As a member of the Titans, Williams was involved in some kind of family incident back in 2008 which caught the attention of the league and somehow violated its personal conduct code. The Ravens claim they were unaware of this before acquiring him, but Williams will miss the first two games of the season.

Jolly is awaiting trial for felony drug possession. Many people feel he is innocent, but he was arrested in 2008 for illegally possessing 200 grams of codeine and has been suspended indefinitely by the NFL, which will be a blow to the Packers defense.

Hill will miss just one game as a result of his arrest for misdemeanor marijuana possession in Georgia. He is also dealing with a domestic violence charge that could add to the length of his suspension if Roger Goodell sees fit.

Jackson has been butting heads with the Chargers front office in search of a new deal, and he seems prepared to dig in his heels and sit out for some time until he gets one. That may work itself just fine since the NFL gave him a three-game suspension for violating the league's policy on substance abuse. Expect the Chargers to attempt to deal him mid-season.

Goodell came down hard on the Steelers quarterback, who'd been in the headlines for the wrong reasons before, following a police investigation into accusations by a 20-year-old college student that Roethlisberger got her drunk and sexually assaulted her at a bar. Big Ben wasn't charged in the case, but the lurid details and photos that turned up on the Internet made it enough of an embarrassment for the commissioner to act.