After beating up on the Indianapolis Colts last night, 34-21, the Buffalo Bills learned today that tight end Shawn Nelson has been suspended four games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy.

The league announced the suspension on Friday and Nelson will miss the first four games of the season against Miami, Green Bay, New England and the New York Jets. Nelson is available to return to the team’s active roster on October 4th and can play in the following weekends game against Jacksonville.

This comes at a bad time for the Bills as fellow tight end Derek Schouman injured his knee in the preseason game against the Colts, along with Joe Klopfenstein already on the IR, that leaves the Bills with few options at the tight end position.