With linebacker Kiko Alonso lost for the 2014 season due to a torn ACL, Nigel Bradham has elevated to the top of the depth chart. But someone other than Bradham will be playing weakside linebacker for the Bills against the Bears on September 7.
The NFL has announced that Bradham has been suspended for the first game of the 2014 regular season for violating the substance-abuse policy.
The suspension most likely arises from Bradham’s August 2013 arrest for marijuana possession, since a one-game suspension is the standard punishment for that offense.