re: Well the mystery solved as to why "Key" took a leave from the team

Exactly, theres a difference between people who like it and do it occasionally or do it to unwind..... and people who are highly addicted and have no self-control to the point that they break rules for their "precious". (Insert picture of Gollum).

I'm just curious who will get the blame. It certainly wasn't Key.

Think you are missing the message - so you would slap a wrist & let him continue down the wrong path - one lead to the next step for far to many youngsters - for many, the coaching staff are their parents - if discipline not learned before they don a Tiger jersey, the staff has to make some difficult decisions - team or the players well being - if he is my kid, the player comes first ... I hope

I seriously doubt this is a simple case of a player smoking weed. Lots of football players and other students smoke some weed without it impacting their lives. It’s been that way since the sixties at most universities.

When weed does have a really big impact it’s typically for one of two reasons. One is that the person has some other personality dusorder, such as with Ricky Williams.

The other is that they are using synthetic weed, which is very different in its addictive nature and impact it has, mostly on the younger generation that smoke it.

If everyone that smoked weed in the seventies at LSU when I was there had to take a semester off to get their head straight, the classrooms would all have been half empty.

If I were an NFL team drafting a player and learned that the player was a casual marijuana user, it would have little impact on my evaluation. If I was looking at a player that missed Spring pracitice due to weed, I would be digging a lot deeper to see if there was a personality disorder involved or something more than basic weed.

I have no idea what Key’s issues were (are?). I doubt it’s as simple as him smoking pot.

again you are right, but weed just adds one more issue to the mix. With all the potential concerns, weed doesnt make him a more valuable draft pic.

Brett already had the job, and was proven. Key is not proven in the NFL yet. But I get your point.

And Brett's only problem was not slinging footballs, it was slingin wanker pics all over cyberspace.

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Mystery? I thought that was common knowledge?

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What I said last week but I was told he could also have a drinking problem.

Again, if you think it's weed, it's probably weed

He was in top form, then goes into rehab, then comes out of rehab out of shape and has trouble getting back into top form. What good did it do him?

There not used to following rules. They are used to being pampered and catered to because they can play and they take that attitude as they can do what they want when they want without repercussions. Arden Key isn’t the first player to fall into this category and sadly will not be the last. I wish the young man good luck, hope he can turn this negativity around.

Dude just needed to not smoke a boatload of weed for a few months and would have made megabucks to buy all the best weed he could imagine for the rest of his life. So stupid. I hope he can get it together because he has great talent when focused.