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    NFL suspends Bills DT Phidarian Mathis three games

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    NFL suspended Bills DT Phidarian Mathis for the first three regular season games.

    The league determined that Mathis violated the Substances of Abuse Policy. The suspension begins on August 30th. He will be eligible to return on September 28th.
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    Mathis has finished serving out his three-game suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy and will be eligible to play as early as Week 4 when the Bills take on the Patriots. Mathis totaled 13 tackles in six games for the Bills last season.
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