"Historically, due process is not a concept that comes naturally to those at the top of the NFL pecking order. Since the 1960s when stars Paul Hornung and Alex Karras confessed their gambling sins to Pete Rozelle and were suspended from football, the normal chat between a commissioner and a player who had a hint of malfeasance was: "Confess and you might live to see the next sunrise."

These meetings, such as when Rodney Harrison admitted to Roger Goodell in 2007 that he had used HGH and was suspended for four games, are like a private audience with the Godfather, but not as friendly. So you might not want to plan on using Santana Moss at wide receiver in your fantasy football league this September.

On Tuesday, Canadian doctor Anthony Galea, the fellow who did the blood spinning for Tiger Woods's knee surgery rehab, was charged with smuggling and distributing human growth hormone. According to two sources familiar with the investigation, Moss was among the athletes treated by Galea. More worrisome, a source has told The Post that Moss was the player whom Galea's medical assistant, Mary Anne Catalano, was on her way to meet in Washington when she was arrested at the U.S.-Canada border last September with HGH, syringes and other medical equipment in her vehicle. "