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Giants’ offseason mystery suspended 4 games for PEDs

The Giant who seemed on the verge of quitting football this offseason now doesn’t have a choice but to sit out the first quarter of the season.

Defensive end Owa Odighizuwa has been suspended four games for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy, the NFL announced Monday afternoon.

The third-year pass rusher was expected to figure more heavily into the Giants’ defensive scheme this season, trying to back up starters Jason Pierre-Paul and Olivier Vernon.

Odighizuwa, 25, alarmed the Giants in April when he posted a cryptic tweet about needing to “take sometime to get away from the game.