Random? Yes. Targeting or impropriety? No.
That’s the conclusion the NFL and NFLPA came to after a review of Eric Reid’s random drug tests this season. Reid said from the time he signed with the Carolina Panthers on September 28 through the end of the regular season, he was randomly selected six times for a perfomance-enhancing drug screening — a rate he believes is related to his open collusion case against the NFL.
The NFL and NFLPA agreed to a drug screening policy for both performance-enhancing drugs and banned substances. A league source said the NFLPA was concerned with the possibility a policy they agreed to could be used to target one of its members, prompting a review into Reid’s claims.