{"id":4346,"date":"2013-07-26T22:10:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T02:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=4346"},"modified":"2013-07-26T22:10:31","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T02:10:31","slug":"broncos-von-miller-suspension-was-not-triggered-by-a-failed-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/07\/26\/broncos-von-miller-suspension-was-not-triggered-by-a-failed-drug-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos: Von Miller suspension was not triggered by a failed drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4269\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4269\" alt=\"vonmiller\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/07\/vonmiller.jpg\" width=\"675\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/07\/vonmiller.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/07\/vonmiller-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/07\/vonmiller-50x34.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Streeter Lecka\/Getty Images North America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The exact reason for Von Miller&#8217;s four game suspension is not clear but according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/broncos\/ci_23741421\/source-von-miller-suspension-wasnt-triggered-by-positive?source=rss&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Post<\/a> the Broncos linebacker did not test positive for violating the NFL&#8217;s drug policy.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous reasons are listed for reasons players could violate the policy without testing positive for a banned substance. They include missing a test, showing up late for a test repeatedly and missing a counseling session.<\/p>\n<p>Miller has been in the NFL&#8217;s substance abuse program since he tested positive for marijuana in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Miller was the NFL&#8217;s defensive rookie of the year in 2011 after he recorded 11\u00bd sacks and he bettered that in his second season of 2012 with 18\u00bd sacks.<\/p>\n<p>Should Miller miss any time he will likely be replaced by Shaun Phillips formerly of the San Diego Chargers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exact reason for Von Miller&#8217;s four game suspension is not clear but according to the Denver Post the Broncos linebacker did not test positive for violating the NFL&#8217;s drug policy. Numerous reasons are listed for reasons players could violate the policy without testing positive for a banned substance. They include missing a test, showing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[51,127],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-4346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-denver-broncos","9":"tag-von-miller"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4346"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}