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Tim Couch, the former No. 1 overall pick of the Cleveland Browns, had a brief and unsuccessful comeback attempt with the Jaguars this year, but he hasn't played in an NFL game since 2003 and appears unlikely ever to play again.

And now Josh Peter of Yahoo! Sports alleges that Couch fueled his most recent comeback attempt with illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

Peter reports that Yahoo! Sports has obtained documents that outline Couch's drug regimens, which called for the use of anabolic steroids and human growth hormone.
Couch acknowledged in an interview with Yahoo! Sports that he took HGH (which is banned by the NFL but not tested for) under a doctor's care as he tried to recover from shoulder surgery. But he denied using steroids and said he had never seen the documents that Yahoo! Sports obtained.

A Jaguars spokesman said the team was unaware of allegations that Couch had used steroids and HGH and that the decision to release Couch was based only on the fact that he wasn't good enough to make the team.
Couch said he passed a drug test during his brief comeback attempt.
"If I took that much steroids I wouldn't have passed the steroid test in Jacksonville," Couch said. "There's no way in hell. It doesn't matter what that (steroid regimen) says. It matters what I took. I know what I took and what I didn't take."
Peter reports that the steroids listed on the regimen include Stanozolol, Oaxndrolone and Testosterone Cypionate, as well as estrogen suppressant Nolvadex and the antidepressant Fluox.

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[Lefty Noob]

Well, it could've been possible that a doctor prescribed steroids to help mend his shoulder while he was out of football, but if that's the case, he should just admit it. I don't think prescribed steroids would violate the substance abuse policy, especially if he did them while not under an NFL contract.