OWINGS MILLS -- Baltimore Ravens offensive line coach Andy Moeller has been suspended for the first two games of the season by the NFL, a punishment stemming from him being found guilty in April on a driving while impaired by alcohol charge.

Moeller has also been fined $47,000 by the league for violating the NFL personal-conduct policy.

Assistant offensive line coach and former NFL player Todd Washington will coach the line beginning Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers in place of Moeller while he serves his suspension.

"We knew this was coming, and we prepared for it," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "Todd has done a very good job. He's a very good coach. Obviously, it's always a group effort with coaching. Andy set things up very well."

Moeller is allowed to return to work at the Ravens' training complex on Sept. 19 following the team's game against the Tennessee Titans.

"There's no guy who would rather be here more than Andy," offensive tackle Michael Oher said. "I know it's killing him inside. The guy is such a competitor. As an offensive line, we've got to do it for him and have a great game."

Moeller, 47, received a 60-day jail sentence last spring that was suspended for all but two days that were served at a lockdown treatment facility last November.

He was also assigned to two years of supervised probation, ordered to abstain from alcohol, attend two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings per week and be subject to random drug testing. Moeller has passed multiple tests for alcohol.

"I take total responsibility for my actions, and I'm committed to the programs the Ravens and others have afforded me," Moeller said in a statement when his case was adjudicated this spring. "I really appreciate the support the Ravens have given me."

Moeller has been arrested on three alcohol-related incidents since 2007.

He received an acquittal in May on a driving under the influence charge in Carroll County. He was assigned to probation for driving while visibly impaired in Ann Arbor, Mich., in 2007.

The case stemmed from Moeller being stopped last Sept. 18 in Baltimore County for speeding 70 mph in a 55 mph zone.

Moeller had a strong odor of alcohol on him and didn't pass a field sobriety test, according to police.

Moeller was promoted to offensive line coach from assistant offensive line coach after the Ravens fired offensive line coach John Matsko in January.

Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said in January that Moeller is down to his last strike with the organization.

"He's either going to get it under control or he's going to spend a lifetime of misery like other people that are affected by that," Bisciotti said. "We're behind him as long as he earns trust and continues to earn that trust. But he knows he's one step away from not being a Raven and then probably not being in the NFL at all."

The Ravens will also be without wide receiver David Reed on Sunday as he serves his one-game suspension for violating the NFL substance-abuse policy.

“I guess I was a little bit, because I didn’t realize it was possible, but that's the way it is,” center Matt Birk said when asked if he was surprised by Moeller's suspension. “We'll just keep going on. That’s what you do. We’re well-prepared and we’ll play hard.”

Birk said that it should be a smooth transition to playing for Washington, a former Virginia Tech and Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive lineman,

“It’s pretty much the same,” Birk said. “They’re different personalities, different guys, but coming into training camp, coach Moeller and coach Washington are on the same page on how we do things around here. It really hasn’t changed a whole lot.”