New Orleans Saints kicker Garrett Hartley will begin serving his 4-game suspension as soon as the regular season begans after he failed an NFL drug test.

“My sincere apology goes out,” Hartley said. “There would never be anything that I would do that would try to hurt the team or definitely my reputation.”

The Saints anticipated the suspension and signed 45-year-old kicker John Carney on Saturday.

“It’s good to be back. It feels like I’ve been in a time warp, coming back after three years,” Carney said after his first practice Sunday. “I feel great. I can’t fool myself and think that I’m as good as I once was, but you train and you focus your goal on being at your best at least one day a week, and you plan on that being Sunday.”

Well, atleast they didn’t sign Morten Anderson. But seriously, why would a kicker take steroids? It makes no sense. We’re surprised the Saints didn’t just cut him immediately following the positive test. It’s not like he’s the next Tom Dempsey or Adam Vinatieri.