Robert Mathis suspended four games for PED

The NFL and the Colts announced Friday that outside linebacker Robert Mathis was suspended four games for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy.

Mathis released a statement through NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport in which Mathis said the failed test came from taking fertility drugs.

However, the drug Mathis tested positive for is “not approved by the FDA for fertility in males and is a performance-enhancing drug that has been prohibited for years,” said NFL spokesperson Greg Aiello in a statement obtained by NFL Media’s Albert Breer.

(Mathis delivered the game-changing sack of Manning in last year’s upset against Denver.) Mathis will also miss games against the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars.