The NFL on Tuesday suspended six players for testing positive for a drug on the NFL's list of banned substances.

The Williamses were among six players suspended by the NFL on Tuesday for testing positive for a drug on the league's list of banned substances are not taking the matter lying down.

Attorneys for the Vikings' Pro Bowl tackles won a temporary reprieve in Hennepin County District Court Wednesday evening, a spokesman for the court confirmed to PA SportsTicker.

However, Judge Gary Larson will have the parties back in court Thursday to hear more extensive arguments on the matter.

The NFL will challenge the ruling, said spokesman Greg Aiello, noting that the NFL policy on steroids and related substances was collectively bargained between the league and the NFL Players Association.

"The program and the Collective Bargaining Agreement expressly bar precisely this kind of lawsuit," Aiello said in an e-mail to PA SportsTicker. "All of the steroid program's rules and procedures are established in agreement with the players' union. In other words, the players have agreed to the rules and the procedures that they are now challenging.

"There is no merit to this lawsuit and we will promptly seek to have the order reversed."

Attorneys for the Williamses argued that league officials were aware that StarCaps, a product used by the players, contained the banned substance bumetanide but failed to share that information with players.

Bumetanide is a diuretic which can mask the presence of other substances, including steroids.

Also receiving four-game suspensions Tuesday were a trio of players with the New Orleans Saints - running back Deuce McAllister and defensive ends Will Smith and Charles Grant - and center Bryan Pittman of the Houston Texans.