Welker calls drug testing system flawed

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Yesterday, Wes Welker got hit with a 4-game suspension for using amphetamines. Now, Welker's hitting out at the NFL testing system, calling it flawed. Per Pro Football Talk, he pulled the standard response that he would never knowingly take a banned substance and that he had never thought about it because he thought it wouldn't apply to him.

“I have never been concerned with the leagues performance enhancing or drug abuse policies because under no scenario would they ever apply to me, but I now know, that (drug-policy procedures) are clearly flawed, and I will do everything in my power to ensure they are corrected, so other individuals and teams aren’t negatively affected so rashly like this,” Welker said.

Welker was unclear about just which part of the testing problem irked him (surprise, surprise) according to PFT, but the policies were updated when the collective bargaining agreement was updated in 2011, so I'm assuming he knew the rules. That is, if he even read the CBA. I'm sorry, Wes (well, not really), but I don't buy what you're saying, buddy. In the meantime, Welker will be eligible to return on October 6th.