Revoting for Defensive Rookie of the Year

by Froggmaster on May 10, 2010 6:07 PM EDT

Sports Illustrated and the Associated Press are reporting that Brian Cushing will be stripped of the DROTY honors due to testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs at the beginning of the season.

Cushing had won the award with over 75% of the vote; the second-place vote getter Jairus Byrd (a boon to my IDP fantasy team last year) received only 12%.

Instead of simply handing the award to Byrd, they've announced they will be re-voting for the award and omitting Cushing's name from the ballot.

Who, like me, thinks that Louis Delmas is going to have a shot at garnering a fair amount of credit for his contributions to our defense last year? After all, he won ROTM honors at one point (October? I don't remember) and is the only rookie defender ever to score a Safety, an INT TD and a Fumble Recovery TD in the same season.

He probably doesn't stand a chance at winning... statistically Jairus Byrd was a much bigger impact player at the DB position (probably second only to Darren Sharper or Woodson in the NFL last year, honestly) but you've got to imagine someone might take a flyer on Delmas. He deserves it.

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Cushing will still be a nominee as far as I know

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by Sean Yuille on May 10, 2010 6:15 PM EDT reply actions

That is what I read

by GTlions on May 10, 2010 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions

i thought delmas should have won anyways

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by lionsfan_772 on May 10, 2010 7:40 PM EDT reply actions

I hope Delmas wins it, but there is some hefty competition

Orakpo had a steller season.

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by Hyperion Ecta on May 10, 2010 7:42 PM EDT reply actions

Louis should be up there

I love the guy but I dunno if he deserves to win over Byrd.

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by The Profiler on May 10, 2010 7:49 PM EDT reply actions

Byrd.will win im sure of it

Lets sign a veteran LB, lets get a solid CB i believe in Bullocks at safety. lets go lionsssssssssssssssssssss

by DetroitLions 4 life on May 10, 2010 9:33 PM EDT reply actions

Its pointless

i still think Cushing will win, he dropped clean at the end of the year and the substance was not a steroid not mention the kid only got better as the year went on.

by SmittyJ on May 11, 2010 11:24 AM EDT reply actions

Screw that...

Bottom line is… had the NFL acted faster, Cushing would’ve missed 4 games last year, therefore squashing any hopes for a DROY award.

by CLF on May 11, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions

but they didn't and stats dont lie

by SmittyJ on May 11, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions

What ever Mark McGuire.

by CLF on May 11, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions

your being a whine ass, never tested positive for steroids in the NFL and tested negative for Steroids at the end of the season. If he was guilty then he should have never been in the same conversation of DROY, he earned it and i don’t see where he cheated to get there.

by SmittyJ on May 11, 2010 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions

He tested positive

for a substance that people use to get their testosterone levels back up after a steroid cycle. It’s not like he took something that can be found a Rite Aid or CVS. He tested positive for a substance that is used in concert with steroids.

That’s testing positive for steroids in my book.

by toled0lions on May 11, 2010 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions

^testosterone levels back to normal^

by toled0lions on May 11, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions

hCG

Human chorionic gonadotropin, and it’s produced by pregnant women.

“In the world of performance enhancing drugs, hCG is increasingly used in combination with various anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) cycles. As a result, hCG is included in some sports’ illegal drug lists.” – Wiki

It is also taken by men during and after steroid cycles to restore and maintain their testicle size. The ONLY reason for a man to have this hormone in their bodies in excessive levels is to help counteract the negative side effects of Anabolic steroids.

That is testing positive for steroids IMO. If he’s taking that stuff, then he’s taking Anabolic steroids. Which is why it’s banned.

by toled0lions on May 11, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

actually i could care less if he is or isn't

why sit up here and argue about something so stupid not to mention has nothing to do w the Lions….

by SmittyJ on May 11, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Not to carry it on further..

But the sample was taken in september ’09.

by CLF on May 11, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions

exactly clf

This is an epic fail on the nfl’s part. If he tested positive for a banned substance early last season then why not take action that season? I don’t understand waiting till the next year to penalize him. Not to mention that the voters would then have known before voting thus eliminating the need for a revote. I can’t stand how the nfl has handled this. Maybe there hands were tied like with the williams guys in minnesota but something stinks here.

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by DrewMoney$$$ on May 11, 2010 12:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

permanent ban

steroid users should be permanently banned from the league.

by x$pcents IV on May 11, 2010 3:48 PM EDT reply actions

+1

I would accept a 3 strikes kind of rule, but if you have to try this hard for the first strike then I say 1 strike.

I would say the same thing if CJ was caught roiding it up. I think it is a failing of the player first and the team second. there is no way the coaches and players who have been working out with top athletes essentially all their lives are not aware that a guy in their locker room is shooting. I am guessing that there is not one Texan that is surprised by this news.

by ATL Lion on May 12, 2010 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions

why bother with 3 strikes?

one and done, son.

it is cheating—straight up.

by x$pcents IV on May 12, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Byrd was better than Delmas but he had a much better supporting cast

Orakpo was a stud but also in a great D. If they are going to award it strictly based on individual achievement not factoring in team contributions at all then I don’t think Delmas has a shot. But if they look at how crappy the Lions D was and factor that in maybe he will be in the running.

by WestsideLionsFan on May 11, 2010 8:41 PM EDT reply actions