Jeremy Kerley Blamed A Ghost For His PED Suspension, Which Is Just As Good A Reason As Any12/14/2017 USAToday- A month ago, when Jeremy Kerley was suspended for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs, he issued a statement denying wrongdoing. “I fully intend to investigate this matter until I am able to figure out what caused the positive test,” the statement, issued on Nov. 6, said in part.
But Kerley didn’t have many answers Wednesday as he returned to practice from his suspension. “I didn’t have time to investigate it,” Kerley said. “It is what it is. We’re back now.” Kerley reiterated what he wrote in the statement: that he didn’t “knowingly” take any banned substance. But when Kerley was asked how the banned substance got into his body, things took a strange turn. “I don’t know,” Kerley said. “There’s a lot of ghosts around here. Ghost put it in there. You know, the ghost of Christmas past? … I don’t know.” ------- Here's the thing about dumb questions, they generally get dumb answers. Now, I'm no expert on all forms of artificial strength, but I'd imagine that there's only two ways that substances of that nature make their way into the body of a professional athlete. Either they are knowingly put there to enhance performance, or they are ingested via negligence. Since neither of those explanations behooves the already lost cause of the Jets' wide receiver, I am actually glad he decided to point an unfriendly finger at Casper. Not only did he give the reporter the story that he was desperately digging for by way of nauseatingly receptive question, but - in blaming the unseen - he made himself look no more at fault than everyone already assumed he was anyway. I don't know if Jeremy Kerley intentionally took something to make him run faster and jump higher, but - by accusing a hypothetical entity that can't be put on the proverbial stand - he technically isn't guilty of being a liar. I suppose it doesn't really matter seeing as he was just answering to time already served, but if I have learned anything from mob movies it's that a dead eyewitness can always be used as scapegoat.
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