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CHARLOTTE Luke Kuechly Jersey 2019 , N.C. (AP) —ken Eric Reid was not singled out with excessive drug tests.The joint statement released Wednesday said an independent administrator found Reid received the “normal” number of drug tests this season. The statement said, “there is no evidence of targeting or any other impropriety with respect to his selection for testing.”Reid has said he believes he was repeatedly tested because of his pending lawsuit against the league.The Carolina Panthers safety said in December he had been tested seven times by the NFL. Reid said the league was targeting him because of the ongoing collusion case against the NFL in which he alleged team owners conspired to keep him out of the league because of his decision to kneel alongside former 49ers teammate Colin Kaepernick during the national anthem to protest racial and social injustice.However, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Reid was not tested as many times as Reid said he was. The person did not say the exact number of times Reid was tested. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of confidentiality of the case.“We take any claim questioning the integrity of our collectively bargained performance enhancing drug policy seriously,” the joint statement from the NFL and the Players Association read.The statement said an independent administrator was asked to review the policy and produce a report on Reid’s claims of targeting. A copy of this report, which contains personal and confidential testing information, was recently provided to Reid.“We will not breach any player’s confidentiality, but can confirm that the report documents the dates he was randomly selected for testing and the actual dates of the drug tests Blue Ryan Kalil Jersey ,” the statement said. “The report also demonstrates that Mr. Reid’s tests were randomly generated via computer algorithm and that his selection for testing was normal when compared with the number of tests players were randomly selected for throughout the league during the time that he was on an active roster.”Reid was not immediately available for comment.He joined the Panthers on Sept. 27 as a free agent.Because of when he joined the league he was immediately subject to two drugs tests — one for performance enhancing drugs and another for substance abuse, per league policy.However, Reid claimed he was tested an additional six times over the next 11 weeks, which would be high above the league norm. Most players say they are subject to testing about two or three times per year over the course of a 17-week regular season.While Reid said in December “I’m not surprised” by the number of the drug tests, his coaches and teammates began to grow a little skeptical of the amount of tests.Panthers coach Ron Rivera quipped at his news conference in December that “if my name came up that many times I would buy a lottery ticket.”And Panthers wide receiver Torrey Smith said the tests were “very excessive.”Reid continued to protest with the Panthers by kneeling during the national anthem this season.Reid was also fined four times by the NFL this season for illegal hits, costing him more than $50,000. He appealed all of the hits and one of them was overturned. A long time sore spot for the Panthers gained a lone bright spark in 2018 Ryan Kalil Jersey 2019 , but the team must continue to search for a bona fide left tackle." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesCat Scratch Reader homepageHorizontal - WhiteCat Scratch Readera Carolina Panthers communityFollow Cat Scratch Reader online:Follow Cat Scratch Reader on TwitterFollow Cat Scratch Reader on FacebookLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchCat Scratch Reader main menuFanpostsFanshotsSectionsAboutPanthersOddsShopStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Keep Sounding PodcastPanthers 2019 Training CampCSR Film RoomPanthers 2018 season review: Offensive tacklesNew,47commentsA long time sore spot for the Panthers gained a lone bright spark in 2018, but the team must continue to search for a bona fide left tackle.ESTEveryone’s favorite topic of the offseason makes another return for 2019, and that is of course the debate over the merits of the Carolina Panthers ever revolving door at tackle. This season tackled just about every potential story line available when it comes to personnel at the position. The big bright spot, is that we had the rise of a young and talented second round pick in Taylor Moton that looks like a long term solution at right tackle with some ability to play the left. To a lesser degree, we did an extremely rare thing in finding an in-season replacement that wasn’t a complete failure in Chris Clark, who admirably filled in as the position hit emergency mode. But the dark places included the full gamut:The continued disappointment of over-priced and under-performing acquisition Matt Kalil 2019 Trai Turner Jersey , who has worn out his welcome and his chances to play the “healthiest he’s ever been” fallacy.The crippling injury to Daryl Williams in a contract year, hurting his stock ahead of free agency and our options for last year.The ongoing lack of depth in the pipeline at a position that has hampered us most of Cam Newton’s career.As I said in the final Hog Molly Report of this season:Left tackle will once again be a priority in the 2019 NFL Draft. The Panthers will have to get lucky and hope one of decent quality falls to them in the middle of the first round, or we are just going to be bouncing this same ball again a year from now. If we don’t our options are as follows:Pursue one of the not great and overpriced options in the free agent market. (highly unlikely)Re-sign Chris Clark (much more likely)Ask Taylor Moton to play left tackle again and attempt to re-sign Daryl Williams (unlikely)Pray that a potential mid round pick makes an incredible leap in his first season.None of those options are really something we want, so let’s hope that talent makes its way to us in the NFL Draft. Cam Newton cannot continue to take this kind of punishment if we ever want to win a Super Bowl, or for him to have a nice long career. Here’s hoping for the best.