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Originally Posted by homoe

Thank you for this info! Now can you give us the facts on which players from these were given a four game suspension like Brady?

If you are interested you can look it up yourself. But I will give you one example from the Atlanta Falcons.

PEDSgate (6x since 1997) flag

TEAM: The Atlanta Falcons

SEVERITY:3 out of 5

SUMMARY: Performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) are used by players to illegally improve athletic performance above what legal training and preparation can do.

Players who illegally improve their performance unfairly penalize players who follow the rules. They not only put those players at risk for physical injury, but they also affect their economic livelihood by impacting their perceived value and their ability to secure appropriately-valued playing contracts.

Falcons who have been caught using PEDs
OG Scott Davis (1997)
CB Ray Buchanan (2002)
LB Keith Newman (2003)
OG Matt Lehr (2006)
OLB Robert James (2010)
CB Jalen Collins (2016)

VICTIM: The entire league

PUNISHED? Yes

PUNISHMENT: Each player was suspended for four games for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy.

It does seem out of proportion for someone to get suspended for four games for supposedly deflating balls in one game where the other team was never going to catch up, when that is the exact punishment given to players who use performance enhancement drugs over many games or a season. Jalen Collins a cornerback for the Falcons was suspended for 4 games this year for using PEDs.