Jerome Simpson to sit 3 games

— -- MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jerome Simpson, who had appealed a three-game suspension handed down by the league following a drunken-driving arrest last November, will have to serve that sentence at the beginning of the 2014 season.

Simpson's appeal was denied, the league announced Friday. He will be suspended without pay and won't be eligible to return to the active roster until Sept. 22, following Minnesota's Week 3 game at New Orleans Rodney Smith, who were both bidding to make the final roster.

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The Vikings do not owe Simpson any guaranteed money, meaning he could be cut without penalty at any point.