Official 2014-2015 Pittsburgh Steelers Thread

[columbia]

The near-onomatopoeia aspect is kind of amusing.

[FreeCandy44]

"Cops say there were about 20 grams of pot in the car. All 3 passengers (there was a female in back) claimed possession."

[Crankshaft]

Just as soon as the Steelers were starting to become likable again...

Even with Pouncey?

I didn't say they were completely likable.

[shafnutz05]

I have no problem with weed, but why on Earth would you even want to smoke with 16 weeks of NFL football and practices staring you in the face? Seems you'd want your lungs in top shape for this.

This is precisely my point. Although, it does irritate me that, knowing it is currently illegal, they chose to do something so stupid anyway.

But even on top of that, assuming it was legal, pot is really, really not good for your lungs. Just from an athletic standpoint alone it's stupid.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

20 grams sounded like a lot to me, but apparently anything under 30 grams is considered a small amount of marijuana per PA law and a misdemeanor offense.

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[DelPen]

Is it that no one got caught or we didn't have potheads on the team under Cowher?

[slappybrown]

The former

[tifosi77]

Does no one remember Bam Morris? He was caught with like a trunk full of weed not too long after outplaying Emmitt Smith in the Super Bowl?

[OutofFoil]

Anyone remember Bam Morris?

[Faubert5]

Is it that no one got caught or we didn't have potheads on the team under Cowher?

Tim Worley and Bam Morris both had drug issues while with the Steelers just for starters. I'm sure there were more.

[blurryhaze312]

I mean, I was really hoping for those two to come out and light it up this year. Not sure this is what I had in mind.

[DudeMan2766]

I mean, I was really hoping for those two to come out and light it up this year. Not sure this is what I had in mind.

Says the user "blurryhaze" goes the weasel

[largegarlic]

Wow, 20 grams is kind of a lot...almost 3/4 of an ounce. I really don't care if guys smoke if the offseason or even occasionally in-season, but it's just so so dumb to be driving around with that quantity.

[shafnutz05]

Spoiler:

So twice that.

[DelPen]

Spoiler:

So twice that.

Isn't that 1 gram? So 20 times that.

[PensFanInDC]

Spoiler:

So twice that.

Isn't that 1 gram? So 20 times that.

20 grams is about 3/4 of an ounce. Not abnormal for a more well off stoner.

[shafnutz05]

lol, decimal point fail. Like I said, I could care less about pot in a normal situation, but just stupid for two NFL players (especially the two top RBs for a team) heading into the season. Extraordinarily selfish

[Staggy]

Wow, 20 grams is kind of a lot...almost 3/4 of an ounce. I really don't care if guys smoke if the offseason or even occasionally in-season, but it's just so so dumb to be driving around with that quantity.

Yeah 20 g's is a boatload, I thought it was a typo at first. How stupid do you have to be to drive around with $400 of weed, let alone doing it drunk. And I was surprised to see anything under 30 grams is just a misdemeanor, I figured the cutoff would be much less.

[Idoit40fans]

I dont think alcohol is involved.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

The DUI was for driving while stoned which is treated differently than driving while drunk I believe, but I could be wrong. The Steelers set a precedent with Santonio Holmes of giving a one game suspension for a pot related arrest so I suspect both will at least receive that.

[Geezer]

Is it that no one got caught or we didn't have potheads on the team under Cowher?

Tim Worley and Bam Morris both had drug issues while with the Steelers just for starters. I'm sure there were more.

Joe Gilliam had a ton of talent and pissed away his NFL career from drugs. He eventually became homeless and died from drug use when he was 40ish. I'm pretty sure drugs paved the way for the end of Ernie Holmes career. He was charged once with coke posession but beat the rap. He was gone a year or so later and out of the league a couple years after that. He could have been a HOFr IMO. Many national media types thought he should have been NFL defensive MVP one season.
If you really want to go back in time Big Daddy Lipscomb died of a Heroin overdose in the Burgh when he was a Steeler.

[Geezer]

http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/nf ... -wednesday" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Blount not charged per some reports.

[FreeCandy44]

Huh...still very dumb

[Rocco]

So does this mean Haley will call 30 between the tackles carries for Archer against Cleveland?

Really they should just suspend the both of them for Week 1. If BRoeth can't throw the offense on his back against them the team isn't going anywhere.

[PensFanInDC]

lol, decimal point fail. Like I said, I could care less about pot in a normal situation, but just stupid for two NFL players (especially the two top RBs for a team) heading into the season. Extraordinarily selfish

Totally agree.