Is the NFL targeting anthem protestor Eric Reid with excessive drug testing?

The Panthers safety says he’s been chosen for random post-game drug tests an extraordinary seven times in 11 weeks. Just because he’s paranoid doesn’t mean the NFL’s not out to get him

Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid has been drug tested seven times in 11 weeks since his return to the NFL. And he has been on the receiving end of a number of what we will politely describe as questionable penalties.

Reid believes something nefarious is at play. “It doesn’t feel very random,” he told the Charlotte Observer after his seventh post-game test. Questionable penalty calls have been accompanied by Reid tweeting: “adding to the file”.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2BHQV7T