Nick Fairley Arrested On Marijuana Charge

[RavensAllTheWay]

[url="http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/nfl/231045/lions-dt-fairley-arrested-on-marijuana-charge"]http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/nfl/231045/lions-dt-fairley-arrested-on-marijuana-charge[/url]

Well, the Lions were hoping for Fairley and Suh to dominate NFL O lines together, but at this rate, it doesn't look like it's going to work out as planned.

As mentioned in this article, their second rounder from last year, RB Mikel Leshoure, was arrested for weed charges since the offseason began (twice actually), meaning that the Lions first and second rounders from last year's draft have each been arrested on weed charges in the last three weeks.

That's insane.

[tctony]

What an idiot. Any athlete who does drugs is stupid.

[JO_75]

Yeah but here is a stunning statistic: Three of the 5 Draft Picks for the Lions from the 2011 Draft have been arrested for possessing marijuana since the season ended. Back in January Lions 7th Round Pick Johnny Culbreath was also arrested for marijuana possession and now you add in Fairley and Mikel Leshoure.

3 out of 5??? They are starting to become the Bengals!

[GrimCoconut]

[quote name='JO_75' timestamp='1333604669' post='1042698']
Yeah but here is a stunning statistic: Three of the 5 Draft Picks for the Lions from the 2011 Draft have been arrested for possessing marijuana since the season ended. Back in January Lions 7th Round Pick Johnny Culbreath was also arrested for marijuana possession and now you add in Fairley and Mikel Leshoure.

3 out of 5??? They are starting to become the Bengals!
[/quote]
Obviously they all do it together. You know, bonding moment. The Lions need a CB. They should draft Jenkins or Kirkpatrick so they can all smoke up together.

At least you can say there aren't any bounties out there in the Lions system...none that we know, anyway.

[uhhhh]

I guess they have some good weed in Detroit.

[RavensAllTheWay]

[quote name='JO_75' timestamp='1333604669' post='1042698']
Yeah but here is a stunning statistic: Three of the 5 Draft Picks for the Lions from the 2011 Draft have been arrested for possessing marijuana since the season ended. Back in January Lions 7th Round Pick Johnny Culbreath was also arrested for marijuana possession and now you add in Fairley and Mikel Leshoure.

3 out of 5??? They are starting to become the Bengals!
[/quote]
Yeah, that's when you know something is wrong. LOL

[reediddy]

[quote name='tctony' timestamp='1333602022' post='1042686']
What an idiot. Any athlete who does drugs is stupid.
[/quote]

With all that money...and with the friends that these guys probably have, coming out of the neighborhoods where these athletes grew up, it's not surprising. At all.

[T-ray]

[quote name='GrimCoconut' timestamp='1333632344' post='1042770']
Obviously they all do it together. You know, bonding moment. The Lions need a CB. They should draft Jenkins or Kirkpatrick so they can all smoke up together.

[b]At least you can say there aren't any bounties out there in the Lions system...none that we know, anyway[/b].
[/quote]

Idk about that part... I mean, Suh is a pretty crazy guy, tries to hurt everyone.. I wouldn't put it past them for there to be some sort of bounty scale in place up that way.

[berad]

[quote name='T-ray' timestamp='1334011628' post='1046242']
Idk about that part... I mean, Suh is a pretty crazy guy, tries to hurt everyone.. I wouldn't put it past them for there to be some sort of bounty scale in place up that way.
[/quote]

I'm not fond of the Lions but I don't think they have bounties... except on Jim Harbaugh.

[T-ray]

[quote name='berad' timestamp='1334013721' post='1046263']
I'm not fond of the Lions but I don't think they have bounties... except on Jim Harbaugh.
[/quote]

Honestly, I wouldn't put it past any team Berad... I really wouldn't. This team though, with the ownership/coaching, is classy to where it would never do that sort of thing. But I would be willing to bet that at least a 1/3 of the teams in the NFL have some sort of a bounty system in place.

[berad]

[quote name='T-ray' timestamp='1334015457' post='1046283']
Honestly, I wouldn't put it past any team Berad... I really wouldn't. This team though, with the ownership/coaching, is classy to where it would never do that sort of thing. But I would be willing to bet that at least a 1/3 of the teams in the NFL have some sort of a bounty system in place.
[/quote]

True, true but I'm not going to throw stones when Sizzle even jokingly said that we had bounties on Ward and Mendenhall. Of course, nothing came of them, but teams are innocent until proven guilty.

[Romo Ravens]

[quote name='reediddy' timestamp='1334008948' post='1046201']
With all that money...and with the friends that these guys probably have, coming out of the neighborhoods where these athletes grew up, it's not surprising. At all.
[/quote]

There's a lot more better things out there to do than weed with their deals. Just being real

[Romo Ravens]

but they're all idiots either way

[T-ray]

[quote name='berad' timestamp='1334015655' post='1046289']
True, true but I'm not going to throw stones when Sizzle even jokingly said that we had bounties on Ward and Mendenhall. Of course, nothing came of them, but teams are innocent until proven guilty.
[/quote]

Agreed. I agree here. Players are going to get to a point where they'll have to watch their 'joking' too, or else the team will be seriously probed into.

[JohnJohnson]

[quote name='tctony' timestamp='1333602022' post='1042686']
What an idiot. Any athlete who does drugs is stupid.
[/quote]

So you can judge a person's intelligence to be very low if they smoke marijuana, but drinking alcohol is perfectly fine because it's legal (despite the fact that it's CLEARLY worse for you)?

[tctony]

[quote name='JohnJohnson' timestamp='1334019303' post='1046346']
So you can judge a person's intelligence to be very low if they smoke marijuana, but drinking alcohol is perfectly fine because it's legal (despite the fact that it's CLEARLY worse for you)?
[/quote]

Read the post. Any [b]athlete[/b] who does drugs is stupid.

I don't care if people smoke weed. It is UNDENIABLE that it has adverse affects on you, at least on equal level as alcohol. This forum is not the place to debate the legality of weed.

And any athlete smoking anything is an idiot. Smoking is much worse for you than drinking.

[Romo Ravens]

I'll be pissed if weed is legalized

[redrum52]

[quote name='T-ray' timestamp='1334015457' post='1046283']


Honestly, I wouldn't put it past any team Berad... I really wouldn't. This team though, with the ownership/coaching, is classy to where it would never do that sort of thing. But I would be willing to bet that at least a 1/3 of the teams in the NFL have some sort of a bounty system in place.
[/quote]

I highly doubt that we've never had a bounty on anyone. As classy as eveyone likes to think this team is just look our track record. The only time we didn't injure a player since Harbaugh got here was 09. Chris Johnson in 08, Jamal Charles in 10 and Gronk. Could be coincidence but Johnson and Charles looked like they had a price on their head and were killing us. Even before then on the sb run was Gannon. I honestly believe almost every team at some point though maybe not to Williams extent has employed the system if only for a game or 2. I will also guarantee almost every team that's defensive oriented has had this at some point. On topic, that's too bad for Nick but there's a lot worse things to do in the D. Let's not forget Reed was busted for this as well.

[Ed_Reed20]

[quote name='redrum52' timestamp='1334029460' post='1046419']
[b]I highly doubt that we've never had a bounty on anyone. As classy as eveyone likes to think this team is just look our track record. The only time we didn't injure a player since Harbaugh got here was 09. Chris Johnson in 08, Jamal Charles in 10 and Gronk. Could be coincidence but Johnson and Charles looked like they had a price on their head and were killing us.[/b] Even before then on the sb run was Gannon. I honestly believe almost every team at some point though maybe not to Williams extent has employed the system if only for a game or 2. I will also guarantee almost every team that's defensive oriented has had this at some point. On topic, that's too bad for Nick but there's a lot worse things to do in the D. Let's not forget Reed was busted for this as well.
[/quote]

Injuries are a part of the game. Looking at the '09 schedule, off the top of my head, I can remember Trevor Pryce knocking Charlie Frye out of the game after he'd actually been having success against the D. Are we supposed to assume there was a price on his head?

As for Johnson, Charles and Gronkowski, all of them were injured in the heat of the game. [url="http://blogs.tennessean.com/titans/2011/09/14/johnson-ravens-were-trying-to-hurt-me-a-little-bit/"]CJ claimed last year that Ravens defenders went after him[/url], but does that automatically equate to a bounty? Charles had a couple of good gains after Cody fell on him, but he didn't play another down after the D stopped him on 4th down. Why assume there was a bounty on his head? As for Gronkowski, he got hurt on a [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-6z3TG0RFo"]freak play[/url]. Again, why assume there was a bounty?

[BloodRaven]

C'mon it's the Lions. Is anyone really surprised? this guy is a future Bengal in the making.

[berad]

[quote name='Ed_Reed20' timestamp='1334064256' post='1046453']
Injuries are a part of the game. Looking at the '09 schedule, off the top of my head, I can remember Trevor Pryce knocking Charlie Frye out of the game after he'd actually been having success against the D. Are we supposed to assume there was a price on his head?

As for Johnson, Charles and Gronkowski, all of them were injured in the heat of the game. [url="http://blogs.tennessean.com/titans/2011/09/14/johnson-ravens-were-trying-to-hurt-me-a-little-bit/"]CJ claimed last year that Ravens defenders went after him[/url], but does that automatically equate to a bounty? Charles had a couple of good gains after Cody fell on him, but he didn't play another down after the D stopped him on 4th down. Why assume there was a bounty on his head? As for Gronkowski, he got hurt on a [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-6z3TG0RFo"]freak play[/url]. Again, why assume there was a bounty?
[/quote]

Seriously. Players get injured, it happens. You could go through a list of Ravens players that have been hurt... doesn't mean there were bounties on them.

[redrum52]

[quote name='Ed_Reed20' timestamp='1334064256' post='1046453']


Injuries are a part of the game. Looking at the '09 schedule, off the top of my head, I can remember Trevor Pryce knocking Charlie Frye out of the game after he'd actually been having success against the D. Are we supposed to assume there was a price on his head?

As for Johnson, Charles and Gronkowski, all of them were injured in the heat of the game. [url="http://blogs.tennessean.com/titans/2011/09/14/johnson-ravens-were-trying-to-hurt-me-a-little-bit/"]CJ claimed last year that Ravens defenders went after him[/url], but does that automatically equate to a bounty? Charles had a couple of good gains after Cody fell on him, but he didn't play another down after the D stopped him on 4th down. Why assume there was a bounty on his head? As for Gronkowski, he got hurt on a [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-6z3TG0RFo"]freak play[/url]. Again, why assume there was a bounty?
[/quote]

I said it could be coincidence, but also, just cause there is a bounty doesn't mean that it has to be an obvious or blatant attack. If a team can tackle well they don't need late hits to take someone out. You attack at the right angle or in Codys case sit on someone and that might be all you need. The thing is with a bounty, you don't need to play dirty, but you might play with a little more intensity towards certain players. I can bet my life on it that teams have gone after Rice, it doesn't mean its always going to work.

[Ed_Reed20]

[quote name='redrum52' timestamp='1334071474' post='1046516']

I said it could be coincidence, but also, just cause there is a bounty doesn't mean that it has to be an obvious or blatant attack. If a team can tackle well they don't need late hits to take someone out. You attack at the right angle or in Codys case sit on someone and that might be all you need. The thing is with a bounty, you don't need to play dirty, but you might play with a little more intensity towards certain players. I can bet my life on it that teams have gone after Rice, it doesn't mean its always going to work.
[/quote]

I know players may have a bounty on a guy, but not blatantly go after him. But I'm not going to speculate on whether there was a bounty on a player (especially the ones you've brought up) just because he got hurt. Players put a little extra into their tackles and hits on marquee players all the time without the intent to injure them.

[JohnJohnson]

[quote name='tctony' timestamp='1334019483' post='1046348']
Read the post. Any [b]athlete[/b] who does drugs is stupid.

I don't care if people smoke weed. [b]It is UNDENIABLE that it has adverse affects on you, at least on equal level as alcohol[/b]. This forum is not the place to debate the legality of weed.

And any athlete smoking anything is an idiot. [b]Smoking is much worse for you than drinking.[/b]
[/quote]

Those are just false statements. There are numerous research studies done which show, CONCLUSIVELY, that alcohol is significantly worse for you.

Is an athlete who smokes cigarettes an idiot? Cigarettes are DEFINITELY worse than alcohol or marijuana, I would hope you don't deny that. I was just trying to figure out whether your argument was based on legality or on health effects. Because if you're talking about health effects, there are countless things that are much more harmful than marijuana.

Don't be a brainwashed, drug war touting hypocrite. It's a huge waste of time and money, and we continue to put power in the hands of criminals and destabilize neighboring countries. Call an athlete stupid for breaking the law or taking dumb risks, but don't call them stupid for making a personal choice to do a drug which has been conclusively shown to be less harmful than various prescription drugs and legal substances.

At the very least, you are in no position to judge the intelligence of any athlete. You know nothing about Nick Fairley. Steve Jobs was one of the smartest people around, and he did LSD and other drugs. Go on, tell me that he wasn't stupid because only athletes are stupid for doing drugs. That makes a lot of sense.

[JohnJohnson]

[quote name='tctony' timestamp='1334019483' post='1046348']
Read the post. Any [b]athlete[/b] who does drugs is stupid.

I don't care if people smoke weed. It is UNDENIABLE that it has adverse affects on you, at least on equal level as alcohol. This forum is not the place to debate the legality of weed.

And any athlete smoking anything is an idiot. Smoking is much worse for you than drinking.
[/quote]

[quote name='Romo Ravens' timestamp='1334023696' post='1046373']
I'll be pissed if weed is legalized
[/quote]

Morality police on full patrol, judging athletes because it's fun and easy. Too bad most of them have more dedication and drive then the average "non-idiot" who obeys all laws to the letter. God forbid a person should enjoy a recreational drug, only drugs dictated by pharmaceutical companies and approved by our totally objective FDA are safe!

[Bltravens]

[quote name='JohnJohnson' timestamp='1334019303' post='1046346']
So you can judge a person's intelligence to be very low if they smoke marijuana, but drinking alcohol is perfectly fine because it's legal (despite the fact that it's CLEARLY worse for you)?
[/quote]
Why would you do it anyway? It's illegal, which everyone in North America knows. So why even put yourself in this position as a [i]PROFESSIONAL[/i] athlete

That alone makes the person seem less than intelligent.

[MKdave]

[quote name='Bltravens' timestamp='1334429592' post='1048537']
Why would you do it anyway? It's illegal, which everyone in North America knows. So why even put yourself in this position as a [i]PROFESSIONAL[/i] athlete

That alone makes the person seem less than intelligent.
[/quote]

I would argue that it makes a person less intelligent when they follow a rule for the sake of it being a rule. Fairley is not going to lose his job over this as some of the rest of us would, so why does it make less sense for a professional athlete to smoke weed? If anything it makes more sense. Ricky Williams loved weed and he was one of the more conscientiousness individuals we've ever had on this team. A LOT of guys in the NFL do it. It's so wide spread that some of them even think it's acceptable to tweet about it (you can call those ones idiots and hear no resistance from me).

[JohnJohnson]

[quote name='Bltravens' timestamp='1334429592' post='1048537']
Why would you do it anyway? It's illegal, which everyone in North America knows. So why even put yourself in this position as a [i]PROFESSIONAL[/i] athlete

That alone makes the person seem less than intelligent.
[/quote]

I understand criticizing someone for getting into a bad situation, like smoking while driving or having drugs mailed to your house. Those are bad decisions, just like drunk driving which is illegal.

It's wrong to say that specifically professional athletes are stupid for doing drugs or anything illegal. Either hold everyone to that standard, or criticize Fairley for putting himself in a situation where he was likely to get caught. The fact that NFL players have more money to lose doesn't give fans the right to judge them so harshly. The average fan (person) isn't that smart either.

[Crabcakes&Football]

In other news, Jimmy Smith is pot free.

[JO_75]

I have no idea how a Nick Fairley thread became about bounties but back on topic. Fairley has been arrested again, but this time under suspicion of driving under the influence. He was pulled over just after 1am, AFTER attempting to elude the police. This was his second arrest in two months and will now be subject to the league's personal conduct policy. Fairley was placed on NFL's Substance Abuse Program and could face a mandated suspension.

[url="http://rotoworld.com/headlines/nfl/233949/fairley-arrested-for-dui-eluding-charges"]http://rotoworld.com/headlines/nfl/233949/fairley-arrested-for-dui-eluding-charges[/url]