Dolphins’ Holmes Is Suspended

Miami Dolphins’ defensive back Clayton Holmes was suspended for at least four regular-season games for an unspecified violation of the NFL’s drug and alcohol abuse policy, the league said.

Holmes was getting a second chance from Coach Jimmy Johnson, who signed the former Dallas Cowboy to a one-year deal. Holmes would have played for the first time since November 1995 because of a suspension for cocaine use.

Neither the league nor the team was specific about what Holmes’ latest trouble was.

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Seattle could be without wide receiver Joey Galloway for as long as a month because of a toe injury suffered in Friday’s exhibition game at Cincinnati.

Galloway left the 31-28 victory over the Bengals after only one series after injuring a toe on his right foot.

Galloway, 25, was the Seahawks’ leading receiver last season with 57 catches for 987 yards and seven touchdowns. He was a first-round draft choice of Seattle in 1995 and caught 67 passes for 1,039 yards and seven touchdowns as a rookie.

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Jim Miller talked last year of quarterbacking the Pittsburgh Steelers for years. His reign lasted exactly three quarters.

Miller, benched in the second half of Pittsburgh’s season-opening loss in Jacksonville last season and seldom used afterward, had fallen into disfavor with Coach Bill Cowher and no longer figured in the Steelers’ long-range plans, even as Kordell Stewart’s backup.

Before training camp started, Cowher said Miller would be the starter if Stewart were to be sidelined for an extended period. However, as camp progressed, former starter Mike Tomczak clearly emerged as the No. 2 quarterback, with Miller competing with free agent rookie Mike Quinn of Stephen F. Austin for the No. 3 job.

Kicker Chris Jacke, who strained his right quadriceps and right hip in the Steelers’ 27-19 exhibition victory Friday at Carolina, might miss the opener.

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Indianapolis broke off contract talks with cornerback Eugene Daniel, the last remaining member of the Colts’ first draft in Indianapolis, and said he would not be re-signed.

The Colts made Daniel an offer last week, thought to be a one-year contract worth about $300,000. But Daniel was seeking a package with a slightly higher base salary, a modest signing bonus and playing-time incentives that would reward him if he shouldered a heavy workload, especially as a starter.

Daniel, 36, played in 198 games, with 184 starts and 34 interceptions. Daniel’s 198-game career is second in franchise history to Johnny Unitas’ 206.