Charles Grant and Will Smith will be suspended, as well as former Saint Deuce McAllister should he play in the NFL in 2009. A federal judge has ruled against them in the StarCaps lawsuit so they will miss the first four games of 2009 as a result.
via Saints Beat
New Orleans Saints defensive ends Will Smith and Charles Grant and former Saints tailback Deuce McAllister will have to serve their four-game suspensions at the start of the 2009 season after a federal judge threw out their lawsuit against the NFL late Friday in Minnesota.
The Saints have been preparing for the possibility of losing Smith and Grant to start the season. They added veteran defensive end Paul Spicer early in free agency and recently added defensive end Anthony Hargrove to a mix that already includes Bobby McCray, Jeff Charleston and Rob Ninkovich.