Can Cody turn corner?

Scott G wrote:

I don't want to start romurs, so I will emphatically state here and now, I have NO knowledge of anything other than what I read here in the news. But, I can't help but think there may be performance enhancing drugs involved with Cody. Many of stories I have read speak to how these drugs break down your tendons and ligaments (see OU alumni Brian Bosworth). Either he has been in for a freakish stretch, is just not physically able to handle NFL strength, ot he has been overdosing on substances that have broken down his knees (as far as we know, thats all his injuries have been). Sorry Dan, nothing personal, but you have had your 3 strikes, and after only having payed a whole 5.3 downs per yr.

Mike Brown wrote:

I think Dan Cody has something to prove, and all of you geniuses out there may have to eat the stupid and uninformed remarks you've made. Who are you? A bunch of kids who know nothing about the sport? Sounds like it to me.
You people are not fans of this Ravens team, you're nothing but a bunch of little dickheads trying to sound cool. Piss off!

NFL reporter wrote:

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SGEE,
Of course, you don't want to start rumours! You would never drag a hard working young man's name thru the gutter from the safety of your anonimity as a blogger. Did you ever notice how when people say, "no offense intended but", they usually go on to offend the hell out of you?
Did Cody run over your dog or steal your girlfriend?
How well do you suppose your body would hold up to 4 years of defensive line play at Oklahoma and the 3 years in NFL pratices? You may not be aware of this but the sport Cody plays is extremely violent. Many players have their careers ended or stalled by injury. This even happened before the steriod era. Imagine that.
Cody is a story because most teams would have released a guy like him a long time ago except for one thing. Apparently he has shown a tremendous amount of talent and promise, enough so the Ravens keep giving him a chance. He was a second round pick after all and the Ravens do very well with defensive second round picks.
You don't think they've kept him around just because he is a nice guy do you? This is a business,dude, as soon as you don't fit into their plans, boom, you are history.

Mike Brown wrote:

I think Dan Cody has something to prove, and all of you geniuses out there may have to eat the stupid and uninformed remarks you've made. Who are you? A bunch of kids who know nothing about the sport? Sounds like it to me.
You people are not fans of this Ravens team, you're nothing but a bunch of little dickheads trying to sound cool. Piss off!

Scott G wrote:

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DUH! Did you even read the whole post?

IRISHPAT wrote:

<quoted text>Mike, I have to agree.Ihave also suffered the same knee injury Cody has and I'll be damned if I ever took steroids.The Posterior ligament resulted from a collision with Pryce in a game. As for a broken foot while warming up, if that isn't bad luck I don't know what is.By the way, the injuries Ray Lewis has had over the past few years are more closely related to steroid abuse but no one would ever accuse Ray of the things being implied here.

NFL reporter wrote:

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SGEE,
Sure I read your entire post. Here’s what really stood out:
“But, I can't help but think there may be performance enhancing drugs involved with Cody.” So you think using a modal verb and the subjunctive mood gets you off the hook, huh?
The NFL has a long and glorious history of chemical abuse of all sizes shapes and colors. Read or see North Dallas Forty. NFL fans didn’t need all those dead ex-Steelers to tell them that. The NFL is a sordid, exploitative business and has been for a long time. If you haven’t been aware of this for about 30 years then you need to get with reality.
Here is another concept you might look up. You have trouble when it comes to distinguishing between causality and correlation. For example, eating breakfast has long been correlated with success in school for elementary school children. It would be easy to conclude that eating breakfast causes students to be better learners. It turns out that those who don’t eat breakfast are also more likely to be absent or tardy — and it is absenteeism that is playing a significant role in their poor performance.
When researchers retested the breakfast theory, they found that, independent of other factors, breakfast only helps undernourished children perform better.
Now what does this have to do with Cody? Well some NFL players who took steroids have had chronic injury problems. Cody has chronic injury problems. You have noticed a correlation between Cody’s injuries and other NFL players whose injuries are steroid related. So you have assumed that Cody’s injuries are caused by steroid use. Your post linking Cody with steroids is the first I’ve seen implying Cody’s injuries are due to steroids abuse. Did Cody abuse steroids either at Oklahoma or elsewhere leading to this problem? I have no farging idea. I assume he has passed whatever the NFL uses for screening. Beyond that it is entirely possible to have his -problems without ever having used steroids. More to the point, I have this rather quaint notion that as far as steroid abuse is concerned he is innocent until proven guilty. If you want to be a crusading investigative reporter then get a job at the Daily Planet. SGEE, look up the concept of innocent until proven guilty. It is a cornerstone of American belief. You might be interested to know this is America and it even applies to mean-spirited people like you.
You say you’ve met Mr. Cody and you like him. Still you are perfectly happy to link him in print with steroid abuse when no else has and when you have no evidence. God help him if you disliked him.
Cheers!

Mike Brown wrote:

I think Dan Cody has something to prove, and all of you geniuses out there may have to eat the stupid and uninformed remarks you've made. Who are you? A bunch of kids who know nothing about the sport? Sounds like it to me.
You people are not fans of this Ravens team, you're nothing but a bunch of little dickheads trying to sound cool. Piss off!

Scott G wrote:

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Well, you show your ignorance. I am not the only person who has posted suspicions his injuries are chemically induced. And I am not denying that is prevalent in the NFL. Obviously, you want to engage in a discussion, and thats fine. I offered an OPINION and offered 3 scenarios. I suspect one of the 3 is more likely. I make my opinions based on facts I see. Sometimes people like you like to have rose-colored glasses on, and thats fine, an admirible trait. But I dont. My job is to "sniff" out fraud. In Cody's case, it is not fraud, he wuould have just been doning what everyone else is doing, his body just can't handle it. Whether with or without chemicals. And I acknowledge, there are cases when athletels beef up their bodies so much....guess what ...human physiology can't handle the bigger muscles. Knees are a weak spot. For all the lifting, your bones, ligaments and tendons don't. They bear a larger burden, which breaks down. I know, both of my knees are gone and I can never play sports again, well, maybe golf, but that really isnt a sport at my level of play.
But to give blanket blindness as you are, you need to take off the rose glasses.

Fang Guy wrote:

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I'll have you know that I know more about football than any man who has ever lived. Vince Lombardi used to call me for advice.
(Well, ok, that was my wife; she had a 1-900 number, but you get the idea).
As for being a "kid", that's what Babe Ruth used to call me when we both played for the 1914 O's.
So is Cody hurt yet?

Scott G wrote:

<quoted text> Yes it has been implied in many discussions. Perhaps you are a Johnny come lately, but it has been discussed. And actually, the things with Cody is a couple of his injuries were low or no contact injuries, that is where in the difference lies.