Cowboys' irving violates league's policy, faces indefinite suspension

Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman David Irving was suspended indefinitely for violating the league's Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse, the NFL announced Friday. This is the third suspension in Irving's four-year NFL career. The 25-year-old was first suspended at the start of 2017 for violating the league's policy on performance enhancers. Last year he served a four-game ban for a substance-abuse violation.

"I don't want to get into any specifics with David Irving," said head coach Jason Garrett when asked Wednesday about Irving. "Obviously he's been dealing with some different things over the course of the last year and really was not part of our team last year. He's a free agent, as we know." The indefinite ban comes just two days after the league suspended Cowboys' teammate Randy Gregory indefinitely for violating the substance-abuse policy. Gregory, however, had a year left on his deal while the Cowboys reportedly did not intend to re-sign Irving.

Irving, who joined the Cowboys in 2015, played in only two games last season and recorded one sack. He suffered a high ankle sprain in November and was out the rest of the year. Over four seasons with Dallas, he's played 37 games (10 starts) and recorded 12.5 sacks. He earned $2.9 million last year after recording seven sacks in 2017.