[KevinMcD]

So a really popular college football player smoked some weed.

And in other breaking news, the sun came up today......

Actually for the first time in over a month the sun did came out in Buffalo.

With seeing how many kids in my school smoke this does not suprise me at all.

[HedleyLamarr]

So a really popular college football player smoked some weed.

And in other breaking news, the sun came up today......

Would you be willing to draft an admitted pot smoker, knowing that if he gets caught, that you'll lose his services for at least four games?

If anything, these three just put a bull's-eye on their back.

[FiddySicks]

So a really popular college football player smoked some weed.

And in other breaking news, the sun came up today......

Would you be willing to draft an admitted pot smoker, knowing that if he gets caught, that you'll lose his services for at least four games?

If anything, these three just put a bull's-eye on their back.

If they could increase my completion percentage as much as Calvin can, and could give me two or three more wins per year than the answer is yes...... No...... HELL yes.

[NJTank]

So a really popular college football player smoked some weed.

And in other breaking news, the sun came up today......

Well with all the rain we've had in Jersey that is stunning news

[Lee.]

So a really popular college football player smoked some weed.

And in other breaking news, the sun came up today......

Would you be willing to draft an admitted pot smoker, knowing that if he gets caught, that you'll lose his services for at least four games?

If anything, these three just put a bull's-eye on their back.

Worst case scenario, the hotdog sales along his new team's sidelines skyrocket.

Three game suspensions for enjoying one's self are ludicrous. They allow beer sales at games, but the kid can't smoke a pinner at home on Monday. Stupid USA.

[VitaminD]

Yawn.

So... these 3 guys are different from the overwhelming majority of high school and college students in what way? Nowhere in the article does it say that they're habitual users. All I got out of the article is that they've all admitted to using it at some point in their past. Not that they toked this week, or that they were stoned at their interviews at the Combine.

You know what? I'd be more surprised if guys came out and said they had never smoked weed. Or drank before their 21st birthday. Or had premarital sex, or jaywalked, or taken 2 newspapers out of an honor box, or anything else that the Morality Police will get their knickers in a twist over. If anything, I give them credit for being smart enough to be candid and upfront about their college experience. Better to get it out on record before the NFL background checkers find out for themselves. And they would.

And if these guys are wise enough to 'fess up to experimenting with a little weed, they're likely also smart enough to know their livelihood and reputation could be placed in jeopardy with a failed drug test. Let's all stop making mountains out of molehills.

[TFoA]

Not that it will be that big a deal, but I don't see anything advantageous about admiting to using pot (other than blunt honesty).

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The Way We Hear It — NFL draft edition

Three potential top-10 draft prospects admit to marijuana use

By Nolan Nawrocki

April 18, 2007

PFW has learned that three potential top-10 picks have admitted to using marijuana. The admissions were recorded during standard interviews at the NFL Scouting Combine administered by the league to every player in attendance and submitted to all 32 teams for review.

Georgia Tech WR Calvin Johnson, Clemson DE Gaines Adams and Louisville DT Amobi Okoye, according to multiple sources who have watched the interviews, all admitted to using marijuana.

Such admissions are viewed indifferently by many teams’ decision-makers who do not consider marijuana experimentation to be abnormal. In the case of Johnson — who is being considered by the Raiders with the first overall pick — his stock is not expected to be affected at all, given the strength of his character. That he admitted to using the drug, to some teams, is a sign of maturity.

Honesty is highly encouraged in the interviews, and those who are not honest and later proven to have lied are likely to be punished more severely, as LSU’s Claude Wroten was a year ago. Regarded as a top-10 pick entering draft meetings, he wound up sliding to the third round.

For Adams and Okoye, however, there could be more severe ramifications given some questions that exist about the consistency of their play.

“It should scare (teams), especially when you see how laid-back (Adams) is in his play,” one team official said. “No one disputes the great physical ability. What is disputed is how passionate he is and how physical he is. Physically, from an athletic standpoint, he has all the tools. He is the No. 1 pass rusher in the draft, and I don’t think many people would argue with that.”

As for Okoye, scouts have a love-hate relationship with him. Some teams who became aware of his admission in the past month have said they did not think it would affect his draft stock at all. Others have deeper concerns about his work ethic, maturity level and fluctuations in his weight.

Considering NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s hard-line stance on players who run afoul of the law, teams could place a higher premium on character than ever before.

“The commissioner is going to be all over any team that drafts players with borderline character,” another team official said. “You are not going to see a draft like, for instance, Cincinnati’s (in 2006), where they took four criminals in one draft, because the owners are going to start getting fined.”

College kids smoking weed?! No way!!!

[vikmurphy]

Im sorry what was that (cough, cough)

[HedleyLamarr]

You know what? I'd be more surprised if guys came out and said they had never smoked weed. Or drank before their 21st birthday. Or had premarital sex, or jaywalked, or taken 2 newspapers out of an honor box, or anything else that the Morality Police will get their knickers in a twist over.

Well, I've never smoked weed (or a cigarette or anything, for that matter), but I've filled that void with much drinking before my 21st birthday and much premarital sex....

[Sodboy13]

Not that it will be that big a deal, but I don't see anything advantageous about admiting to using pot (other than blunt honesty).

Zing!