It was dumb, he acknowledges it was dumb and frankly we all make dumb mistakes from time to time. You are on vacation with your reality show girlfriend in Mexico, you have a few drinks, it is early in the offseason, how is popping one Molly going to hurt anything?
Scandrick learned the hard way that the NFL is always watching and with their stringent drug suspensions you don’t have much room for error. Scandrick has taken it as a learning experience and has some advice and apologies for his teammates via USA Today.
“I’m responsible for what goes in my body,” Scandrick said. “I’m very sorry. I apologize to the Jones family. I’m very sorry to my teammates. I’m sorry to the fans of Cowboy Nation. I’m very sorry to my family.”
“In no way, form or shape was this trying to gain a competitive edge. I simply made a mistake. It was just a dumb mistake,” Scandrick, who appealed the suspension but said Tuesday he was not expecting to win
Scandrick met with Garrett and addressed the suspension with his teammates Monday. Scandrick apologized and offered advice to his teammates in hopes they would learn from his failure.
“You have to do all the right things, even when you think no one is looking,” Scandrick said. “Don’t take anything that you think is a drug. You’re not supposed to use drugs, regardless of if you think you don’t think you’re going to test positive.”
Hopefully, other players will learn from Scandrick’s mistake.
