Watkins suspended for first game

KOMU.com

Rams guard Rokevious Watkins has been suspended by the NFL for the first week of the season for violating the league's "Substances of Abuse" policy. I take it this means he flunked a test for illicit recreational drugs.

Watkins is not banned from any offseason activities, including preseason games, so at first, it looks like this suspension shouldn't be a major hurdle in his way in the competition for the starting job at left guard.

On the other hand, I'm curious to know how much Jeff Fisher will be willing to trust a player who showed up woefully out of shape for his rookie training camp, predictably got injured in the first game of the season (in which he didn't play very well), was out the rest of the season, and now, with everything to prove, pulls this stunt.

It's especially disheartening to hear this kind of news in light of the credit Watkins has given longtime friend (and Chiefs safety) Eric Berry for saving him from taking the wrong path in life.

Time to get your act together, Rok. Right now.

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