Vikings’ Hill hit with a second suspension
Minnesota Vikings cornerback Holton Hill has been suspended for an additional four games, this time for violation the National Football League’s policy and program on substances of abuse.
Hill will be out of action for the first half of the season, having previously received a fourgame ban the league handed him in April for violation of the policy on performance-enhancing drugs.
The NFL announced this punishment Tuesday, three days before the full squad takes the field for the first time at training camp.
Hill, who had a promising rookie year with extensive playing time while starters Xavier Rhodes and Trae Waynes were injured, started three games in 2018. He went undrafted out of Texas after a positive test for marijuana, according to an NFL Network report last year.
Hill can participate in preseason games and practices, but he won’t be allowed to return to the active roster until Oct. 25.
Hill is the second Vikings player this month to receive a suspension for substances of abuse. Running back Roc Thomas got a four-game ban last week and was subsequently waived.
Edelman injured: Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman of the New England Patriots was seen wearing a brace or splint on his left thumb at a youth camp he organized last weekend.
Pictures of the wide receiver taken over the weekend show him with a device on his thumb. He was wearing gloves on both hands.
According to published reports, Edelman will be limited for the first three weeks of training camp, which starts Thursday.
The Patriots declined to comment.
Redskins cut Foster: The Washington Redskins have released inside linebacker Mason Foster on the eve of training camp.
Agent Blake Baratz confirmed the surprise move.
Baratz blasted the Redskins for having “zero good faith” and tweeted that Foster couldn’t get a straight answer about why he was cut.
Foster was Washington’s starting middle linebacker last season, played almost every snap and led the team with 131 tackles. The Redskins don’t have an obvious replacement after Reuben Foster tore the ACL in his left knee during offseason workouts.