The Buffalo Bills lost two players as fast as they added this week.
As revealed by the general manager of Bills, Brandon Beane, Larry Ogunjobi and Michael Hoecht, recently signed, face six games suspensions for violating drug policy that improve NFL performance.
“It is not ideal to have two guys with that, but both boys have never had any problems outside the field,” Beane said. “It is a difficult lesson where you get your supplements or what happened.”
What happened is suddenly hindering the reorganized line of the Bills, with Ogunjobi and Hoecht, they are expected to be available to play until week 7. Under the rules of the NFL, the two players would not be prohibited from the team's facilities during the first four weeks, before they are allowed to start practicing.
Both players claim to be victims of contaminated supplies, although fans are skeptical.
'What Beane's joke!' A fan complained online.
As revealed by the general manager of Bills, Brandon Beane (in the photo), Larry Ogunjobi and Michael Hoecht newly signed face six games suspensions for violating the NFL drug prohibitions
“Keep elegant invoices,” added another.
Beane said the team was aware of HOECHT's positive test before accepting signing the linee/hybrid defensive supporter for a three -year contract and $ 24 million on Monday.
Hoecht assumed the responsibility of revealing that he tested positive for testosterone, which he was supplied by his coach for a long time.
Ultimately, I am angry with anyone but myself. I became complacent. I trusted someone who should not have trusted, '' said Hoecht, who spent his first four seasons with the Los Angeles Rams. 'It was a mistake. It was careless. And ultimately is my responsibility.
As for Ogunjobi, who signed a one -year contract with $ 8 million guaranteed, Beane said the player revealed that he had just received a positive warning when he arrived in Buffalo on Thursday to sign a contract that the two parties agreed on Tuesday. The 30 -year -old has no history of positive tests and, last season, was nominated for the Pittsburgh Steelers for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award.
'It was a situation in which I really don't know what it was. But I think it was a contaminated supplement that I took, 'said Ogunjobi. “But I understand the league, we have the obligation to understand what we put in our body, and assume all the responsibility of that.”
Beane accredited Ogunjobi for being in advance even before the player's show has been tested, while he added that it is not ideal to have two players who face seasonal opening suspensions.
Beane said the bills would have approved to attack the eighth year -old player in the free agency if they had known the positive test.
Beane said there were few options more than honoring the agreement in part because the defensive tacle market is already drying and that Ogunjobi can still play a role in the team to close the season.
Hoecht assumed the responsibility of revealing that he tested positive for testosterone
Defensive Tackle Larry Ogunjobi believes he is a victim of contaminated supplements
By formally signing his contract on Friday, Ogunjobi said he was notified of the positive evidence at the same time that his representatives had agreed to the agreement with Buffalo.
'The organization masterfully handled. They welcomed me with open arms. They understood the situation, “Ogunjobi said. “And I couldn't be more excited to get on that field and support my team and this organization when my suspension rises.”
Ogunjobi spent his first four seasons of the NFL with Cleveland, another with Cincinnati and the last three in Pittsburgh.
Hoecht, 27, said he learned about the positive test three weeks after the low season and called him “the lowest point of my life.”
'It was careless. It's completely my responsibility, '' said Hoecht. “And it is something that I will have to have, something that I will appear on the best side and use it as motivation and as fuel.”