NFL hands down multiple suspensions: Cardinals WR Zay Jones receives five-game ban, Rams OL gets two games

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The NFL handed down a couple of notable suspensions on Friday stemming from violations of the league’s personal conduct policy. Rams announced offensive lineman Alaric Jackson received a two-game suspension, while Cardinals wide receiver Zay Jones received a five-game ban. 

Jones was arrested last November and charged with misdemeanor domestic battery, but those charges were dropped in March. Despite those dropped charges, the league, as it customarily does, conducted its own investigation and decided on a five-game punishment. Jones, 29, spent the last two seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars before signing a one-year deal with Arizona in May. 

He is eligible to return to the Cardinals for the team’s Week 6 game on the road against the Green Bay Packers.

As for Jackson, he has been with Los Angeles since the franchise signed him as an undrafted free agent out of Iowa in 2021. he played sparingly to begin his…


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Author : Tyler Sullivan

Publish date : 2024-08-23 20:17:14

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