Why does the NFL all of a sudden resemble a story thread from The Wire? This week, New England Patriots o-lineman Nick Kaczur secretly helped the DEA nab a major illegal prescription drug supplier by wearing a wire. And now, David Jacobs, a convicted steroids dealer who had ties to the NFL ends up being found murdered in his Texas home along with his girlfriend. If a shipping container full of dead cheerleaders we sent to China on a Goodwill tour is found soon, we’re not going to be surprised.

Jacobs had been charged in September as part of Operation Raw Deal, a sprawling investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration that focused on dozens of suspected distributors of performance-enhancing drugs who were accused of purchasing raw materials from foreign countries.

For over a year, Jacobs operated a make-shift steroids lab out of his kitchen where he would turn raw powder from China into steroids. The day Jacobs was sentenced he said he was willing to share names with the league, “Only if the N.F.L. guarantees their lives won’t be destroyed like mine.”

Well, unless Roger Goddell decides to go on a killing spree, we can pretty much assume that’s a promise the league can keep now.

Steroids Dealer and Girlfriend Found Dead at Home [NY Times]
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