Seattle CB Walter Thurmond Suspension
 

Per Adam Schefter twitter

Seahawks CB Walter Thurmond is facing a four-game suspension for violating NFL Policy for Substances of Abuse, as @RapSheet reported.
9:38am - 24 Nov 13


These defensive players on the sea chickens can't stay away from "substances" or PEDS

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Yup. Is this the sixth or the seventh Seahawk player suspended for PED's? If they all got busted at the same time, there probably wouldn't be anybody left to line up and play.

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Last season, Browner and Sherman were suspended four games for using Adderall, but Sherman's punishment was overturned on appeal. Since 2011, five Seahawks have been suspended for violating the substance abuse policy.

he's not a starter, but has 31 tackles as a nickel
he will appeal, but that should be settled before the MNF game

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I believe it's 6 PED and 1 substance suspension under Carroll. Running a clean program just like he did at USC. He is starting in place of Browner who is injured right now.

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He was set up.

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it was the hookers fault? she doped him? :p

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Legion of Boom..... more like Legion of Adderall

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Quote:
Thurmond reportedly will drop his appeal this week in order to be ready for the playoffs.

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well he was the starter filling in for Browner over the next 4 games

now the Seattle CB depth has taken a huge hit

look for the Saints to attack through the air

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I say we rename them the "Legion of Shroom"

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good for us, but makes more sense to appeal and try and play Monday, and then miss the next 4

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Thurmond is suspended, and Brandon Browner is out 4-6 weeks with injury.

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Excellent, if he serves immediately plus browner out the sea dicks will be mighty short on solid cb's. Sherman can't cover everyone. Looks like things are gonna be in the Saints favor.

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Until they move the safeties in the box and then Graham has another 5 for 100+ like he's known to do...

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If Sherman covers Graham, Colston will feast on backup DB's. If Sherman covers Colston and somehow their safeties and LB's contain Graham, then Stills/Moore/Meachem will feast on backup DB's.

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Saw this recap over on SR...

Bruce Irvin, 4 games, May 2013
Brandon Browner, 4 games, Dec 2012
Richard Sherman, 4 games, Dec 2012 (won on appeal)
Winston Guy, 4 games, Nov 2012
Allen Barbre, 4 games, May 2012
John Moffitt, 4 games, Dec 2011

Seattle's 13th man...

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Just another case of "the man" trying to bring him down.

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We talk about how they are thin at Cb but we are even thinner. We also lost 2 of our top 3 CB so they are probably talking about the same thing.

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Show me. We just beat Matty (Elite) Ice and his receiving corps, less-one.

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The difference is those guys are the strength of their defense, playing man press coverage on the outside is what sets them up for success. see this article Super corners set limits, rest of Seahawks' dominant D fills in gaps - CBSSports.com

Our defense on the other hand is set up by the d-line so the secondary guys have a certain amount of slack.

Also from the above article, the Saints have a schematic advantage on offense in that they run a lot of bunched sets and tight formations so they can hide some pre-snap reads from the defense and force them to play zone.

I think we beat the Seahawks comfortably, maybe by 10 or 13. They haven't seen a team like the Saints yet. I mean, look at their schedule, talk about soft. If we had played that schedule we'd probably be undefeated right now.

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When you say we have lost 2 of our 3 CBs, do you mean Greer and Patrick Robinson? I agree on Greer, but Robinson is not one of our best CBs. Lewis, Greer, and White are all better than him if you ask me.

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Easy to bash on Robinson but he didn't have a chance to prove himself in the new defense. He is a good man-to-man corner and proved it in 2011 in a non-Spagnuolo scheme and IMO was off to a great start this year before the injury. If all were healthy and playing right now IMO Robinson would be the outside corner in the nickel with Greer playing the slot guy and White would be riding pine.

The only difference between people's opinions of Robinson and somebody like Hawthorne/Lofton/Jenkins/Galette/etc is that those guys got to redeem themselves now after playing in Spag's crappy scheme and looking terrible. P-Rob never really got the chance. Personaly, I feel like everybody from that Spag defense should get a clean slate b/c now we see the problem clearly wasn't the players, it was the coaching.

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6th or 7th wow what going on under Pete's watch.

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They are getting desperate now.

Report: Seahawks have reached out to Antoine Winfield | ProFootballTalk

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Desperation hmm shows weakness or worry.

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Ped Carroll

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IT WASN'T PEDs in this case.....man.

I'm not saying there won't be a slight dropoff, but the Hawks went down the stretch without Browner and Thurmond last season and went 4-0 in that period. Both Lane and Maxwell have played a lot the season and even their backups are very capable.....but it DOES hurt their depth though, and if the Saints want to spread the Hawks out, you may see some holes there.

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Antoine Winfield was on our squad in training camp and had been expected to start. He was still effective with the Vikings last year. He was cut because he couldn't compete with the depth that the Seahawks had available. Now some of that depth is being called upon, so we are exploring our options. He's intimately familiar with our defense and scheme so it makes sense for us to call on him. I don't think the Hawks are expecting him to come in and start....they are calling him in hopes for more depth.

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That makes more sense as to why they're pulling from the bullpen of available players. Having been with the squad before helps a ton.

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Plus Browner was just dinged for PEDs again. Ouch.

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FWIW, Brandon Browner just reported via twitter:

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The story is false. Brandon Browner's agent text John Clayton and told him so..

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Jason La Canfora ‏@JasonLaCanfora 1m
Spoke to a source with knowledge of Brandon Browner's status who said he did not have another positive test for PEDs ...

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Shhhh, I heard it was actually next week.

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It was reported by Mike Silver (A huge 49er fan and apologist). He's a clown and is a disgrace to journalism..

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Fun. NFLN is running with it now. They say Seattle is "moving on" without Browner. In other words, he's done in a Seahawks uni. Who to believe?

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I hope Browner sues the crap out of Silver!!