Brian Cushing: Overtraining, not Steroids

As these before and after photos clearly show, Brian Cushing hates steroids.

The ongoing saga of everyone’s favorite NFL drug scandal took a new twist today, when Brian Cushing said overtraining led to his positive drug test. And yes, this is the same guy who’s ridiculous before and after physique change has made him an internet joke and poster boy for performance enhancing drugs.

The Housten Texans linebacker faces a four game suspension to start this football season after testing positive hCG, a female fertility drug often used to boost the production of testosterone when using steroids. He has consistently denied using the drug, or taking any sort of ‘roids. And his excuses are getting more and more entertaining.

In May, he held a press conference to suggest his positive test was the result of a potentially deadly tumor. But today, he backtracked on that story, and said his positive test was actually the result of natural hormonal changes caused by working out too much. It’s called “overtrained athlete syndrome” and, Cushing told Sports Illustrated, it’s a totally real thing.

The owner of the Texans, Bob McNair, has gone on record to say he believes Cushing. According to reports, he’s currently in New York, in part, to meet with NFL brass to try to get the four game suspension reduced.