Titans LB Gerald McRath Takes Responsibility For Testing Positive

Titans linebacker Gerald McRath wants to be known for playing the right way, the clean way. So he said Monday that's why he dropped his appeal of a four-game suspension for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances. McRath said he learned in February he had tested positive early in his rookie season, a year in which the fourth-round draft pick out of Southern Mississippi started five games at outside linebacker. Standing in front of his locker, McRath said it was not for steroids though the NFL did not tell him exactly which substance they found in the positive test. "I take a number of supplements, but it was something that I took," McRath said. "In actuality, it's still my responsibility." McRath said he hasn't taken any supplements since learning of the positive test and is paying approximately $6,000 to check what he took to track down the offending item and he also plans to test any supplement first to avoid another positive test. "The process is just frustrating because you look to yourself and you're like, 'Man, I'm not that type of person.' No, I didn't cheat. But at the same time, you're in the NFL now so you're a professional. ... I withdrew my appeal because I'm getting older. I've got to take responsibility," he said.

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