Marcus Gilbert Suspended for Performance Enhancing Substance

[Yo Tee]

Marcus Gilbert suspended four games after violating league’s substance abuse policy

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

What....an....idiot

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Hubbard has been decent filling in for Gilbert. Next man up.

On the bright side... Gilbert's hammy should be nice & healed up for the postseason.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Just sparked a thought... Maybe this is why the team has been suspiciously protective of Matt Feiler keeping him on the 53? That's a lot of time that has passed to keep this silent until now so I find it hard to believe that they knew. But they could have been fighting it behind closed doors sotospeak?

@ATL96Steeler

 

[Ojb81]

Goddammit. Unbelievable. That's three years in a row now that a Steeler gets a multi-game suspension.

Way to go, Gilbert. Hope it was worth it

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Marcus... Take the red pill and your hammy heals faster but you'll piss hot, take the blue pill and your hammy heals slower but you'll piss clean...

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

 

[Ewa PGH Fan]

@#$%^&*&%$#@!!!

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

I'm sorry but how in the f*ck do you "inadvertently" take a banned substance? Pretty sure he knows how harsh the league is on substances like these. Even if he "didn't know it was a substance banned by the NFL" I'm pretty damn positive it wouldn't have been difficult to find out. Ask the trainers, or the team doctor, or the coaches, or ask James f*cking Harrison... That dude's been piss tested more times than Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Roger Clemens combined.

Shit I bet he could have even involved his agent & the NFLPA if he had a shred of doubt about the substance.

But nope... He just decided to pop that pill and ask questions later.

Good call

 

[Psych-Ward]

I'm sorry but how in the f*ck do you "inadvertently" take a banned substance? Pretty sure he knows how harsh the league is on substances like these. Even if he "didn't know it was a substance banned by the NFL" I'm pretty damn positive it wouldn't have been difficult to find out. Ask the trainers, or the team doctor, or the coaches, or ask James f*cking Harrison... That dude's been piss tested more times than Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Roger Clemens combined.

Shit I bet he could have even involved his agent & the NFLPA if he had a shred of doubt about the substance.

But nope... He just decided to pop that pill and ask questions later.

Good call

"I got it from Martavis, he said it was good Shit" .........Marcus Gilbert

 

[Psych-Ward]

Funny how Bing Bam and it's done when it comes to a Steeler......

Anyone else in the Fuckin league and they'd be playing till the middle of next year before the hammer dropped on them.

 

[Yo Tee]

So is this like a locker room thing where everyone just takes a banned substance? Gilbert, Le'Veon, Martavis...who the fuck is next and what are the coaches doing to tell the players to stop this behavior?

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

I don't think its fair to compare Marcus to Le'Veon & Martavis... This was a PED, not a violation of the substance abuse policy. Marcus took something to help heal his hammy, while the other 2 smoked pot. Very different scenarios.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Yeee-OUCH! Essentially he lost a quarter of his $4mil base salary this season.

Was it worth it Marcus?

 

[ATL96Steeler]

Just sparked a thought... Maybe this is why the team has been suspiciously protective of Matt Feiler keeping him on the 53? That's a lot of time that has passed to keep this silent until now so I find it hard to believe that they knew. But they could have been fighting it behind closed doors sotospeak?

@ATL96Steeler

I didn't see it coming...but the constant movement with Jake Rodgers on the PS, then off, then on should have been a signal I suppose.

In terms of the loss...it sucks, but could be far worse. Hubbard is capable, but has been more hit or miss this season in his starting roles...I'm not sure of when, but I can see a day Finney is the starting LG and Hawkins is the starting RT.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

Yeee-OUCH! Essentially he lost a quarter of his $4mil base salary this season.

Was it worth it Marcus?

Sounds like he was trying to get back out there sooner rather than later and got popped.