The Carolina Panthers will be without a starting linebacker to start the season.
Thomas Davis, a 13-year NFL veteran, will face a four-game suspension for the start of the 2018 season after he tested positive for a banned substance, he said Friday (April 6).
Davis spoke in a video message posted to Twitter. In the video, he said an estrogen blocker triggered the positive test. He said he did not use performance-enhancing substance such as steroids or human growth hormone.
Davis, 35, has started nearly every game he has played since 2016, one year after the Panthers selected him in the first-round of the 2005 NFL Draft out of Georgia.