Twitter: @Bouchette. Bell and Blount charged with weed possession

[K Train]

It was and is a distraction and the team played like S#$*(#$*
At the end of the day that's all that matters.

Watching Sanchez tear up our starting defense made me want a joint.

Honestly through 3 games Sanchez looks better than Foles. Hes a bit more athletic and has a strong arm than Foles. And he scored because of a BS pentalty with a helmet to the chest...which i dont think i will ever get over

[papillon]

He said Beavis and Blunthead, ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha
ROFLMAO

Pappy

[hausparty]

the holding penalty on the Eagles player on that TD was the worst call of the night.

Leading with your head is the same penalty we received with the BELL hit so if its fair, its fair I guess.

I personally think the REFS will throw a lot less yellow once the season starts.

[fordfixer]

[url]http://www.foxsports.com/buzzer/story/le-veon-bell-legarrette-blount-marijuana-driving-dui-told-cops-not-high-anymore-082214[/url]




FOX Sports


AUG 22, 2014


Steelers Running Backs Arrested



Apparently Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell was under the influence of ignorance on Wednesday when a police officer pulled over he and teammate LeGarrette Blount hours before a preseason game.
The players admitted to the officer that a 20-gram bag of marijuana -- which may or may not be a drug if you ask Bob Saget or the states of Colorado and Washington -- belonged to them. Both were charged for drug possession and Bell, who was driving, also caught a DUI charge.
Bell further admitted, per the police report obtained by WPXI, that he had smoked "about a minute ago" before clarifying, "we smoked within the last two hours."
The officer told Bell that because he was smoking marijuana, he could not operate a vehicle and could possibly get a DUI. Then Bell said this (emphasis added):
"I didn't know you could get a DUI for being high. I smoked two hours ago. I'm not high anymore. I'm perfectly fine. Why would I be getting high if I had to make it to my game?"
The last one is a question he will have to take up with Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. Bell also had his blood drawn at the police station. Those toxicology results ought to help answer whether Bell had smoked a minute or hours before the stop and whether he violated Pennsylvania's drugged driving law.
Anyhow, the officer inquired about this game, Bell said: "I have to be on a plane at three to be in Philadelphia. I play for the Steelers."
Indeed Bell is a football player, not a lawyer, but now he should remember at least that one nugget of information about driving after smoking.
Suspensions of some length are coming for Bell and Blount, who combined for 16 carries and 55 yards in Thursday's preseason game against the Eagles.

[eniparadoxgma]

I think it's time for a new RB coach:

[Slapstick]

"A minute" is slang for a significant period of time...we'll see, I suppose...

Moronic...

[fordfixer]

I think it's time for a new RB coach:

Classic...........

[hawaiiansteel]

Retweeted by Mark Kaboly:

Courtney Brennan @WPXI_Courtney ·

More affidavit: @L_Bell26 "Why would I be getting high if I had to make it to my game? I have to be on a plane at 3 to be in Philadelphia."

Affidavit: @L_Bell26: "I didn’t know you could get a DUI for being high. I smoked two hours ago. I’m not high anymore. I’m perfectly fine."

[URL]https://twitter.com/MarkKaboly_Trib[/URL]

[RobinCole]

"Why would I be getting high if I had to make it to my game?" That is a very good question. Why WOULD you?

[DukieBoy]

Classic...........

I guess marijuana doesn't improve the memory.

[BradshawsHairdresser]

"Why would I be getting high if I had to make it to my game?" That is a very good question. Why WOULD you?

Hopefully, that's what Tomlin was asking him.

[hawaiiansteel]

Tomlin: Bans for RBs 'on the table'

Updated: August 25, 2014
By Scott Brown | ESPN.com

Tomlin: Steelers May Suspend Bell, Blount

PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers could be without one or both of their top running backs when they open the regular season in two weeks against the visiting Cleveland Browns.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin reiterated Monday that Le'Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount will be punished after getting arrested on marijuana possession charges Wednesday, shortly before the team flew to Philadelphia for a preseason game the following night. Tomlin said the Steelers have not ruled out suspending Bell, who was also charged with driving under the influence, and Blount.

"Everything's on the table," Tomlin said.

Steelers president Art Rooney II indicated Monday that the Steelers would move deliberately when considering discipline for the pair.

"There are parts of this that are going to have to go through the legal process and the league review process," Rooney II told ESPN.com on Monday. "We'll just have to deal with it as that process unfolds."

Bell and Blount are the only running backs on the Steelers' roster who have any NFL carries, and losing one or both of them would be a significant blow to an offense that wants to establish the run this season.

The two players are also subject to NFL discipline, though a league suspension probably wouldn't be levied until next season.

Bell and Blount each played extensively in the Steelers' 31-21 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night. After the game, Tomlin said he played the two because he didn't view sending them home as punishment.

Tomlin said Bell and Blount will be "dealt with swiftly," though the punishment won't be disclosed unless the Steelers suspend one or both of the players.

Bell and Blount apologized Thursday night for causing a distraction, but neither would answer any questions that were not football-related.

Steelers players have said that the Bell and Blount arrests have not been a distraction.

"We don't spend a lot of time talking about what happens off the field. Obviously what's going to those guys is going to happen to those guys, and nothing we can do or say here is going to change that," veteran wide receiver Lance Moore said.

"We're not going to disown them or treat them differently. Obviously it's a situation that we would like to have not have happened, something that maybe could have been avoided. They made a decision, [but] once we walk through these doors, it's all work."

[URL]http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11408345/pittsburgh-steelers-suspend-leveon-bell-legarrette-blount-mike-tomlin-says[/URL]

[D Rock]

I don't know what its like up in Pittsburgh, but Atlanta sports radio is saying the Steelers messed up big time not holding these two out of the preseason game - that they lost respect by not taking immediate action. I don't get it.

What shows that the team is more serious about this issue - holding two RBs out of a preseason game, or suspending them for week 1 of the regular season, when they would lose a game check and it would seriously affect the team's ability to win that game?

[BradshawsHairdresser]

Should have held them out of the preseason game AND suspended them for regular season games...I'd say a four-game suspension, docking them 1/4 of their season's pay.

[feltdizz]

Should have held them out of the preseason game AND suspended them for regular season games...I'd say a four-game suspension, docking them 1/4 of their season's pay.

4 game suspension? LOL... no.