Yep, it’s officially a Friday news dump, even though it’s Thursday.
Packers defensive end Datone Jones became the third player suspended today, getting one game for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.
He follows Sheldon Richardson and Rolando McClain in getting suspensions on Thursday, before the league slides out to the Hamptons for the weekend.
Jones, the Packers 2013 first-round pick, was growing into a solid player, even though he hasn’t reached the heights of other guys drafted around him. And now, he won’t start working on it until Week Two.