Defending Brian Cushing

I dont want a cheater on my team, that being said mcrath isent a star on this team like cushing is for the texans. true he had a legit chance to start, but hes by far not the pride and joy of this defense. It sucks, but im just like… eh, peace out cheater. you guys are like, dam,.. there goes the defense.

I am a pharmacist…if he was taking the hCG to get rid of subcutaneous fat then why wouldn’t he just say that? It is more believable than his pitiful excuse of a press conference. What would be most likely to me is that he was cycling off the hCG when he tested positive. That would account for the low levels in the urine. Another possibility is that urine can be diluted if someone is able to “hyper-hydrate”. The specific amount of hCG will not change thus lowering the %hCG in the urine which could lead to lower levels or even a false negative. These are just a couple of other options to explain you low levels.

I do agree that Cushing continued to play well, but that does not mean he never used PEDs or other banned substances.

Another use for hCG is many athletes believe that hCG can help reduce subcutaneous fat. It has been proven time and again that this doesn’t work but many athletes and trainers still believe that it helps. When used in this capacity the hormone is taken in low doses and usually taken orally instead of an injection. Once again, due to the low level of this found in his urine I believe this is what he was taking it for because linebackers can’t usually be fat and still do their job well.

What’s the difference? PED’s or taking hCG for subcutaneus fat loss, however ineffective, is still illegal. hCG is still on the banned substance list (obviously, that’s the reason he was suspended.) I mean, what if he had used marijuana? Should that have affected the DROY results? What about cocaine? Heroin? The problem is that the task of trying to identify on substance as “worse” than others is a slippery slope. Performance enhancing or not, the guy cheated, and he doesn’t deserve the DROY award.

To use an analogy, it’s like defending a murderer in court and saying, “Everyone needs to understand something. My defendant didn’t commit the heinous crime of choking the victim to death with his bare hands. Nope. He actually poisoned him during dinner. I hope this helps clear his name.”

that HcG doesn’t lower subshanananana fat? And he’s a professional athlete. Did he really have that much fat to work off? Still rings like bullshit. This doesn’t PROVE he was innocent, it just is a defense of another possibility to why he used it. It actually doesn’t prove shit, and as Don Fransisco said, then why not just say that?

That they are providing reasons that Cushing could use so he could try to “prove” he was innocent? It’s funny how Cushing never brought this cheating reason up.

I got one: Cushing was told by doctors that his left leg was going to fall off by the end of September if he didn’t take steroids.

Sounds more logical and would cause less hate for him than the whole fake-cancer story.

But the fact that Texan fans continue to defend this moron is crazy. Brian Cushing got caught with a substance that is BANNED by the NFL. That is why he is a cheater. That’s what it boils down to for me. The same goes for Gerald McRath. Texan fans shouldn’t let the jersey they wear affect how they view a player. I wonder how they feel about McRath right now actually, or especially if he had produced a monstrous season last year.

That every college kid somehow thinks they are an expert because they are majoring in it at the time. Hell i’m majoring in engineering but i don’t call up NASA and offer my shuttle ideas.

Also, if this was the case, the Cushing camp would have said it. Not this “I was afraid i have a tumor” despicable nonsense.

This is so weird to see you over here. As you can see, these boys like to have more fun….not as “cut & dried” as TCB is….but don’t tell them that, though….don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings…..:-)

Most of these responses were a little harsh, but this is a rival blog, so I get what I deserve.

Cushing was tested multiple times before the season and during the beginning of it. The first time he was tested, it was negative, the second time, it was positive. Both tests weren’t separated by a long period of time either. It is a little odd that he only took a small amount, because if you knowingly took steroids, wouldn’t you want to cover it up 100% by taking a shit load of hCG?

the guy who wrote this is not a Texans fan. He is a Colts fan. A Colts fan that likes Cushing. Go figure.