Former Pittsburgh Steelers DL Larry Ogunjobi is being suspended six games for violating the league’s PED (performance enhancing drug) policy, per Buffalo Bills GM Brandon Beane via Joe Buscaglia on X.
Bills GM Brandon Beane said new DE Michael Hoecht and DT Larry Ogunjobi got a notice for a PED with a suspension and both will be out for 6 games to start 2025.
They'll be with the team through training camp, and then away from the team for 4 weeks.
— Joe Buscaglia (@JoeBuscaglia) March 14, 2025
The Steelers just released him on Monday as a cap casualty and he quickly found a new home with the Bills on Wednesday. He signed a one-year deal worth $8.3 million with incentives that can get him up to $10 million. He cashed in on the hot DL market.
The Bills were aware of DE Michael Hoecht’s suspension for the same violation, but not Ogunjobi’s before they had agreed to terms. Because the DL market moved so quickly and the Bills had a need, they decided to still honor Ogunjobi’s contract, which still hasn’t officially been signed.
“Beane makes it clear that if they knew about Ogunjobi’s suspension in advance of agreeing to terms, they wouldn’t have gone with two players facing six-game suspensions,” ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg relayed from the Beane press conference via X.
Beane makes it clear that if they knew about Objunboi's suspension in advance of agreeing to terms, they wouldn't have gone with two players facing six-game suspensions. But at that point, the market had thinned out some, ultimately made the choice to stick with him.
— Alaina Getzenberg (@agetzenberg) March 14, 2025
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