Los Angeles: Rams starting right guard Jamon Brown, suspended for the first two games of the season for violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy, said on Thursday that the suspension stemmed from a 2017 incident in Kentucky that involved marijuana.
Brown still worked with the first-team offence on Thursday as the Rams held their first training camp practice at UC Irvine.
Brown, a fourth-year pro from Louisville, said that before last season he was pulled over for speeding and that police found marijuana in the car.
Brown, 25, issued an apology to coaches, teammates and fans after his suspension was announced this month. He said on Thursday that he had been upfront with coach Sean McVay and general manager Les Snead from the outset and was caught off guard by the league’s action.
“I wasn’t really ready for the suspension, so to speak, just because of the advice and some of the intel we was getting from the players’ association,” he said.
Brown can practice and participate in preseason games. McVay indicated that Brown would probably start when he returns for a Week 3 game against the Chargers.
“We’ll anticipate Jamon coming back in after those first couple weeks,” the coach said, “but you do certainly have some plans and some contingency plans in place where we’ll start to get some other guys in there.”