Bengals: NFL suspends Joseph for KC game
The Bengals will be without starting cornerback Johnathan Joseph for the game Sunday at Kansas City. The NFL has suspended the second-year player for one game and fined him one game check as discipline, stemming from his marijuana possession arrest in Northern Kentucky last January. He violated the league's substance abuse policy.
Rookie Leon Hall is likely to start in Joseph's place, opposite eighth-year pro Deltha O'Neal.
This just in from Bengals PR:
The Bengals have been notified by the NFL that CB Johnathan Joseph has been suspended without pay for one game -- this Sunday at Kansas City -- for violating the NFL Substance Abuse Policy. Joseph will also be fined an additional game check, for the week following the Kansas City game.
Joseph’s penalty relates to his arrest in Kentucky last January for possession of marijuana. After accepting a diversionary arrangement, he has since complied fully with all league and law-enforcement obligations in regard to resolving the matter, and his case has now been dismissed by Kentucky authorities.
NFL suspends Joseph for KC game
NFL suspends Joseph for KC game
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