WESTERN Bulldogs forward Robert Murphy believes Wayne Carey's tell-all appearance on Monday night's Enough Rope will encourage current players to avoid the pitfalls of drugs and alcohol.

Murphy, speaking on Melbourne sports radio station SEN on Tuesday morning, described Carey's interview with Andrew Denton on ABC TV as "very tense" and "a lot to digest".

Carey revealed he battled alcohol abuse throughout his career and drug problems since retirement, and Murphy said the news will influence today's players to shun such off-field temptations.

"I think the penny had dropped before last night, or you'd like to think so, with the amount of bad press that has gone on over the last couple of years," Murphy said.

"But I'd imagine for those who it hasn't [dropped for], last night would have been the final nail."

Murphy also said he did not think Melbourne captain David Neitz's proposal for a new off-field tribunal was an idea he would support.

"I'm just of the opinion that we're struggling with enough rules as it is," he said.

"The last thing players need is more rules and regulations to break.

“I think it's more of an internal thing that clubs and leadership groups can handle."

As far as his own club is concerned, Murphy dispelled any concern there were internal rifts at Whitten Oval last year as the Bulldogs picked up the pieces of a dismal end to the season and subsequent internal review.

"I picked up in the media that that's what had been construed, that there was a lot of tension around the club," he said.

"I'm not putting a political spin on it at all but it didn't actually feel like that at all within the club.

"We obviously got belted around the ears in the last part of the season, and right after the season there was a bit of soul searching, but after that, it was just all hands on deck and we all got on with the job.

"I'm not trying to deflect any of that negative attention, but it just wasn't like that, to be honest."

He also said the pre-season acquisition of former Crows Scott Welsh and Ben Hudson is already proving to pay dividends for the club.

Welsh has kicked seven goals in his first two games as a Bulldog, while Hudson has averaged 13 hitouts and taken 14 marks.

"Two great players and two great people, and it's too bad too sad for Adelaide," Murphy said.

"We feel like we've pick-pocketed them a little bit."