David Irving suspended indefinitely for violating substance abuse policy

Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman David Irving’s NFL career is in serious jeopardy.

Irving has been hit with an indefinite suspension for violating the league’s substance abuse policy, the third drug-related ban of his career.

David Irving of the Dallas Cowboys has been suspended indefinitely for violating the Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse, per the NFL.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 1, 2019

We had an inkling that this was coming, so it’s not an enormous surprise. It is also the potential end of his NFL career. Irving was suspended four games in 2017 for PEDs and another four games in 2018 for substance abuse. He was not a factor in 2018, appearing in just two games.

Irving has 12.5 sacks in 37 career games. The Cowboys were not planning to retain the pending free agent even before the league handed down its discipline.