Overview
- The league announced on Aug. 14 that Johnson will be suspended for the first six regular-season games for violating the NFL’s Performance-Enhancing Substances Policy, with the ban to start on Aug. 30 and reinstatement eligibility on Oct. 19.
- The NFL said Johnson may continue to participate in all preseason practices and games, but if he makes the 53-man roster he will be barred from regular-season play and pay for those first six weeks.
- Johnson has told reporters he used the fertility drug Clomid to help conceive with his wife, and coverage notes it is unclear whether he filed for or received a Therapeutic Use Exemption from the league.
- He learned of a positive test earlier this year, filed an appeal in late July, signed with the Titans shortly after joining camp, and logged five tackles in Tennessee’s preseason opener as he competed for a depth role.
- Johnson is a 28-year-old former Kansas City Chiefs seventh-round pick whose absence could force the Titans to adjust their depth chart and special-teams plans while he serves the suspension and addresses the personal and procedural fallout.