<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>DENVER -- Denver Broncos defensive end Kenny Peterson has been suspended without pay for violating the NFL's steroid policy, the team said Friday.The Broncos released an NFL statement saying Peterson will be suspended without pay for the first four games of 2007 starting Aug. 31. The statement said Peterson had violated the policy on anabolic steroids and related substances but didn't specify what he had done.As a result of the suspension, Peterson will forfeit $140,000 of his scheduled base salary of $595,000 for 2007.Peterson will be able to join the Broncos for training camp but won't be able to return to the active roster until Oct. 1 after the Broncos play the Indianapolis Colts.Peterson was cut by Green Bay last September and signed with the Broncos to replace Courtney Brown, who had to undergo a left knee operation five weeks into the season.Green Bay picked Peterson in the third round of the 2003 draft.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2928032
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Jul 8 2007, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What the hell is he taking steroids for if we all know he won't play? He's a 3rd round scrub.</div>He wants to play?
Well if he's been taking them since 2003 or before, which is very likely, then he should have noticed it wasn't going to happen.
How about he needs something to hold off the kids fresh out of College? NFL Minimum Wage is still about 300 Grand a year, much more then he'd probably make elsewheres.
Yea, which is why he should have figured out he wasn't going to make much more than he was already or start for that matter. Why take steroids when you can make that much a year doing nothing, but training with the team and practicing?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capt. Comeback @ Jul 8 2007, 06:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yea, which is why he should have figured out he wasn't going to make much more than he was already or start for that matter. Why take steroids when you can make that much a year doing nothing, but training with the team and practicing?</div>Cuz they could cut his ass before the season starts, so he needed to look impressive to still keep that contract.
