Brady Quinn blames rash of injuries on HGH, thinks 40-50% of players are on PEDs

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"I'm not going to be a whistleblower and I'm not accusing anyone of anything," Quinn said on the “Roughing the Passer” podcast. "(But) there's got to be something these guys are taking. That's what I think at least."

Quinn added that, in his opinion, “40 to 50 percent of guys are taking something” and said that the penalties attached to positive tests aren’t harsh enough to dissuade players from using performance-enhancers.

"If you're a top-of-the-line guy and you're getting $16 million a year — you're getting a million bucks a game — if you get popped for taking something that helps you get that big-time contract or hit that incentive in your contract where you get paid all of the sudden in your contract year, guess what? First (failed test), four-game (suspension)," Quinn said. "Let's talk about financially, 'Am I going to sacrifice $4 million in order for me to get that big contract on the back-end? Yea, I am.'"

He also said that using HGH makes players more susceptible to injury because it gives them a false sense of confidence, thinking they can work through minor injuries rather than resting.

"You could say it's what they're taking, supplements and things that they're putting in their body that are dehydrating their body and making them a little more tight and brittle, those sorts of things," Quinn, who was with the Jets in 2013, said. "Or it could be a matter of overtraining in the offseason, not giving their body enough rest and all of the sudden, they try to come into the season and their ligaments and joints and things have so much wear-and-tear and they haven't received the proper amount of rest and attention they need."

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