Tamba Hali suspended for Week 1 -- Mon Aug 20 7:10 pm --
Violation of substance-abuse policy | Chiefs LB Tamba Hali has made his living slipping past blockers. At some point in the not-too-distant past, Hali and the team slipped an arrest, prosecution, and disposition of a criminal case past the media.
The decision of the NFL to suspend Hali for one game under the substance-abuse policy has created plenty of confusion, given that the substance-abuse policy as written doles out suspensions only in four-game and one-year chunks.
The exception arises when the player has violated the law. (Pro Football Talk)
FF Today's Take: PFT's sources suggest that Hali's offense likely involved marijuana, and that (as the league has announced) the penalty was a one-game suspension and a one-game fine. Obviously, the absence for Chiefs' best pass rusher for the season opener against Atlanta gives a slight bump up Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, Roddy White and Tony Gonzalez.
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