Suspension Blotter: Add team #15 to the list...

• Green Bay Packers:  Aaron Jones, 2 games for a marijuana arrest.
• San Francisco 49ers:  Reuben Foster, 2 games for a marijuana arrest and a weapons charge.

The Packers become the 15th team in the NFL to have at least one player suspended for the start of the 2018-19 season, and we haven't even reached July 4 yet.

The 49ers become the 5th team to have two players suspended (Saints, Giants, 49ers, Panthers, Vikings).

No team has three or more.  If the policy is the same as previous seasons, any team having three or more suspended players must pay a significant fine based on lost salary to the league, up to $500,000.

The suspension rule and the prohibition of PEDs, I also see, has ended an NFL career:

• Jerrell Freeman, probably as part of the decision based on that he has ended his NFL career, was banned for two years for strike three on PEDs.  Freeman was cut in February by the Bears, the suspension came down in May, so no team is responsible.  It was clear that only PEDs kept him in the NFL -- this is the third consecutive year he was banned for PEDs.

LATE EDIT:

• Julian Edelman's appeal has been denied.  This is the one for four games from the Patriots that no one is really sure what he tested positive for.  This has implications:  Edelman has seen the same doctor that Rob Gronkowski and Tom Brady (TB12) have seen.