NFL Drug Cartel

Sam Hurd was a drug kingpin that moonlighted as a professional football player.

In case you don’t know who Sam Hurd is (and that’s completely understandable), he is currently on the Chicago Bears roster as a wide receiver, but mostly plays as a special teamer. He spent five seasons in the same capacity with the Dallas Cowboys.

Hurd was arrested Thursday on federal drug charges. He met with an undercover agent in Chicago Wednesday night to negotiate a deal to purchase 5-10 kilos of cocaine and 1,000 pounds of marijuana every week. The agreement outlined that Hurd would pay $25,000 per kilogram for the coke and $450 per pound for the weed.

That’s a bargain price for both goods, especially the greenery. It must’ve been the dirtiest of schwag.

Do the math and Hurd was going to shell out more than $2 million a month on illegal drugs. Hurd was making $685,000 for his day job. You've seen Blow; he was making a hell of a lot more than that by night.



According to the crime report, Hurd was one of the top drug dealers in the Windy City. Businessmen, hookers and college kids weren’t his only clientele. Police obtained a list of NFL players who were supplied drugs by Hurd and the number was of the double-digit variety.

That got me thinking, who will be on the list if it surfaces? I’ll take a shot at the top 10 clients on Hurd’s speed dial.

10. Ricky “Sticky Icky” Williams - All of the 1,000 pounds of weed was for him.

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Superman Sighting

Superman was sighted in the Steel City this week. He wasn’t wearing a red cape, but instead a No. 7 jersey with the name “Roethlisberger” emblazoned on the back.

If you’re like me, as soon as you saw the injury you thought, “Broken ankle, Charlie Batch time, that’s the season for the Steelers.” Big Ben was thinking the same thing. And he admitted it was one of the most painful things he’s ever felt.




Coach Tomlin said his quarterback has a high ankle sprain. If you aren’t familiar with sports injuries that grade of sprain usually takes 2-4 weeks for a normal human being to recover from. It took Big Ben two series.

It was an inspiring effort. They kept comparing him to Willis Reed…give me a break. Reed scored four points on his miraculous night. Big Ben threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns while 300-pound beasts were trying to further injure him.

That ankle is going to swell up to the size of a grapefruit over the next three days. It’s a good thing Pitt has 10 days off before the big showdown in San Fran.

The concern there will be not if Ben is going to play, but whether he can step into his throws. Because we all know if Rashard Mendenhall can’t get into the end zone on four straight runs from inside the 2-yard line against the Browns, he’ll be lucky to gain 25 total yards against the Niners.... [More]