The New Orleans Saints was affected by the four games suspension of left guard Jamar Nesbit for breaking the policy of NFL on Anabolic Steroids and other similar substances. The suspension of this 10-year veteran Nesbit started immediately. Now, he is no longer allowed to play in any of the team’s game until October 20, the day after the team play against the Carolina Partners. Nesbit’s suspension is the only time that he will miss a game with the Saints for the past five seasons of his stay on the team. He will also remain unpaid throughout the duration of the suspension.

Nesbit defended himself just when the issue broke out by saying that he did not intend to take any prohibited substances by the National Football League (NFL). According to him, his failed drug test was due to his ingestion of over-the-counter product last summer, which was promoted as purely natural body-cleansing product. Unfortunately, the NFL policy states that a player is accountable for whatever drug he takes.

Apparently, Nesbit’s absence seemingly paralyzed the offensive line of the Saints as it coupled with the long injury list of the team’s starters Jeremy Shockey, David Patten, and Jammal Brown. Apart from that, the team also perceived the loss of Nesbit as a double-barreled hit. First, Nesbit is the most experienced guard of the team, having played in 92 successive games already. Comparatively speaking, the other guards of the Saints are all youngsters. Second, he also served as the back-up center of the team; so, whenever Jonathan Goodwin falters, Nesbit moved to center right through a game. But this time, this duty will be handed to Matt Lehr; unfortunately, Lehr was on and off the list for the past weeks.

Michael Loomis, Saints general manager said: “we are disappointed in the suspension of Jamar but we will support him through this process and look forward to having rejoin the team soon.”
Meantime, the spot of Nesbit is temporarily transferred to massive draftee Carl Nicks in the starting lineup. Nicks is claimed to be powerful and agile; however, he still lacks the experience. So, he will be tested bluntly by rivaling defensive coordinators this time. The Saints trust Nicks although with all honesty, the team claimed that it is really hard to start with a draftee lineman. When Nicks start to play the part of Nesbit, he will be the fourth draftee to start for the Saint’s long list of injuries this season, following Tracy Porter, Jo-Lonn Dunbar, and Sedrick Ellis. Overall, the team will currently rely to the exceptional talent of Reggie Bush and Drew Brees to win the coming games of the team.

Evidently, Loomis and saint coach Sean Payton are going to be more creative in the field this time to keep their full 45-man agile roster on the coming games. Surely, the team is exerting all their efforts to make up with their losses. Troy Aikman, Fox Sports Analyst, said during the report of the Saints-Broncos game that he had never seen a team yet with as enormous injuries as the Saints in this season. He said that just before Shockey, Patten, and Brown went down, people might surely wonder what will be his statement towards the Saint this time that Nesbit was also temporarily taken out from the game.

Anyhow, it is not a total wretched for the Saints yet because the team will have three succeeding home games just before they go to Carolina on October 19, a day before Nesbit resumes playing.

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