Brian "The Predicament" Cushing

Repeatedly, CBS informed us in the lead-up and during the early moments of today's game that Houston's Brian Cushing is a Jersey boy.

Judging from this picture, while in the NY metro-area playing the Jets, he is no doubt trying to score roofies from Nick Swisher.

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USC First Rounders Plagued by Facial Pox

Read into this how you will, but I pointed out on Saturday that USC/Texans linebacker Brian Cushing appeared to have an outbreak of chicken pox at Radio City Music Hall on draft day.

He wasn't the only one. Mark Sanchez also appeared to have some sort of pox-like scars on his handsome face.


While Cushing and fellow Trojan backer Clay Matthews were cleared of previously reported failed steroid tests prior to this weekend, one has to wonder what's in the water in Southern California.

With the pandemic scare haunting Mexico and the States, you'd hope NFL team physicians will thoroughly examine their new stars.

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Training Camp Postcards, Part 6 of 8: AFC South

As you may or may not follow, SI.com has dispatched "10 writers to report on the 32 NFL training camps across the country" and is featuring their reports throughout August in their Training Camp Postcard segment.

Here at HHR, we prefer to look at actual postcards sent by players to their loved ones, as opposed to Peter King drivel.

Today, we take a look at what's going on in Houston, TX (Texans), Terre Haute, IN (Colts), Jacksonville, FL (Jaguars), and Nashville, TN (Titans).

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