Pat and Kevin Williams: It’s Time to Serve Four-Game Suspensions

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Published: May 23, 2009

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... could soar even higher if Brett Favre comes out of retirement yet again to sign with the hated rival of the Green Bay Packers. 

Yet looming in the background of a season that many speculate as "the year" is the Pat and Kevin Williams saga. 

Late last year, the two standout defensive linemen tested positive for a substance known as Bumetanide, a substance commonly used to mask the use of illegal steroids. 

While the pair denied the use of steroids and subsequent drug tests have found no evidence of steroid use, Bumetanide is still a banned substance. Thus prompting the league to hand out a four-game suspension.

With the help of the Players' Association, the Williams (and three New Orleans Saints players) filed a lawsuit against the NFL to get their suspensions lifted.  It worked, temporarily. 

A judge originally ruled to allow them to play last season, but it appears as that was only a short term reprieve from the inevi...

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