After the onslaught of suspensions that were handed out a few days ago, it is pretty clear that Commissioner Goodell is falling apart in front of us. It could be a distraction from Deflategate, or it could just show his incompetence.
3 fairly well known players were suspended last week: Antonio Gates, Sheldon Richardson and Rolando McClain. Also, Datone Jones was suspended. Gates, Richardson and McClain all got a 4 game suspension, while Jones only got 1. They were all suspended for the same offense: use of a ”banned” substance. Goodell doesn’t care about the semantics of the item that caused the positive test, he only want to do what he’s always done : stand in the spotlight while simultaneously hiding behind the ‘player safety’ blanket.