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Blackmon suspended 1st 4 games of season (1 Viewer)

PED or some kind of banned substance. wow, idiot factor rising again...

from Rotoworld

A four-game ban under the substance-abuse policy would mean Blackmon committed multiple violations. The league hands out four-game suspensions for first time offenses under the PED policy. Blackmon has two drunk driving arrests on his record, but both came before he signed his Jaguars contract.

 
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So either he has a drug/alcohol problem (enough for 2 additional strikes), or this is a first offense for PEDs? Either way, has to hurt his value both redraft and dynasty.

 
dewmass said:
Just paid a fortune to trade up to get him in a start up, two hours ago. Ha well, thems the breaks!
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Long term you might still be OK. Remember the guy had a DUI blood alcohol reading of .24, which, to get to that level and not be comatose suggests a serious drinking problem and having a slip is not that surprising (I may be assuming wrongfully that this was also alcohol related). Only problem that he can't screw up again without being out a year.

 
I was gonna play for Shad until I got high
I was gonna give it all I had but then I got high
The Jags are still messed up and I know why
(Why man?)

Because I got high, because I got high, because I got high
 
Also voided all his guarantees:

@brian_mcintyre Blackmon's suspension should also void $10,772,248 of guarantees in '13-'15 contract years

 
Azhais said:
Also voided all his guarantees:

@brian_mcintyre Blackmon's suspension should also void $10,772,248 of guarantees in '13-'15 contract years
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Woof. IIRC the team was exploring that kind of language, but I didn't think it made it into the final contract. Or is this something different or standard contract language?

 
Tackling Dummies said:
"I've made a mistake and I have no excuse," Blackmon said in a statement released by the Jaguars. "I am truly sorry and disappointed in myself for putting the Jaguars in this situation, and I look forward to putting this behind me and maturing and growing as a person."

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000165550/article/jaguars-justin-blackmon-suspended-four-games
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Looks like the last statement he released when he was pulled over for DUI. Obviously he hasn't matured yet.

 
Azhais said:
Also voided all his guarantees:

@brian_mcintyre Blackmon's suspension should also void $10,772,248 of guarantees in '13-'15 contract years
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Very smart move on JAX part to include that clause. I'm sure that they'd rather have him on the field, but 10M in guarantees creates options. For other WRs.

 
I was just thinking the other day about when I turned down Blackmon for Wright last July and probably should have taken it and now I don't feel so bad. Creates a good opportunity to buy Blackmon if you don't mind the risk.

 
I wouldn't be so fast to bump up Shorts. Now there is literally nobody to take attention away from him down the field and this group of WR is one of the worst in the league without Blackmon out there. Fortunately it's only 4 games. For now.

 
Which players been suspended for a year for violated the substance abuse policy? The only one I can think of is Ricky Williams.

 
Bonka said:
I was just thinking the other day about when I turned down Blackmon for Wright last July and probably should have taken it and now I don't feel so bad. Creates a good opportunity to buy Blackmon if you don't mind the risk.
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Yeah, but there seems to be is a hell of a lot more risk now than there was before. Many of us were gun shy on him last year after the .24 DUI while others were saying "Nothing really to see here, move along" In fact, I recall EBF saying at the time that it didn't really change Blackmon's value as far as he was concerned - can't find the thread but the quote was something like "He is the exact same player he was before the arrest."

So we had someone with red flags coming into the league which we were told to ignore. Now we got more baggage. This is getting into the "Fool me twice, shame on me!" category.

I actually would consider buying him now, but it would be at a steep discount from what he was worth yesterday and I doubt most of his owners would let him go at fire sale prices given what they paid for him.

 
The Real Yoda said:
I wouldn't be so fast to bump up Shorts. Now there is literally nobody to take attention away from him down the field and this group of WR is one of the worst in the league without Blackmon out there. Fortunately it's only 4 games. For now.
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This is a fallacy. If Shorts is the goods, he'll have no problem converting his extra targets into catches.
 
cstu said:
Which players been suspended for a year for violated the substance abuse policy? The only one I can think of is Ricky Williams.
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I don't know. How many NFL players have two DUIs, including one with a .26 and another failed blood test before they start their second season?

 
I had Blackmon ranked as my dynasty WR9 until this. Today I got this email from a friend: "I know you were high on Blackmon before this. Do you view this as a reason to cool on him, given that he is theoretically subject to a bigger suspension if caught again and given this as evidence of poor judgment? Or do you view this as a buy low opportunity?"I have to see him as a huge risk now, not a buy low. The 2010 arrest could be thought of as no big deal, a college kid enjoying college. The 2012 arrest with a crazy 0.24 blood alcohol in retrospect should have been more alarming to me but because of his immense talent I looked the other way more than I should have. A blood alcohol level that high by itself should have had alarm bells going off in my head, for that's a level a casual drinker probably can't even reach before passing out first. It should have said to me that this was a hard core drinker.Now he's been fined 4 games for substance abuse, not PEDs, which has to make one assume he has a continuing drinking problem, one so bad that he's unable to stop even if it means losing millions in contract guarantees. By being suspended it means he has tested positive multiple times since entering the NFL -- not counting the 0.24 last year before he signed a contract, as I understand it.So, 2010, 2012, and getting caught by tests multiple times in 2012/13 under the NFL testing program... and that's only the times he's been caught. Imagine all the other times he's been under the influence. It is pretty clear to me he has a lifestyle problem he can't control, and all the apologies and good intentions in the world don't add up to 10 cents worth of ability to beat this problem. He looks like a huge risk to again fail a test and be done for a year, and then who knows. If he can't beat this he essentially kills his career at some point.I haven't decided where to now rank him. First, there's the 4 games lost in 2013 which matter. Then there's the big risk he's got a lifelong problem, and you can bet the Jags are taking into account his unreliability when forecasting his future with the team, as will other teams if/when he's no longer with Jacksonville. He falls from dynasty WR9 in my rankings no doubt, but to where is the question. I'll be posting new rankings in the next day or two and by then I'll have digested this better and hopefully will have a better feel for that.Bruce

 
Now he's been fined 4 games for substance abuse, not PEDs, which has to make one assume he has a continuing drinking problem
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Is alcohol part of the substance abuse policy?

 
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Blackmon is a buy low for me. At least I will try.

I sure as hell wont be selling low though.

And I agree this isnt good for SHORTS. If they had a top QB it would help, but not Gabbert. A bad QB throwing to a decent WR with a top corner on him every game, plus coverage shifted his was.......................isnt good. Shorts isnt a stud fellas.

 
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cstu said:
wdcrob said:
cstu said:
Which players been suspended for a year for violated the substance abuse policy? The only one I can think of is Ricky Williams.
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Koren Robinson. I think Chris Henry got to eight games. Santonio's on his last strike too.
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Eerily similar. I hope Blackmon gets some help for his drinking problem.
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The scary/sad/whatever thing is that he should already be in a program getting help, and yet he's failing tests despite that. He hasn't just slipped up once. Is he at all capable of putting down the bottle before he wrecks his career? So far he doesn't seem to be.

 
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