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1. Steelers’ Sutton suspended first eight games of 2024 season
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Steelers cornerback Cameron Sutton has been suspended for the first eight games of the 2024 season, CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones confirms. This decision from the league office comes after concluding that Sutton violated the NFL’s personal conduct policy. According to ESPN, Sutton will not appeal the suspension.
Sutton was released by the Detroit Lions back in March after a warrant was issued for his arrest alleging domestic battery by strangulation. The 29-year-old turned himself in and arrived at a jail in Tampa, Florida after a multi-week search.
Sutton began his NFL career with Pittsburgh after the organization drafted him in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft out of Tennessee. Last offseason, Sutton signed a three-year, $33 million contract with the Lions.
With no appeal coming down, Sutton will be eligible to return to the team on Tuesday, Oct. 29 after the Steelers’ Week 8 game against the New York Giants.
2. Burrow vows bounce-back season, Bengals to win AFC North
Cincinnati’s 2023 season was marred by multiple injuries to star quarterback Joe Burrow. A training camp calf injury slowed his production out of the gate and then was put on the shelf for the remainder of the season after suffering a right wrist injury. In all, we saw Burrow for just 10 games last year, but the QB is vowing that both he and the Bengals are in a position to bounce back in 2024. Specifically, Burrow told the “Pardon My Take” podcast that he’s going to “give people something to talk about.”
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