Kromer suspended six games by Bills

The Buffalo Bills have suspended offensive line coach Aaron Kromer without pay for the first six games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.

The suspension was announced by Bills president Russ Brandon on Sunday night. The disciplinary action comes two days after prosecutors in Florida dropped a battery charge against Kromer for allegedly punching a boy in the face for using his beach chairs last month.

The Bills placed Kromer on paid leave on July 14, two days after he was arrested. Kromer, however, will rejoin the team at training camp.

His suspension will begin Sept. 7, in the week leading up to the Bills’ regular-season opener against Indianapolis. The suspension will run through Oct. 18.

Redskins GM confident in Galette

General manager Scot McCloughan says a “thorough, thorough, thorough” vetting of Junior Galette left the Washington Redskins “very comfortable bringing him on board,” despite off-field problems that led the New Orleans Saints to cut the outside linebacker.

“He has to walk the line, and he knows that,” McCloughan said Sunday. “If he doesn’t, then he’s gone.”

McCloughan’s first news conference of training camp came two days after Galette signed a one-year, $745,000 contract. He was released by the Saints last Monday.

Galette was arrested in January after an alleged domestic dispute. Charges were dropped, but the episode remains under review by the NFL, which is also reviewing a video that shows a man resembling Galette in a fight on a beach.

“I did not like the video at all, and as a matter of fact, when I saw the video, it was scary. That’s why I wanted to meet with him face-to-face,” McCloughan said. “That’s why I had to sit down with him and ask him what happened. I got the real story, and I’m fine with that.”

Incognito may start

Buffalo Bills guard Richie Incognito took the next step in his return to football following a 15-month hiatus for his role in the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal.

Three days into training camp, coach Rex Ryan named Incognito the team’s starting left guard on Sunday.