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Giants’ new lineman banned for violating PED policy

Some of that defensive line help the Giants went out and got won’t be much help to start the season.

Josh Mauro, who the Giants signed Wednesday, has been suspended the first four games of the 2018 season for violating the NFL’s performance enhancing substances policy, according to a release from the league.

“While I take full responsibility for this suspension, I want to clarify that my test showed traces of a banned stimulant from a preworkout supplement bought over the counter,” the defensive end said in a statement after the announcement. “While I didn’t and would never intentionally put anything in my body that was a banned substance, I wholeheartedly honor and respect the NFL’s drug testing policy and I take full accountability.