Pro Football Talk– Broncos receiver Wes Welker is suspended for the first four games of the season, and Browns receiver Josh Gordon is suspended for the entire season. Both players have already appealed, and lost.

And yet there’s a chance that both players could still see their suspensions reduced.

As Mike Florio reported on NBC, Welker, Gordon and potentially other players in the midst of suspensions could benefit from a new drug testing policy that the owners and players could agree upon soon.

Another change is that the threshold to trigger a positive result on a marijuana test would rise. That would affect Gordon because his positive marijuana test was just barely above the NFL’s current threshold for a positive, which is significantly lower than the threshold for other organizations like the World Anti-Doping Agency.

If the NFL changes its policy and agrees to apply it retroactively to players who tested positive this year, Welker and Gordon would benefit. Which means that while the players’ union is stopping short of saying an agreement is very close, Welker and Gordon would be wise to call their union representatives and urge them to get the deal done, and get it done soon.

 

 

Get Drew Rosenhaus on the blower right now! Let’s get this damn deal done. Look out AFC North #12 is about to run wild on your asses. THE PETITION WORKED! Can’t Nobody Hold Josh down. Someone just hand us the Vince Lombardi Trophy right now. My preseason prediction just went from 10-6 to 12-4.

NOW DJ, PLAY ME OUT!!