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Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll questions a call during the first half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Brent R. Smith)

Share PhotoSeattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll questions a call during the first half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Brent R. Smith)The NFL's top team may have a weed problem and it's not crabgrass in the end zone.

The Seattle Seahawks (10 1) are Martin St.Louis Womens Jersey facing the loss of two of their top three cornerbacks, suspended for repeated violations of The League's drug abuse policy.

Marijuana is the reported culprit.

Understandably, the news buffaloed Seahawks coach Pete Carroll.

Looking back, though, there were signs.

Vetoing motivational films "Patton" and "Rudy" for the team flights, Seahawks players insisted on "Harold and Kumar www.officialhockeyauthentic.com/womens-youth-martin-st-louis-authentic-jersey-c-1_444_446.html Go To White Castle" and "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay."

A team nutritionist said players' meal requests had become "bizarre, capricious and unhealthful." Turning Vladimir Tarasenko Jersey down a meal of salmon and braised asparagus, players demanded tubs of Ben and Jerry's "Chunky Monkey" ice cream.

A vocal contingent also lobbied that a Rasta Reggae cannabis flag be raised during Seattle's much acclaimed "12th Man" ceremony.

Let Carroll's www.officialhockeyauthentic.com/womens-youth-vladimir-tarasenko-authentic-jersey-c-1_429_721.html nightmare be a lesson to all NFL coaches: nip things in the bud.

Rival teams' fans, too, are being tested by the positive tests. Namely, how to mock the Hawks?

When baseball PED villian Barry Bonds visited San Diego a few years back, a fan threw a turkey baster/faux steroid syringe onto the field.

What's in store in San Francisco, where the Seahawks are as welcomed as a Ted Cruz fundraiser?

Game 1 of the 2010 World Series in San Francisco could inspire Niners fans come December 8. Marijuana smoke wafting from the stands that night was as thick as the fog in a Jack London story. When the Seahawks visit, if conditions at the old stadium on Candlestick Point are as smokey, take the 49ers in a rout.

The Man vs. Nature conflict in Seattle Gladiators vs. Weed fits into the narrative for this NFL season. You'll recall, the Super Bowl is to be played outdoors in New Jersey. Can't wait for Roger Goodell to announce the game's official flask sponsor.

Last Sunday night's game in bone chilling, blustery New England may have provided a glimpse of XLVIII.

There were 11 fumbles, six of which became turnovers.

Thousands of sensible Patriots fans, seeing their team fall behind 24 0, left the stadium at halftime.

Throwing into a stiff wind, the Broncos' Peyton Manning looked like Peyton Manning: a 37 year old coming off four neck surgeries.

The home team seemed more suited the elements, rallying to a 34 31 victory in overtime. Tom Brady, California raised, West Coast tough, affirmed his credentials as one of the great cold weather passers.

Like Brett Favre, who flourished in the Green Bay tundra, Brady whips tight spirals that cut through cold gales.

Bill Belichick, announcing what he thought of Manning's ability to throw into the wind, chose to kick off in overtime. It was vintage Hoodie, daring and calculated. Had Manning responded with a touchdown drive, Belichick would've been ripped for not giving Brady the ball. But the Patriots forced a punt, which bounced off a Broncos player, setting up a game winning field goal.