Jun 18th 2008 10:14PM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Titans, NashvilleRyan Fowler has tried to clear up any of the questions that are dogging him. In his first public comments since news leaked out that he might face a suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs, Fowler explicitly denied that he’s ever taken steroids.

“There is not that much interesting in an innocent man, so I think some people who don’t know me may be more likely to jump to the conclusion that all of this is true,” said Fowler. “So I hope those people can just sort of be patient and wait for the truth to come out and then once it does they can make any informed decision that they want to make.”

But for a man who was working to clear his name, there was one problem with Fowler’s press conference. When asked if he had ever dealt with David Jacobs–the man who told the NFL he supplied Fowler with performance-enhancing drugs–Fowler said he couldn’t comment. If Fowler had never dealt with Jacobs before, there would be no logical reason to say no comment, so until Fowler says otherwise, it’s going to seem like he had dealings with Jacobs at some point.

Fowler said he hasn’t heard from the NFL and no hearing has been scheduled. As we mentioned before, with Jacobs now dead the NFL and Fowler have a difficult case on their hands.