Maualuga Tries to Comfort Cushing
by Jason Garrison on May 10, 2010 10:08 PM EDT
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PrintHouston Texan's linebacker Brian Cushing, Rey Maualuga's college teammate and friend, won the NFL's defensive rookie of the year award last season but after testing positive for a performance enhancing drug and receiving a four-game suspension, the NFL is allowing voters for the award to recast their votes to possibly choose a new defensive rookie of the year.
Steve Wyche of NFL.com says that Maualuga has his old pals back.
"I’m just thinking about what happened to me with the DUI (arrest in February), how I didn’t want anybody to talk to me," Maualuga said. "I’m not saying I know how he feels, but I’m just comparing it to how I felt, with people calling and texting and asking me, ‘What happened?’ All I did was say, ‘This, too, shall pass. You’ll be all right, bro.’ He said, ‘Thanks. I appreciate it.’ He knows I have his back.
"I know he’s going through a lot. A lot of people are going to say that he’s a cheater and all that. His success came from working hard. He’s one of hardest-working guys I know."
It's good that Maualuga seems to have grown since his arrest in February. I doubt that his words will have any effect on the new vote but I'm sure it's nice for Cushing to know he's got a friend to confide in. This is a great example of one of the many reasons that the Bengals locker room is so great right now.
Cushing will stay on the ballot and be joined by Bills safety Jairus Byrd, Packers lineback Clay Matthews and Redskins linebacker Brian Orakpo.
Peter King tweeted:
There is no way--none--that as one of the 50 AP voters, I can vote for a performance-enhancer as Defensive Rookie of the Year. And I won't.
King obviously doesn't the same way about Cushing that Maualuga does.
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apparently
he tested postitive for elevated levels of hcg which is a seminal fluid produced by the body. also, it could have been elevated if he had ejaculated close to the time he was tested.
so basically he could have jerked it in the morning shower and gotten a 4 game suspension.
that’s rough.
RIP Slim.
maybe he's pregnant
he could just be a huge chick with a fetus growing inside his uterus, just a thought
The problem with King's comment
and a lot of other people vote is that they ALREADY have voted for someone that used PEDs they just didn’t know it at the time. It’s unreal that this guy tested positive in September and they appeals process took 6 – 7 months to complete!! Imagine if the Texans slip into the playoffs as a wild card by a game (i.e. if the Bengals beat NYJ in week 17) and go on a run to win the Super Bowl. Would we be talking about a do over for the Super Bowl/playoffs??
I understand and agree with the appeals process, but it’s a joke if it takes that long to go through. Now the Texans have an opportunity to “plan” for missing Cushing for four weeks which I don’t think is the intention of a suspension when a violation occurs during the season.
very good point...
I find that a lot of these people that scream foul the loudest are trying to make up for their own lack of self-value.
Do they even have enough evidence to crucify this guy? These tests seem so subjective to me.
did Maualuga send him 2 wrecked cars and an underage bottle of wine?
.. with a basket of various change collected from the parking meters he destroyed.
by 80%OFTHETIMEIMRIGHTEVERYTIME on May 11, 2010 1:18 PM EDT reply actions
"King obviously doesn't the same way about Cushing that Maualuga does."
King obviously doesn’t what?
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Peter King......
sigh. The guy simply flip-flops more than a chef cooking pancakes at IHOP. He has no problem voting for roided out players in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s for the Hall of Fame but Cushing’s PED problem crosses the line.
On a side note, the guy is a NE homer that for all the connections he has in the NFL, he simply is wrong about SOOOO many things i.e New Orleans being #24 in his power rankings to start last season.
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Nice article and video about Rey Maualuga by Steve Wyche
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d81811040&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true
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Great article.
Well done Rey. You owned up to a big mistake, didn’t hide behind laywers and are sober 100 days. Keep it up and you will be in the Pro Bowl for 2010.
I didnt know he was that bad off
this should be a greatly improved 2010 Rey Rey
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by TennBengalfan on May 11, 2010 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Also Pacman Jones Press conference
http://www.nfl.com/videos/cincinnati-bengals/09000d5d81811725/Bengals-welcome-Jones
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confirmation of his slowness on the Bengals website in the video
:( weak
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by TennBengalfan on May 11, 2010 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow does Big Andre look alot more Healthy!
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by TennBengalfan on May 11, 2010 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions
J/k about Simpson he does make a nice catch
wasnt clear on my sarcasm
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by TennBengalfan on May 11, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I just didnt want anybody to be misled
WHODEY
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by TennBengalfan on May 11, 2010 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
WTF?!?!?!
This was on posted on Chad Ochocinco’s twitter
Jamarcus Russel, you on twitter, if not its cool ill see you in #minicamp , ooopsss, did I just leak that info #ocnn
If Mike Brown signs this guy… we’re DOOMED!!!!
by sgiridharan1982 on May 11, 2010 3:32 PM EDT reply actions
strange
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by TennBengalfan on May 11, 2010 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Adam Shefter's response is..
@Adam_Schefter No leak, @OGOchoCinco. Your team has called JaMarcus Russell, as have others. But there are no plans for him to be at any minicamps now.
Well we have called his agent according to Shefter but nothing further. I say we have a decent chance of signing him. I really would rather not. I want a QB signed to improve our backups but definitely not what I had in mind!
He is better then Jordan
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by TennBengalfan on May 11, 2010 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
this was a rumor
he showed up at the raiders minicamp in the best shape of his career. not saying he would keep himself like that, but that’s what happened.
RIP Slim.
I don't know about that.
He may not have talent but honestly as it stands now I would take Jordan. Jordan works with the Receivers constantly to improve them and himself. Russell has shown no interest in wanting to work. It has been widely reported that he falls asleep in meetings, is the last in first out during practice, and does not consistently put the work in. I know Russell has more talent but he is LAZY. I would rather have someone with less talent who will put forth the work. This is one reason why are locker room is the way it is. It rubs off on the other players. Russell is not willing to put the work in. I have NO reason to believe he will. He has already made enough money that he should never have to worry about money again. Unless I saw some SERIOUS change and drive out of Russell I say NO THANKS
It's bouncing all over twitter now
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by TennBengalfan on May 11, 2010 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
His other tweet
@realskipbayless Skip how do you feel about us bringing aboard Jamarcus Russell, awesome right?
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by TennBengalfan on May 11, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Reggie Kelly signing soon?
Coach Marvin Lewis indicated that the Bengals are still hopeful of re-signing free agent tight end Reggie Kelly according to Geoff Hobson of Bengals.com.
Lewis said in his Tuesday news conference after the first on-field workout of the season that he talks to Kelly every day.
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PFT
Two months after he signed with the Cincinnati Bengals, wide receiver Antonio Bryant says he’s thrilled to be playing with quarterback Carson Palmer.
And in the process of explaining what he likes about Palmer, Bryant threw one of his previous quarterbacks, Jeff Garcia, under the bus.
“He does the same thing every time,” Bryant said of Palmer, per Bengals.com. “Garcia’s a good player, but you had to run two routes. The route and then the Jeff route.”
Bryant is hardly the first wide receiver to criticize Garcia, but his comments are a little surprising. After all, in Tampa Bay in 2008, Bryant had career highs in catches (83), yards (1,248) and touchdowns (seven), and Garcia was the Bucs’ starting quarterback for most of the season.
Bryant and Garcia also played together in Cleveland in 2004, although only for a few games, as Bryant was traded to the Browns prior to Week Seven, and Garcia lost the starting quarterback job after Week Eleven.
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Per Joe Reedy, strange for a player to say this
Chris Crocker: "Back in the past Cincinnati was more like a graveyard. … Now we’re like the Betty Ford Clinic, rehabing guys. "
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Is Antonio Bryant in mini-camp??
How does he look?
man, if that guy produces the Bengals could be something serious this year
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