Jordan Black suspended 4 games

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Originally Posted by BamaSkins

This sounds like he has taken care of this before he signed with the Redskins but are just now hitting him with a suspension. Seems rather convenient time when he was likely going to start but instead suspended. I mean come on, there was no better time for that. lol

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This whole process has been ongoing for about the past 4 weeks. NFL doesn't announce suspensions until the appeals are all done. In retrospect, this explains why the team gave Tom Compton a series of raises while on the PS (to keep him there) and then ultimately signed him to the active roster when Ced Griffin was suspended, probably because they knew what was coming down the pike with Black.

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Originally Posted by ISF

This whole process has been ongoing for about the past 4 weeks. NFL doesn't announce suspensions until the appeals are all done. In retrospect, this explains why the team gave Tom Compton a series of raises while on the PS (to keep him there) and then ultimately signed him to the active roster when Ced Griffin was suspended, probably because they knew what was coming down the pike with Black.

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i have heard before that the NFL doesn't announce suspensions before the appeal process is complete . . . if that's they case, why do we so many times here about the appeals as they are happening?? take the 2 Seattle cb's . . . their initial suspensions were released and their appeal process has been very public . . . why is it different in different situations??

The Seattle CB's and / or agents announced those, the original leak did not come from the NFL. Jordan kept quiet during his process. As did Ced Griffin.